regal8r
ravendarat
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A touch screen interface is best and then a amp to run the speakers as the carputers dont have built in amps. Past that everything else is a bonus not a nessesity
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regal8r
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http://cgi.ebay.com/TM-868-8-TFT-LCD-VGA-TOUCHSCREEN-CAR-PC-MONITOR_W0QQitemZ190004329594QQihZ009QQcategoryZ48609QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem could that be flush mounted into a dash?
jujumantb
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anything can be flush mounted into a dash with enough skill and patience //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif
jujumantb
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Lilliput seems to be the standard for carputers.
ravendarat
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I dont think thats becuase of quality, I think its due to lack of options
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and what about an OS, i remember snova sayin somethin about how he just uses xp pro but i seen his video and it looks like a dedicated carputer program //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gifhttp://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=136616&cdate=20060628&ctime=230337 thats his video
jujumantb
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ravendarat
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Many carputers you buy are using a bastardized version of Windows ME. But if you are building from scratch than you need to decide what you want to be able to do in the end.
I did a crazy amount of reasearch into this matter, so I can help u out a lot. OK, so u need a computer that does not consume a lot of power. Basically what most people do is that they go with a mini-itx motherboard (EPIA -- The Via 10000, i think it is, motherboards are very popular). They have built in graphics and audio (but if u want good audio, i recommend using a Creative Soundblaster card). U will need a Mini-Itx case, as well. U need like 256-512Mb RAM, not more than that. Get all the other stuff that u need to (Like wireless card, GPS reciever, and all that, I cant remember right now). For ur touchscreen i recommend using, a Xenarc or Liliput, are very popular and Xenarc's are excellent from what i hear. U need a PSU (a power supply). U need a DC-DC power supply since cars are DC, so I am going to direct u to Opussolutions.com for that. What these power supply's do is that they are connected to the ignition wire and when u turn the car on the computer turns on and when u turn the car off the computer automatically turns off or hibernates or whatever (Very Very Cool and can save u a lot of time from using an invertor and hardwiring a power button into the cabin). I cant think of anything else from the top of my head. I pretty much covered all the important stuff. Also, one more thing, u need a program to run ur GPS, Music, Videos and all that good stuff. People use Roadrunner, or Frodo Player, Free.
I abandoned the project because I do not know how to do wiring in a car and knowing the unreliability of computers in general i thought i might have to a lot of troubleshooting. Basically it is a very very big time commitment but when it works, it is amazing.
If u need more information just PM me!! Hopefully it works out for u bro.
Also check out mp3car.com, they have a tremendous amount of information.
I abandoned the project because I do not know how to do wiring in a car and knowing the unreliability of computers in general i thought i might have to a lot of troubleshooting. Basically it is a very very big time commitment but when it works, it is amazing.
If u need more information just PM me!! Hopefully it works out for u bro.
Also check out mp3car.com, they have a tremendous amount of information.
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