Dvd Display

[KiwiRS4T]

Guy in Wellington is using an old laptop and a 7in touch screen to display the info from the Link (Vipec) display. Its cheaper than the factory Display Link and a bigger screen. I would like to copy it but I am short of space and my car has to be a cruiser as well as a track car so I want my radio and cd player as well. Does anyone know if I can get the Laptop display onto one of those all in one double din DVD/CD/ Radio/GPS units with the 7in touch screen? They advertise that they have twin audio and video inputs but they don't have the vga interface. Is this a goer or do I need a dedicated touch screen for the Link display?

[pipster11]

probably a dedicated touch screen

doubt the normaly ones would be able to control the mouse (no clicky)

pretty sure there is a car pc thread somewhere

[bigkevracer]

An alternative is a VGA to composite adaptor. I bought mine years ago and it was around $100 at the time, I'm sure you could get them on ebay for under $20 now.

Tom is right though, you won't be able to click on the screen. But if you just want output it would work fine.

Maybe get a bluetooth dongle and one of those mini keyboards for control?

[KiwiRS4T]

Yep thanks I will have a look for a car pc thread. Not sure an ordinary laptop would last too long anyway. The touch screen feature is not essential as I could just set up the gauges I want to monitor anyway - could probably display four on the screen at once ok.