I heard there was someone here that had a Haltech wired into an in-dash LCD. I would like some ideas on this.
*What kind of PC do you use?
*Where would you mount it?
*Can you hook an amp to it and run iTunes?
*Touch-screen options?

thanks

 

Look into doing a carpc , I just finished one in my DD subaru and will definetly put one into my rex. Look around www.mp3car.com it basically explains all the basics and shows you how everything works. Then just get a laptop harness for the Haltech and run it the same way as you would off a laptop.

 

ya, thanks! So you can hook up you stereo to the carPC?
How do you navigate the pc? touch screen?

 

Yup sound comes out of the soundcar and either into the headunit or you can send it right to the amp.

Navigation is done via touchscreen so its basically a fully functioning computer but the mouse is your finger and they are tiny. My carpc in the Subaru actually sits under my drivers seat. You cant beat it , Navigation , loads of mp3s and like 100gigs of music videos. Talk about never being bored while driving. That and totally peiced together it was about 700 bucks , thats the same price if not cheaper than any decent flip out dvd player without the hassle of having to burn dvds or any other media.

 

that is what I'm talking about! can you give me the specs on your set up. I am trrying to peice together a carPC from that site, but so many options!!

 

arkady,

According to $700 number you don't have transflective screen. Does it give you any troubles during daytime?


P.S. Is it russian name?

 

Lets see some pics...

 

Yeah no transflective tint, I have 15% tint all around and a strip on the windshield and also its not that visible its still fine during the day, atleast to me it wasnt worth the extra 500 bucks. I will get one through for the rx7 since its a convertible.

And yeah I'm a dirty ruski yo.

I can take pics of the set up tomorrow for all those interested.

 

The motherboard:
Jetway 1.5ghz mobo
http://cgi.ebay.com/Jetway-Mini-ITX-...QQcmdZViewItem

170 shipped via ebay

1gig of ddr ram

100ish

120 gig laptop 7200rpm hard drive

100ish

Touchscreen:
7" lilliput touchscreen lcd

200ish

double din bracket:
they make a specific one for the subaru but it seems to me it will work fine in anything double din, just might have to play with to make it work,

Powersupply:
m2 atx 160w dc-dc psu
http://cgi.ebay.com/M2-ATX-Car-PC-Ca...QQcmdZViewItem

80ish

Case:

Forgot which one I have , pick which ever mini-itx you like, they are all pretty small ,mine is basically the size of a medium sized cd booklet.



The basic breakdown:

Peice the computer together. Run a power wire from the battery to the powersupply, then a ground to anywhere you want to ground it.

The powersupply has whats called a shutdown controller. When a key is inserted into the ignition and turned past accesory it will boot the pc up automatically. When you pull the key out , it keeps power to the pc for about 40 seconds so it will have time to fully shut down. If you are running the pc with the engine off, it will auto turn it off when your battery is getting close to no-cranking range.

Plug in the vga and the usb for the screen. Install all the drivers.

Regular sound cable from soundcard to either headunit or directly to an amp via rca's.

Install a frontend , basically the carpc application. Roadrunner is basically the best one out. There are plenty of others, chose one to your liking, downloads, pics ,reviews are in the front end section of mp3car.com

Thats really basically it, its a full computer. Buy a gps reciever for 40 bucks and you can use the GPS function , same as any other navi software but its better since you can always update it, it speaks to you, its fully built into the front end so your music/videos will keep playing then it will pause them to inform you with directions, etc.

Pics tomorrow.

 

dude, thanks. this is exactly what i was looking for.
I am running a motec and would like to be able to monitor/tune without lugging around a laptop. cops get suspicious of that around here.

If you have a computer built into the car, might as well tie it in to the sound system and any other toys you can