Those of us with grandchildren may have a lot of DVDs and Blu-Ray movies. Everyone else just connects their smart phones to the HDMI port. Our youngest (college student) daughter watched a Blu-Ray on the first trip out of town in our 2024. We have many discs.

 

we just did a road trip and the Blu-Ray was pretty helpful.
For the first 90 minutes.
Afterwards my kids and their friends faces were buried in their iPads. WiFi > Blu-Ray.
p.s. - all movies now appear to come with digital codes

 

Were you able to purchase an after market remote control that worked? We’re looking at some on Amazon but weren’t sure which was best.

 

The new RES is frustrating. I have difficulty getting sound to come through each time I try to play something through my iPad.

 

It’s so frustrating. Ugh im sorry to hear it’s giving you trouble too. I was hoping it was just my car and I could get it fixed easily. We can not get it to read anything using the lightning cable. My iPhone is the only thing that works but then I can’t use CarPlay which stinks.

 

I bought my 2025 Honda Odyssey on Saturday and didn’t realize there was no DVD player. I saw the screen and just assumed there was one. Went back to the dealership today and was there for hours and they couldn’t figure out how to get it to work. Has anyone actually had the RES work in a 2025 Odyssey?

 

We have a Roku plugged into it. It worked for a bit but now the remote doesn’t turn it on. The problem with this setup is that if you have a kid younger than 5-6, they can’t work the remote and you can’t do it from the front!! I’m assuming they didn’t have a mom with kids on the design team for this one!

 

Exactly !!! Not everyone wants to stream and a million cords connected.

 

Just purchased 2025 Elite. First post. Hoping someone has some great solutions and reco's for the purchased item to connect. Roku? Other streaming stick? Chromecast? Need to be able to play videos from a USB and streaming services, without needing line-of-sight remote control. What did you use?

 

Looking for a follow up to this. I’ve hooked up my fire stick but I can’t seem to figure out how to connect to wifi hot spot

 

Ensure your WiFi hotspot is working. Then use whatever control you have for the stick to log onto that network. That’s about it. I went with Roku since I know how simple the signing in can be. I made sure the login to the services was completed for each of the services I use. There was a challenge with the ads pausing the feeds. Long road trip coming up. I will report back when happens.

 

I bought 2025 Elite earlier this week and used RES first time today. It's fairly simple process. Opened the screen at the top. I connected my Google's Chromecast with google tv (CCwGTV) directly in car's HDMI port. Connected USB-C power port from CCwGTV to USB-A port next to HDMI port. My CCwGTV was already configured at home using TV.

Click Power On RES from the dashboard display. I got screen on RES to connect to the internet so turned on my phone's hotspot and connected to wifi on CCwGTV using CCwGTV's remote (BT). Then I opened Netflix and turned on Godzilla vs Kong the new empire. Sound started coming out from all the car speakers. With Elite, it was an awesome experience. I haven't yet connected BT or wired headsets so couldn't test sound through headsets.

 

I bought the 2025 without realizing it didn’t have the blue pay player either!!

Any chance you have that amazon link for the dvd player you mentioned? My 3 and 5 year olds don’t understand and I’m a week in getting desperate for a solution!!
Thanks for any help

 

My sentiments exactly! I’m so frustrated to have to buy Headphones, a Rokuand an HDMI cord for the RES. what did i pay $52k for anyway?!!

 

Annnnd you will have to buy an at & t hotspot if you want it to consistently work and so you can use CarPlay for the front. Ugh!

 

Same boat here...only had our '25 Touring a couple days and really trying to find the best option. Small DVD player with some used blu rays from half price books is all I need for my 2 and 4 yr olds. Firestick will be nice when they're old enough to be able to work it.

 

Purchased DESOBRY Mini DVD Player - 1080P HD from Amazon for 2025 Elite. Works good and can use USB A plug into the usb port inside the compartment for power. So no need to plug into outlet for power.

 

We bought our 2025 Elite in mid 2024. I have been trying to get the RES to work since then. I want to know why I can’t play movies directly from my phone to the RES using a HDMI to lightning cable?! I’m would rather of had the DVD player, remote, and headsets that came with the 2024.

 

I share your sentiments!
I'm personally using an Epson Chromecast device I had kicking around that we weren't using.

Have you tried your iPhone setup with a different TV?

