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- zorpscorp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+46If a typical stereo-thief broke into your car and found a computer instead, it would probably confuse the ***** out of him.
- Terc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39A nice install, I have a similar setup in my car. The only thing that didn't agree with me was the way they chose to wire the door speakers... http://sysbuild.corsairmemory.com/images_reports/25-7-2006_RID_5/carpc017.jpg
this is a good example of the WRONG way to do it. It's a shortcut I'm sure many people take. This will eventually leave you with a short in your speaker wire and most likely will ruin your amp. Do it the same way the factory does and take the time to run the wires though the rubber tube you'll find in your door hinge. - friend18, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34Great, now I can get a computer stolen instead of a radio. ^__^
- UNL1M1T3D, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28Why don't you move yourself back to a high school english class.
- scottmoss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18But I need a dual DVD system so I can Rip and Burn while driving...
- deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18There's no Car PC software for the Mac I know of.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I always laughed at The Fast and The Furious when Paul Walker was checking his car diagnostics on his laptop going over 100 in the first race. This is cool none the less. For those of you that say, "Why not just get a laptop," are not true geeks.
- i440, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17This article does have some great ideas. In fact, I'm using just such a device right now. It's very easy to use and accessible, and great for any driver on the *CRASH*
- kodek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Even if that computer had battlefield 2, i wouldn't sit in the passenger's seat knowing that you just ripped out the freaking airbag.
- Experiment626, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15Finally! A car computer mod that does NOT involve a Mac Mini.
- dizzledaking, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13We joke now, but there may be a time when a comment of this caliber gets POSITIVE diggs! The horror!
- Thanatos999, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Impressive walk through ... THANKS!
PS - the next time you need a guinea pig to install hardware in ... I volunteer my car! - MrDizzystick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Its a guide.
- justin22290, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Psu/Case - ~175.00
Motherboard - ~200.00
Screen - ~392.44
DVD - ~89.50
Hard drive - ~169.24
thats just the computer parts, not to mention all the audio and extra costs will be over $1000.
If u can blow that kind of money go for it. I need to get a car first haha. - jofer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@Terc
To be fair, they do state why they didn't do it the right way:
"Normally the speaker wire would be done through a small rubber boot that is in the doorjam. However, on this car the boot is very far forward and impossible to access without removing the door itself or a significant portion of the dashboard, so we decided against it and just ran them this way, making sure that they weren't cut or kinked severely when the door closes."
Still, I agree that they're asking for problems further down the line...
At any rate, it's a damned nifty how-to! - gaqua, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9this isn't a car OS, it's just a program that runs as a GUI on top of Windows XP.
- techie4life, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9At that point Digg will have lost all hope and it'll be time to move on because the comments here are bad enough...
- NeoMatrixJR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Wow these dudes make it look easy. I wish it WAS! I've BUILT one! Go ahead, follow these directions. You'll have a basic system that will be really buggy. Trust me. Haul over to www.mp3car.com and sit on the forums for about 3-6 months, plan the whole thing, ask questions, THEN build! Oh, and as for a radio, us xm, or go to www.mp3car.com and search for "hqct module" it's a high quality USB radio unit that's just being released. Most usb/pc based radio tuners are FM only and are not equipped to handle EM interference from your car or the doppler effect driving down the road has on the radio waves you pick up. I'm still waiting for more of these to come out so I can replace the POS I have on mine now. Oh, yeah...and if you want GPS...don't use Mappoint...is SUCKS at navigation...
Oh, and the windows boot questions, look for nlite and EWF on the site too...
But seriously... WWW.MP3CAR.COM!! - mushoo, on 10/12/2007, -12/+18Here is an idea. How about you stick the mini up your DIN hole. If you're too constrained of space why don't skip all the hooplah and just use a shuffle.
Seriously, we're on digg, do you think we don't know about apple products? You're only the umpteenth brand-whore to bring up apple. - LuckieGW, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9These guys 1/2assed this thing. After all, if you're going to take the time to do this, do it right. For the love of rand() they're using motherboard sound. Atleast put in a decent sound card with optical audio in/out.
Oh, and WINDOWS? They make car versions of linux that work a million times better and even interface with ODB2.
Idiots don't know how to put a real good sounding system in and should stand down and let people who know what they're doing get their hands on it. - d2nd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@grammarpolice
"He was only stating the obvious, that a car would benefit from a Mac mini far more than a regular crap PC that would literally crash your car. Back the hell up man, seriously."
No dude, you back up. You obviously have no idea what you are talking about, how about learning something (read mp3car.com) before you post nonsense. "PC that would literally crash your car" wtf are you talking about?
Before just mindlessly supporting Apple, how about you learn the power req's of the mac mini. Then tell me how a Mini is less likely to crash your car then a VIA board.
fcking moron... - Brian48216, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6One thing that's always bugged me was the really long boot time required because it's a windows based system.
If I turn the key to go for a quick run to buy groceries, I don't want my radio turning on by the time I pull into the parking lot of the grocery store.
