Rear seat entertainment system

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The rear seat entertainment system is a mobile entertainment system specially designed to keep rear seat passengers occupied and entertained with video games or movies.

The system is completely integrated in the vehicle, with two separately controlled high resolution 7-inch screens designed to resist any adverse condition to which they can be subjected during the journey. The screens are mounted in the head restraints.

The rear seat entertainment module (RSE) can receive up to three AV inputs and can output video to two separately controlled screens.

A connection panel with AV inputs is mounted on the armrest.

Audio is sent out to the component headphones via an IR transmitter or to the vehicle's rear speakers.

The system is controlled via an infrared remote control, which can also be used to control the DVD player and the vehicle's front audio system (if installed).

NOTE:

The DVD player is not operational unless the rear seat entertainment system is on. This means, for example, that a DVD disc cannot be ejected from the player unless the rear seat entertainment system has been switched on using the remote control.

Fig 1: Rear Seat Entertainment System -- System Overview (S80)

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