The other thing I would suggest would be to take a known working HDMI device out to the van and see if it works. Try pressing play in the main display (up front).

It seems to me like this setup is very simple but it may be possible to have HDMI handshake issues (some devices may not like eachother).

If nothing works I would say you have an issue with the system.

 

Got our Touring about 20 days ago - got the Wifi connected, and a Firestick - my problem - the Firestick remote will not control the sound. I think because I couldn't find the 'brand' name of the "TV". But I did get 4 wireless headphones to connect. G-kids love it. I just have to be sure the volume isn't too loud. Would love to fix the volume issue if anyone knows how.

 

What short of issue are you experiencing with volume control?

I use an Epson Chromecast device, the remote it comes with has a volume selector. If I press up or down it will change the output volume of the device and show you a traditional slider on the screen. It however will not control the volume of the cars head unit (understandable).

I haven't personally tried any wireless headphones in our van yet other than trying a pair of IR headphones that wouldn't work for obvious reasons.

 

Hello. We can use the fire stick remote to pick a streaming channel and a show but the volume buttons do not work and we can not turn it off with the remote. I have to unplug it when we exit. Otherwise it runs and eats up data.

 

Honda didn’t remove the Blu-Ray player due to a decline in physical media usage.

They removed it because they’ve replaced so many under warranty, and they still can’t get them to work right.

RES was the greatest scam, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a class action lawsuit in the future.

 

that device also play cds

 

I’d like to know what you ended up doing as I have a mentally handicapped daughter and DVDs were a big part of being able to drive peacefully. I was assured how easy the RES but that was a lie so I’m stuck trying to find a solution and still drive safely

 

Ok. -we use the fire stick remote for the kiddos to pick shows. Volume control is either on their headphones or if the whole car is listening - me.
We are going to try the iPad with downloaded movies to try and use less data for a trip we have coming up.
only bothersome issue - the 7yo is in control when in the back - fine - but when it is just me and her 3yo brother - I have to set him all up before I can get in the drivers seat. Hopefully he catches on soon.

 

Hi- We bought a 2025 Odyssey and a new Roku. During setup- it asks us what type(brand) of TV monitor it is and we can't get it to work with any of the options. Example- Samsung, Sony- what did you choose for that?? How did you get the Roku to finish setting up??! I would appreciate it. Thank you

 

I just purchased a 2025 Elite this past weekend. I connected a Roku Express 4K+ and went through the same process (and problem with the remote setup). The included remote is bluetooth/wi-fi, so it doesn't need line-of-sight for IR control of the Roku unit.

The trick to finishing the setup process is picking ANY brand TV from the list, then say "NO" to the "do you hear sound playing" prompt. The next screen lets you skip the remote control setup.
Volume control on the remote won't control the RES system volume (by design as a safety feature). I paired two sets of JBL noise-cancelling headsets via bluetooth, and they work great! Volume is adjusted on the headset controls (independent of RES settings or other headsets).

 

I spent about 6 hrs trying to find a solution to this new setup. I was shocked after I purchased this 2025 touring, the screen is here but no internal DVD player. I bought an external blu ray player and connected via the HDMI cord and the regular outlet plug. IR headphones won’t work bc it’s an external dvd player. The IR ones from my old honda odyssey and remote don’t work. So that was a waste. I have 4 kids and had to get a splitter for the one and only headphone jack in the 3rd row. Now I have an external player and 4 sets of headphone cords over my kids laps and they do not enjoy that. How is there only 1 headphone jack in the entire vehicle? Poor form Honda. This was certainly a major downgrade.

 

Maybe something like this IR transmitter will work for your 4 kids, if your DVD player has an audio out jack. $29.99 on Amazon.

 

Thank you for this suggestion! I couldn’t find one that supports 4 headsets. I saw a transmitter for 2 sets. Do you know if they make a transmitter for 4 wireless headsets? Thank you!

 

The description for the wireless IR transmitter that I linked to on Amazon says 【Easy to Set Up, No Need Pair, No Audio Delay, No FM or WIFI Interference】. So the "no need pair" seems to indicate that multiple IR headphones can be used simultaneously from this one IR transmitter.

The "dual channel" spec appears to indicate that the transmitter can work on either of two channels, depending on the position of the switch on the back. Select the channel that works with your kid's IR headphones.

Maybe contact the manufacturer to confirm the above.