For the Computer Geeks: Carputer v2.0 project. Few pics/video
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For the Computer Geeks: Carputer v2.0 project. Few pics/video
Here's the specs:
Chyang Fun case
2.0 Ghz Celeron
512 MB
Soundblaster Live 5.1
Old Radeon 9000 card
Opus 150W PSU
DigitalWheelz housing with 7" Xenarc Touchscreen
Lite-On DVD Player
Rikaline GPS using IGuidance 2.0 and Frodo as front-end
USB Wi-Fi
USB mini-key (sits in center handrest)
PAC AAI-NIS (uses SAT - has CD sound!)
The carputer starts up on ignition and shuts down when I turn off the car after a 10 second delay. As you can see I have wired everything through a distro block since I already had my amp power running to the battery. Sorry for the bad pics and I'm gonna clean up my trunk but the cabin looks PERFECT. Everything is hardwired and no visible wires at all. I'll take better pics if you guys want.
Here is a video of everything working in action (Sorry for the windtunnel sound at first. If the video is choppy just replay it and it should stream)
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=carputer
I plan on putting some trunk carpet around the carputer and cleaning everything up whenever I can find some free time:
Chyang Fun case
2.0 Ghz Celeron
512 MB
Soundblaster Live 5.1
Old Radeon 9000 card
Opus 150W PSU
DigitalWheelz housing with 7" Xenarc Touchscreen
Lite-On DVD Player
Rikaline GPS using IGuidance 2.0 and Frodo as front-end
USB Wi-Fi
USB mini-key (sits in center handrest)
PAC AAI-NIS (uses SAT - has CD sound!)
The carputer starts up on ignition and shuts down when I turn off the car after a 10 second delay. As you can see I have wired everything through a distro block since I already had my amp power running to the battery. Sorry for the bad pics and I'm gonna clean up my trunk but the cabin looks PERFECT. Everything is hardwired and no visible wires at all. I'll take better pics if you guys want.
Here is a video of everything working in action (Sorry for the windtunnel sound at first. If the video is choppy just replay it and it should stream)
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=carputer
I plan on putting some trunk carpet around the carputer and cleaning everything up whenever I can find some free time:
Last edited by Pratik; Aug 3, 2005 at 10:16 AM.
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Sorry, forgot to post that up but yes, the sound is through the Bose system using a PAC-AAI NIS unit. It really does sound CD quality. If an mp3 is 192 kbps it sounds perfect.
One thing I also didnt mention is I have wi-fi on the computer so I can now pull up into my garage and with a press of a button, synch all my home mp3's to my carputer in a matter of seconds. It works very well!!
I really do have to clean up the trunk but I was just so excited to get it all done and working perfectly. No CD/DVD skip problems just yet at all! no hard drive skippage either. Boot time is around 15-20 seconds I believe but thats because I do a cold boot. I can also come out of hibernation but because I may not drive my car for 2-3 days say on the weekend then just in case, I dont want to keep the computer in hibernation so I just go straight to shutdown.
One thing I also didnt mention is I have wi-fi on the computer so I can now pull up into my garage and with a press of a button, synch all my home mp3's to my carputer in a matter of seconds. It works very well!!
I really do have to clean up the trunk but I was just so excited to get it all done and working perfectly. No CD/DVD skip problems just yet at all! no hard drive skippage either. Boot time is around 15-20 seconds I believe but thats because I do a cold boot. I can also come out of hibernation but because I may not drive my car for 2-3 days say on the weekend then just in case, I dont want to keep the computer in hibernation so I just go straight to shutdown.
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Thanks for the compliments.
No, it wont work with the factory nav, this is actually a touchscreen.
As for the cost, kinda hard to say but I'd guess a rough estimate on the high side is probably 1K (This is just the carputer stuff that is, amp, sub are seperate) just because of the testing of parts. I'd probably guess a little less but I am using DigitalWheelz old housing - his new one is a little more expensive but better quality than mine. If you have a spare computer laying around even better. Anything can be put to use as long as its got a decent video/sound card thats all you need along with a PAC unit too.
No, it wont work with the factory nav, this is actually a touchscreen.
As for the cost, kinda hard to say but I'd guess a rough estimate on the high side is probably 1K (This is just the carputer stuff that is, amp, sub are seperate) just because of the testing of parts. I'd probably guess a little less but I am using DigitalWheelz old housing - his new one is a little more expensive but better quality than mine. If you have a spare computer laying around even better. Anything can be put to use as long as its got a decent video/sound card thats all you need along with a PAC unit too.
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VERY VERY nice! I plan on doing the same mod eventually. I am currently running a custom Shuttle SN41G2 and I love it! Small Form Factor PCs are the way to go. My box is 2 yrs old and it still can run high end games and video editing tasks!
