Carputer 101

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

wow thats really wierd. for about an hour i couldn't connect, it kept giving me 'webpage error' pages. anyways lol.

 

[SilverSquared 10+ year member]

Hey Mega...chime in....I broke my 7" offbrand flip out. I want to get another, but they are almost $500 the sites we know. If i cant find em cheaper, I'll ebay them. Let me know...

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

http://store.mp3car.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=61

yeah they're expensive.

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

ok i have a couple questions. i dont know if you remember but i was trying to see if i could use an old imac that we dont use any more for my carputer.

well i was talking on mp3car.com and found out that the monitor is not hardwired into the videocard, which alot of people were telling me. so now i guess all i need now is a monitor and a power supply, but i need to know what kind of chord i need to connect the monitor into the mac. i take it i need some kind of vga adaptor, but not sure which kind (theres a bunch on apple.com).

also what frontends do people use for macs? and gps?

anyone have any feedback on this?

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

square I have never took the time to look for a flip out lcd. so I can't help u right now.

dud: there is a section mp3car for apple, they might can help you a lot more about frontends and gps. but i'll search when I can, right now I'm postin from my phone lol.

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

square I have never took the time to look for a flip out lcd. so I can't help u right now.

dud: there is a section mp3car for apple, they might can help you a lot more about frontends and gps. but i'll search when I can, right now I'm postin from my phone lol.

haha werd. yeah i've posted a couple threads in the apple section. it looks as if route 66 is the only gps available for the mac right now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif from what people are running. and im not sure if there are any "real" front ends. i see a lot of people trying to develop something, but i cant find anything thats really available now.

 

[SilverSquared 10+ year member]

I just ordered a lilli for 390 shipped.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

390? what kindda lilli was it? can u link me?

 

[SilverSquared 10+ year member]

I ebayed this one..lol...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300066983247&rd=1&rd=1

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

I ebayed this one..lol...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300066983247&rd=1&rd=1

nice find, i've seen people find xenarc's for $170 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif. i hope i can find a good deal when i do mine lol.

 

[SilverSquared 10+ year member]

i almost got a pedestal mount, but I much rather the 2-single DIN route.

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

the non-flip up touchscreen monitors aren't really all that expensive, a 7'' can be had for under $200 easily

 

[SilverSquared 10+ year member]

Yep. I know this. When I take the non-flip route will be when I get my new head unit. I will ram a 10.4" in my dash, molded in of course. Until then, I really like how my dash looks with the flip. Its in my CarDomain. Take a look-see.

 

[SilverSquared 10+ year member]

I got it in today, the way it was packaged, compared to my last, was VERY nice. I will take some pics tomorrow of how it was done, and a few others, possibly of the swap. My old monitor had a seperate VGA and USB cable, this one has 1 cable, THREADED, yes, screws together in back of the unit. WOW. I'll post new pics possibly. I'd have to make a new photobucket acct tho, the one i have has d@mn in the username, so it NEVER shows on this board. LMAO. I'll prolly link them to my CarDomain page.

AND WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THIS THREAD TO BE STICKIED?????

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

I got it in today, the way it was packaged, compared to my last, was VERY nice. I will take some pics tomorrow of how it was done, and a few others, possibly of the swap. My old monitor had a seperate VGA and USB cable, this one has 1 cable, THREADED, yes, screws together in back of the unit. WOW. I'll post new pics possibly. I'd have to make a new photobucket acct tho, the one i have has d@mn in the username, so it NEVER shows on this board. LMAO. I'll prolly link them to my CarDomain page.




AND WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THIS THREAD TO BE STICKIED?????

If this thread is that great it will bump itself to the top //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif im not worried, i have it in my sig.

and spoonraker i am working on uploading that program //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif i wont leave you hanging