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I own a 2004 GX 470 and the DVD should absolutely play the audio through the main speaker system and not just the wireless head-phones. LEXIRX330 is correct...Try pressing the disc button from your radio head-unit a few times and it should eventually display a "DVD" option on your navigation screen (may need to have an actual DVD playing). In order to display the DVD movie and set up the DVD from the nav screen, you need to be in Park with the Emergency Break on. It's a saftey feature...This way, you cannot access or watch a DVD while driving However, the Rear DVD screen should be on when a DVD is playing. But, you may need to manually turn the rear screen on using the remote control. In my opinion, the rear DVD screen should always automatically turn on when a DVD is playing and the screen is opened. You should not have to manually turn on the rear screen using the remote every time.. This is poor design. So, if you are driving and you (or the person in the passenger seat) loads a DVD, the only way (that I know) to turn the Rear DVD Screen ON is with the Remote Control. It will NOT automatically turn on. You have to manually turn the screen on with the remote control. If the batteries are dead or you lose the remote control then you are out of luck and you would have to pull over and access the settings from the nav screen to turn the rear display on.

On a related topic, does anyone know if it is possible to play an iPod through the main speaker system when using the AUDIO / VIDEO ports located under the rear A/C climate control in the back seat? For some reason, I can only get these inputs to work with the wireless head-phones. Is that the way these inputs were designed?

Did anyone ever figure out a way to get audio/video input to play over speakers?