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G'day
Anyone run one in their car? I'm looking into it to play dvds, tune my ms-2 in the car without the laptop and be able to datalogue all the time rather than having to have the laptop to do it. Cheers
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I've got a carputer running in my BF XR6 Turbo, couple of points.
- carputer audio goes to the factory headunit - carputer video goes to the factory display (still ironing out a problem though) - 7000 MP3's, 50 DVD's on HDD = hours of entertainment - GPS receiver combined with Google Earth gives me Sat Nav (almost) - wireless network card gives me access to internet at Wireless Access Points - plan to install screens in the headrests, combined with headphones so that I can have the Sat Nav being displayed on the ICC, with whatever music I want on the cars speakers, while the kids are watching a DVD / playing a game / surfing the net in the backseat with the headsets on listening to whatever they want - plan to connect the phone to the cars stereo (ie phone rings, volume mutes, use handsfree) - plan to hook up the On Board Diagnostics (having trouble finding a CAN-bus reader though) A lot of work has been done, but there's a lot to go. Well worth it though! Panda
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G'day
Good information on that site. I've got a carputer running in my BF XR6 Turbo, couple of points. - carputer audio goes to the factory headunit - carputer video goes to the factory display (still ironing out a problem though) - 7000 MP3's, 50 DVD's on HDD = hours of entertainment - GPS receiver combined with Google Earth gives me Sat Nav (almost) - wireless network card gives me access to internet at Wireless Access Points - plan to install screens in the headrests, combined with headphones so that I can have the Sat Nav being displayed on the ICC, with whatever music I want on the cars speakers, while the kids are watching a DVD / playing a game / surfing the net in the backseat with the headsets on listening to whatever they want - plan to connect the phone to the cars stereo (ie phone rings, volume mutes, use handsfree) - plan to hook up the On Board Diagnostics (having trouble finding a CAN-bus reader though) A lot of work has been done, but there's a lot to go. Well worth it though! Panda Sounds great, how much did that cost you to set up? Did you do it yourself or did you buy it through somewhere. Cheers
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Hey Pandaman72,
If you want a great SatNav system have a look at: http://www.freedrive.co.uk/ This software is easy to use. You will need to buy Destinator 3 to get the maps, I can arrange something there  and away you go.
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Pane wrote: Sounds great, how much did that cost you to set up? Did you do it yourself or did you buy it through somewhere.
I did it myself. Bought a motherboard and the HDD from Ebay, had all the other stuff lying around. To buy all of that stuff second hand and put it together yourself, probably $500. To buy a ready made unit, probably $1000 Panda
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4LtrXFTurbo wrote: If you want a great SatNav system have a look at: I'm tyring to avoid buying anythinghttp://www.freedrive.co.uk/ This software is easy to use. You will need to buy Destinator 3 to get the maps, I can arrange something there and away you go.4LtrXFTurbo wrote: What power supply and case are you using? On the MP3 Car Forums, everyone whinges about the lack of power so I decided to buy a Power Supply Unit (PSU) that had heaps of grunt. I came across this
which has heaps of power, but no startup / shutdown controller. I don't mind it though. Never have to consider the power usage of any application or piece of hardware. Panda
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Pane wrote: Sounds great, how much did that cost you to set up? Did you do it yourself or did you buy it through somewhere.
I did it myself. Bought a motherboard and the HDD from Ebay, had all the other stuff lying around. To buy all of that stuff second hand and put it together yourself, probably $500. To buy a ready made unit, probably $1000 Panda
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Did you use a carputer or a normal desktop pc, I was wanting to do a computer in my car but I dunno how to power a desktop PC in a car (will it drain he batt too much etc.). Where should I put it? Is it possible to hook it up to my car stereo? Is it possible to mount a dvd burner in the Din slot?
Will draw a diagram of what I wanna do and can someone please tell me if it is possible?
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willygrice wrote: Did you use a carputer or a normal desktop pc basically all of the bits are what you would find from a 5 year old computer. You can't use brand new stuff (P4's etc) because they just draw too much power. The upside to this is that it makes it very cheap.willygrice wrote: will it drain the batt too much etc I have a seperate battery in the boot so that even if I forget to turn the carputer off, it will not kill the cars battery.willygrice wrote: Where should I put it I plan to have mine under the spare tyre, but heat is an issue at the momentwillygrice wrote: Is it possible to hook it up to my car stereo What type of head unit do you have?willygrice wrote: Is it possible to mount a dvd burner in the Din slot Anything is possible, but every extra piece of hardware will add to the complexity / price / power consumption / heat
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Thanks heeps that is a great help. The specs I want for my carputer is a 80gb hd or more, a dvd burner (hopefully dash mounted) and TV (I have a tv card in my current computer that I shall be using. How old a computer can I get that can run that hardware.
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also how do you power your computer, do you use an inverter, or something else?
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just get a micro motherboard...they dont draw too much power but u are limited to how many pci slots u can use. to power it u can get a 12v DC inverter from the net....my friend has a desktop computer in his car and works fine. has everything. GPS, TV, DVDs, music, video clips....had to install a 2nd battery and uses a solar panel to charge the battery if he ever decides to park the car outside of his garage. seems to work
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willygrice wrote: a 80gb hd or more I went for a 200G HDD so that I can save everything to it and don't have to worry about having a DVD player. Everything (MP3's and DVD's) are stored on the HDDwillygrice wrote: How old a computer can I get that can run that hardware. P3, 1 - 1.5 GHz should be finewillygrice wrote: also how do you power your computer, do you use an inverter, or something else? I use a 12 Volt 300W PSU -
Also, what pongus said makes sense. I also have a second battery which provides power to the carputer. When the car is off, the second battery is disconnected from the car battery, so I will never kill the cars battery if I leave the carputer on accidentally. Solar panel is a good idea though. Panda
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Pandaman72 wrote: willygrice wrote: a 80gb hd or more I went for a 200G HDD so that I can save everything to it and don't have to worry about having a DVD player. Everything (MP3's and DVD's) are stored on the HDDwillygrice wrote: How old a computer can I get that can run that hardware. P3, 1 - 1.5 GHz should be finewillygrice wrote: also how do you power your computer, do you use an inverter, or something else? I use a 12 Volt 300W PSU - Also, what pongus said makes sense. I also have a second battery which provides power to the carputer. When the car is off, the second battery is disconnected from the car battery, so I will never kill the cars battery if I leave the carputer on accidentally. Solar panel is a good idea though. Panda Where do you get the 12V PSU Units? I am seriously thinking of doing this as i have a PIII 800 board and s**t loads of ram. I got a 2.5" 20Gb HDD that i would be using. Later i can always get a GPS unit for the computer.
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