Carpc Build

[Raysboostin]

could one of these car pc systems be connected to (or integrated into) the factory navi unit in a stagea??

[OnAhigh]

how would you go about hooking up your sound card to your stereo system. the more i read the more im inclined to do the same to my r32. more specifically two amps where would they connect to.

[PranK]

could one of these car pc systems be connected to (or integrated into) the factory navi unit in a stagea??

No doubt that is possible. But I think it would be far too much effort when you could just buy a GPS receiver and software (with maps) for a few hundred extra.

how would you go about hooking up your sound card to your stereo system. the more i read the more im inclined to do the same to my r32. more specifically two amps where would they connect to.

RCA / Optical out. Good sound cards will give you lots of output options, then just run them to your amps like you would any other way. I'm not too savvy on hardware stuff, there might be a better solution but thats what I'd expect.

I am going to start looking to buy some bits soon for my pc too.

[Trav33]

I've had lots of problems with my external USB sound card, i'd strongly suggest sticking with an internal PCI / PCI-express one. I cant fit a pci one in my PC enclosure though. It'd be awesome to have a sound card with optical out, directly into an Optical-input on an amp. When i was building my system, i coudnt find a suitable amp with optical in so had to go for RCA inputs.

Edited May 29, 2008 by Trav33

[OnAhigh]

and the internal sound card could handle two amps running? what about the acc cable?

[Trav33]

and the internal sound card could handle two amps running? what about the acc cable?

No problems putting the output from the sound card into multiple amps. My soundcard is actually 7.1, so theoretically you could feed the 8 channels into 2 x 4CH Amps, or 4 x 2CH amplifiers. My carputer power supply has a +12v acc out, which goes to the amp. So if the carputer is shut down, the amp powers down too.

Edited May 31, 2008 by Trav33

[TiTAN]

Christian,

As one of the other people said if you don't mind mounting the PC in the glove box or under a seat the ASUS EEE PC is a fantastic little unit and as it has a solid state hard disk (flash memory) there aren't actually any moving parts to it so unlike a normal hard disk it wont care if you drive down the worlds worst roads, Unfortunately it only comes with 4gb of memory in the machine itself. However can get an 8/16gb SD card and use the built in memory card reader for additional storage space. Using a USB slimline or slimline slot load DVD drive mounted in the glove box or the center console and it can play all your cd's and movies. Combine it with a USB touch screen, and decent front end software and it makes for a very versatile entertainment solution which doesn't cost much (comparatively to what most car audio places would charge for a similar system).

Another option for the front end software is Centrafuse ( http://www.fluxmedia.net/ ). Although it does cost money it is a nice piece of software and very easy to use and customize.

[W0rp3D]

Christian,

As one of the other people said if you don't mind mounting the PC in the glove box or under a seat the ASUS EEE PC is a fantastic little unit and as it has a solid state hard disk (flash memory) there aren't actually any moving parts to it so unlike a normal hard disk it wont care if you drive down the worlds worst roads, Unfortunately it only comes with 4gb of memory in the machine itself. However can get an 8/16gb SD card and use the built in memory card reader for additional storage space. Using a USB slimline or slimline slot load DVD drive mounted in the glove box or the center console and it can play all your cd's and movies. Combine it with a USB touch screen, and decent front end software and it makes for a very versatile entertainment solution which doesn't cost much (comparatively to what most car audio places would charge for a similar system).

Another option for the front end software is Centrafuse ( http://www.fluxmedia.net/ ). Although it does cost money it is a nice piece of software and very easy to use and customize.

i have just found out today about the eee, looking at getting one.

try http://www.eeeuser.com/ for a big range of mods that can be done to make these more user friendly in a car.

[Raysboostin]

it may be possible to hook up a carpc to the factory screen in a stagea. a guy on mp3car did it to his accord.

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show-off-y...ntegration.html

[bubba]

OK, so I finally got my pc and installed it on the weekend. Everything is working great EXCEPT! the cheapass screen I bought doesn't have VGA in.

