Car Pc

04-12-2005, 07:04 PM

Is there any one is experienced with car PC? I am thinking about installing one in my Huinday, and don't know where to start.
Any help is appreciated.

mikegett · 04-12-2005, 07:44 PM

Do a search. There have been a few guys over the years that put in some car pc's. A few had some tutorials.

eag182 · 04-12-2005, 08:40 PM

Have we mentioned mp3car.com?

04-12-2005, 08:48 PM

Yes,
I am browsing it right now.
Thanks.
Just wanted to hear from people with real experience

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04-12-2005, 10:32 PM

I haven't done it, but I sure thought about it. Wireless capabilities so I could park in my driveway and transfer songs to my car = AWSOME.

I wanted to do an overhead LCD screen, with GPS and junk, but I think I may have been getting too ambitious. I mean, I would need a mouse and keyboard and blah blah blah.

If I could do it cheaply, I would be in still.

04-12-2005, 11:00 PM

I very well probably will have close to that setup done soon that your talking about Jiffy...although for what I paid for my basic setup you could have probably two carputers, but I wont go there....but im definetely lookin at a gps system and the wireless capability is the best of it all

04-13-2005, 12:53 AM

I want to have mine installed in the dash board, but I guess the install is going to be way too custom.
Also looking for GPS - is the best, and audio/video functions.
Currently there are two choices - one is from autonode ( cost about $2000, but looks perfect), and the other is http://indashpc.org, which is much cheaper, but not so good looking
Still thinking...

Aleromaster · 04-13-2005, 06:59 PM

Heres what I did with my monitor. I did a little cutting of the casing of the monitor and epoxied mounting tabs from a radio mount kit to the side. Did a little bondo and paint and this was the final result.

04-13-2005, 07:01 PM

yea, i bought that screen and it took a poop....i advise against modifying these touchscreen units.

Aleromaster · 04-13-2005, 07:11 PM

Try this or this for your pc basis, and the best part is they fit under your passenger seat. Plus you don't need an inverter as they run on 19V dc so they can be run by this and survives crank.

Aleromaster · 04-13-2005, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by wy3134@Apr 13 2005, 06:01 PM
yea, i bought that screen and it took a poop....i advise against modifying these touchscreen units.

Quoted post

when did that happen?
They can be modified you just end up voiding the warrenty or you can modify another case and save the original for warrenty repair. Although the one i sold wy3134 had been modified to much the be returned.

04-13-2005, 07:20 PM

i never used it, then sold it to AGT, and when he tried to use it, it just smoked and didnt have power.....had nothing to do with shipping, was well protected but I just got done inspecting it and cant find anything physically wrong with it...

Aleromaster · 04-13-2005, 07:24 PM

wow. I tested it before i shipped it and it worked. was power hooked up properly or with correct power voltage. If power is hooked up wrong than they are know to do that.

04-13-2005, 07:25 PM

yea it was all hooked up fine, oh well, serves me right paying that much for that setup

Aleromaster · 04-13-2005, 07:32 PM

Hey that was a fair price I had much more money invested in parts alone, plus all the time invested in just the screen alone. If you want I could probibly take a look at the screen and throw it on the testers to see what went wrong.

04-13-2005, 07:33 PM

To Aleromaster:
Your install looks so complete! I am guessing how much time did you spend on that!
I am still thinking that having PC in the dash is the most convinient way for the Car PCs.
Also which software do you use, guys?

04-13-2005, 07:35 PM

nah....regardless i regret the purchase, especially seeing those cheap setups on ebay that offer the same setup...sorry for whoring up your thread Kelen

04-13-2005, 08:00 PM

Guys, take it easy!

opc1:

04-13-2005, 08:02 PM

Aleromaster, what kind of software do you have?
To cut the touchscreen means to kill the warranty, right?

mikegett · 04-13-2005, 08:19 PM

If you have some dough to spend but don't want to modify there are some other options. A couple of companies are offering H.U.'s with hard drives for storing the songs on. Eclipse has a new navigation and 40 gig hard drive this year. I personaly don't like the double dins lcd's. They still don't have the power to see well in the day light. I think kenwood and pioneer offer add on hard drives (like a changer) for some models. And then there is a company that makes one sweet single din H'U that has hard drives built in with full ability to mod it. I just can't remember the name.