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 Post subject: Carputer in XR6 Turbo
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:06 am 
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Hi There,

I've got a carputer running in my BF XR6 Turbo. Here's a couple of pictures -

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Everything is working fine (MP3, DVD, GPS) but the display is screwed up, this is what I've got -Image

The display is vehicle specific - it has to be 640x480 resolution with a refresh rate of 60 Hz (which is what I have it set to)

The display has to be in NTSC, but I've got my VGA cable running into the factory input which seems to work OK with the Red/Blue/Green signal, perhaps the Sync is wrong (I have connected the H-Sync with the V-Sync to make a combined Sync signal)

Any ideas on where I have gone wrong??

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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:11 am 
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sorry no idea, BUT I LOVE IT!!!!
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:18 pm 
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What output are you running from the back of the computer?

is it an R\G\B card or just a standard av output?

I ask because the head deck may not understand R/G/B without a decoder of sorts?

 

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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:41 am 
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I've finally got my carputer working through my factory screen.

I just had to change about a million settings until I finally jagged the correct ones, (normally the monitor 'tells' the computer the correct settings to use) but I am quite happy about the results.

At least I don't have to buy a $400 converter box now.

Piccies anybody?

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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:12 am 
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nice work mate, love it!

 

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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:34 pm 
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nice

i think matti made a driver for this - it should have been in the doco's page

 

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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:42 pm 
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Neo_nick wrote:
i think matti made a driver for this - it should have been in the doco's page
Yep, that has been my bible throughout this whole exercise

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 Post subject: Re: Carputer in XR6 Turbo
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:44 pm 
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Gday im new to this website and wondering if anyone can help me wit finding the chip that is used to convert my premium sound in my ba xr6 turbo into a tv screen, and some costs to do this

 

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 Post subject: Re: Carputer in XR6 Turbo
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:05 pm 
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smith wrote:
Gday im new to this website and wondering if anyone can help me wit finding the chip that is used to convert my premium sound in my ba xr6 turbo into a tv screen, and some costs to do this
You could check out this website http://asllogistics.com/dvd_factory.html which gives you a converter box and DVD player.

Then you could grab one of these http://asllogistics.com/DVB_M1.html which will put the TV signal to the converter box.

It's pretty foolproof - Not cheap though - about $1200 I would think (at a guess)

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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:01 pm 
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Well, I bought an Arcade VGA card and it has solved all of my display problems. The carputer will now start and shows every screen including the POST, welcome screen etc.

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Winamp
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Playlist Editor in Winamp
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DVD in Winamp
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The photos aren't as good as the actual display, don't know what that's about. Anyway, it's coming along nicely. I just wish I could get the week back that I spent trying to make the other video card work.

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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:09 pm 
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that looks sweet dude, awsome work.


Ps-are you too good for service pack 2? :D lol

im just a nerd dont worry
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:13 pm 
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dsnow_01 wrote:
are you too good for service pack 2
I have actually turned off automatic updates and removed the already installed updates becasue it was running better without them.

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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:45 pm 
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yeh automatic updates suck a**..
so wat spec is your carputer?
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:02 pm 
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P3 866MHz Processor, 256MB RAM, 200GB HDD, AGP Arcade VGA Video Card 128MB, PCI Sound Card, PCI Wireless Network Card.

Doesn't seem like a powerful machine, but there is almost nothing running on it, so boot time is less than 30 seconds, resume from standby in about 5 seconds

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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:05 pm 
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nice work, im guessing micro atx size mobo to save some room? and did you disassemble a normal pc psu and threw that into the chassis, and then run a standard inverter?
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