Wondering what in-dash screens people have used? I am leaning towards the Xenarc 700IDT.. it's going to cost $600 to get it here though so I want to make sure it's the right choice!

I'm just a little worried about the depth of the unit.. anyone got one in a skyline??

Edit: these don't look too bad either but don't know how the quality is compared to the Xenarc.. it's a good 50mm shorter though..

Porares M70MN 7" manual in-dash

Might be a little better, the Xenarc 700IDT doesn't have adjustable veritcal tilt and with the slope of my 32 console it might be pointing a little too much towards the roof

Edited August 12, 2008 by bubba

[Atomnaya]

Hi guys, i was thinking the same with a carpc build. I'm not going through the DIN way, was thinking of going through the little notebook way.

I was thinking about getting this

- Gigabyte M912 - Slightly bigger than a eee pc but with a swivel screen and touchscreen function (great for the garmin PC GPS software i have)

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- car mount for the eee pc or RAM mount

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I don't know about prices yet but from what i've read the notebook should be around $700. The car mount is around $20 US. The RAM mount is a bit tad expensive, johnny appleseed sells them but i think they were around the $200 mark.

[bubba]

I went with the VoomPC2 from mini-box, whacked a stick of ram, 120gb 2.5" HDD and a slim DVD burner, total cost including shipping and the items I bought locally (just to finish the box off, doesn't include monitor and peripherals) was AU$554. Pretty damn fair price for a fully thought out solution, you couldn't put something together here for that price using the same components and it is so tremendously smaller than what I came up with using old desktop components!

Had a closer look at that M70MN from Porares and the lcd specs appear to be indentical to the Lilliput screen with out the motorisation. It is also smaller than the Xenarc 700IDT which is a big plus. Am going to give the Porares screen a go

Edited August 13, 2008 by bubba

[linedup33]

how much is that screen bubba? on the site it says to call up

im looking at just getting a screen to fit into a single din like that one

[bubba]

how much is that screen bubba? on the site it says to call up

im looking at just getting a screen to fit into a single din like that one

They quoted me $462 + $29 delivered anywhere in oz.

What are you going to use it for? there are cheaper options if you're not going to use it for a PC..

[linedup33]

ye thats too expensive for what i need it for

i currently have a laptop carpc setup - n i just wanted a single din screen to use instead of having to pull out the laptop all the time. ill just plug the screen into the laptop.

wat other places r there that have din screens mate?

[bubba]

ye thats too expensive for what i need it for

i currently have a laptop carpc setup - n i just wanted a single din screen to use instead of having to pull out the laptop all the time. ill just plug the screen into the laptop.

wat other places r there that have din screens mate?

If your laptop has TV out then there are many options, if you want in-dash with VGA input, then your options are limited to like the Lilliput GL701, Xenarc 700IDT and the Porares M70MN that I'm looking at.

I have a non-touchscreen indash 7" LCD here you can have for $200, my setup doesn't have TV-out so that's why I'm getting one with VGA input.

[linedup33]

i can get them for that from jaycar

maybe a hundy??

i saw those ones on mp3car but i wont a single din one, so it wont be standing out too much if u get me?

[bubba]

Yeah I got mine from Jaycar too, $150 delivered?

Those 3x that I mentioned in the above post are all single din, the 700IDT is a good 50mm longer than the GL701 and M70MN. The thing that leaned me away from the Lilliput GL701 is the fact that it's motorised, as far as I'm concerned it's just more sh!t to fk up

[linedup33]

pm me a pic of it n ill let u know mate

pic of front n back

thanks heaps.

[bubba]

pm me a pic of it n ill let u know mate

pic of front n back

thanks heaps.

Here is the pic off the jaycar site, it's currently installed in my car so I can't take a pic of the back (won't be pulling it out until my new screen arrives) but I'll take pics of it installed when I get home

Edit: blah won't let me attach images and I can't link to the jaycar site as dynamic image pages are not allowed