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It was done on the gen 3 but give it a few years and someone might do it. But like @serega12 said is mostly for safety. I would love to at least be able to see a previous of whatever is being played on the rear. On my 2008 I have to reach all the way back to make sure something is showing.
 
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It was done on the gen 3 but give it a few years and someone might do it. But like @serega12 said is mostly for safety. I would love to at least be able to see a previous of whatever is being played on the rear. On my 2008 I have to reach all the way back to make sure something is showing.
You're right, down the road they may find a way to root the head unit and allow it to show whatever is on the RES. But that may void your infotainment warranty, and that's not something I would mess with on these vans given the number of complains on the system on these forums and Facebook groups.
 
Like you said, safety issue. [emoji846]
They could have easily made it so it was viewable in the front when the vehicle is in Park, during the design stage. Chrysler did that with the Pacifica and it means that the parents can set up the movies for the kids who are too young to be able to read a menu screen to navigate it. They just need to pull over to somewhere safe and get it going for them, it was really convenient when we test drove it and never for a second considered that Honda would not have done the same. I didn’t catch that difference when we test drove the Honda because they were very restrictive on the duration that we could test it for. Chrysler let us test it for 3 days so we could get a feel for it, navigate and learn the infotainment system, and truest sense how it fit us, Honda wouldn’t even let us drive it home, they had a sales person sit in the van with us for the short trip they navigated with us around the block.

Whoever designed the Honda was either a gymnast or they never had kids. It’s stupid that you have to crane your neck around to try and see the rear screen while pushing the buttons for them on the front screen. It’s so unusable it’s frustrating they couldn’t foresee this as a problem and they didn’t resolve it when they tested it.


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They could have easily made it so it was viewable in the front when the vehicle is in Park, during the design stage. Chrysler did that with the Pacifica and it means that the parents can set up the movies for the kids who are too young to be able to read a menu screen to navigate it. They just need to pull over to somewhere safe and get it going for them, it was really convenient when we test drove it and never for a second considered that Honda would not have done the same. I didn’t catch that difference when we test drove the Honda because they were very restrictive on the duration that we could test it for. Chrysler let us test it for 3 days so we could get a feel for it, navigate and learn the infotainment system, and truest sense how it fit us, Honda wouldn’t even let us drive it home, they had a sales person sit in the van with us for the short trip they navigated with us around the block.

Whoever designed the Honda was either a gymnast or they never had kids. It’s stupid that you have to crane your neck around to try and see the rear screen while pushing the buttons for them on the front screen. It’s so unusable it’s frustrating they couldn’t foresee this as a problem and they didn’t resolve it when they tested it.


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It's been that way in Chrysler vans since 2007. I don't think any year honda did it in park? Like I said, safety issue. Driver should be looking ahead, not trying to adjust the screen for RES. Even on Chrysler/VW/Dodge vans you could only do it in park, meaning you're not driving. 🙂
As for letting you test drive it for 3 days - that could also be your individual dealership preference. Ours allowed us to sign papers and drive it off for a week, but allowed us to exchange it if we didn't like it.
 
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