Has anybody worked on a stripped down version of linux with just the audio and display drivers running? - gaqua, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm curious about that too. The case has two PCI slots. I wonder what they're using them for, if anything? That being said, doing "optical" out to a car audio amplifier would be pretty pointless.
I don't know about your "car versions of linux" thing, but your rage for Windows is pretty lame. If you'd bothered to read up on any of the software in the thing you'd notice that Centrafuse can be made to interface with ODB2, NAV, XM Radio, etc. What's the big deal with Windows?
That motherboard is from VIA, so it might have an Envy 24HT chip on it, which is one of the best sound chips on the market for the price right now. Far better than anything Creative Labs puts out for the price. The system's supposed to be low power usage, I have to wonder if they did this for power requirements? - JakobMetzger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Yes there IS a decent front end for mac that's called "AMP". It is in the development stage but its coming along very quickly and the main developer works very very fast. Plus ITS OPEN SOURCE!!! You can check it out here...
http://mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=78868
Support AMP! - dexim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@ yaroze
That is incorrect, the ground should be as short as possible. If you don't want to take my word for it, Google it, here are just a few of the pages I found;
http://www.caraudiohelp.com/how_to_install_a_car_amp/how_to_install_a_car_amp.htm
http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/cat/-13095/edOid/105510/rpem/ccd/lookLearn.do
http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-dc4s8ZMTDDr/learningcenter/car/amplifier_installation_guide.html?page=4
http://www.justkenwood.co.uk/editorial/inst_amp.asp - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6No price/part list? I'd be interested if it didn't cost $3000 or whatever I'm guessing it ended up costing.
- akinder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"It is in the development stage but its coming along very quickly and the main developer works very very fast. Plus ITS OPEN SOURCE!!!"
Yeah, thats like what, 99% of all OSS projects. It will sit on Sourceforge for 4 years in beta, and it will never work right. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What did he use for a radio tuner?
- dSlifer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4If you knew you were getting modded down, then why'd you comment it?
- wizawuza, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4www.mp3car.com for much much more information
- Santad, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@kodek: P3ST4 was talking about justin22290's post, not the article.
@justin22290: im guessing you included the processor with the price you put for the motherboard (~$100 processor and ~$100 mobo would be ~$200). and i agree with P3ST4, $169.74 for a 100gb hd is steep, id say more like $100.
the more precise price-list:
psu/case~$300
motherboard~$100
processor~$100
hard drive~$100
cd/dvd~$50
display~$250
so total thats around $900 for the computer parts, and that doesnt include a legit copy of windows xp ($90 for home edition) or shipping. - akinder, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5OH NOES they used WINDOWS!
Heaven forbid, they should have used Linux! That way the guide would have been 48 pages of How to Get X Distro to work with the hardware, then 34 more pages of getting the USB GPS, etc to work with the distro, and then finally the part about hooking it up to the car. - gaqua, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You'll notice that MP3CAR is mentioned TWICE on the last page.
- Terc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@jofer
There's a great way to overcome even the deepest grommets. It's a simple device called a coat hanger. I've used it many times, it's not easy, but more than worth it in the long run. - FBMGriever, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Wow I've been looking for a comprehensive tutorial on this ever since I saw DashPC's website about a year ago.
This has totally motivated me to do it myself. Dugg. - bagelpirate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4www.mp3car.com
Great resource for carputers
Including mac mini setup guides :P - noliberalbull, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Alrighty, but how do I mod my 89 Buick Reatta, which already has a touchscreen radio (stock) ( http://www.murrayco.com/Car_Collection/buick_reatta_89_lg4.jpg ) so that it is compatible with an iPod (or at least an auxilary input)? Help me figure that one out...
- Zero82z, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I love the "Buy Corsair Products" photoshopped onto the front plate of the car...
(Pic on first page) - Vouksh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I wonder if I could fit one of these things in my MX-6... If so, that'd be awesome. What I'd also include is a wireless network card, so I could transfer songs just by starting my car and copying songs across the network.
- zorpscorp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Oops, haha... that's what I get for just skimming through the pictures (and I guess not seeing the one with XP on it ). I still stand by everything else :P
- PrplHaze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If I could digg twice I would
I read the whole article, and who DOESN'T want to do this? Very detailed step by step, and from the tone of the author I'm sure they'd offer assistance if needed. I can imagine the possibilites of this, so maybe when I get ready to yank out the factory stuff I will consider something like this. More work, but oh so sweet! The only thing is the Maxima has the molded shell of a control-console, so I'd have to get something custom to accomodate an LCD. It'd be cool too if you could set this up with multiple touch-screens (which I'm sure you could) so that i.e. a backseat passenger could run the show as well. - phort99, on 10/12/2007, -8/+9This runs Windows, doesn't it?
Gee, I hope my car doesn't crash. - whatsthatsmell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you even thought of having to pull over to change CDs and don't know how to store/play movies on a HDD, you are not ready for a computer installed in your car. Read the next article
- dexim, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"And why a Passport of all things?"
"Probably because the guy who drives it couldn't afford an Isuzu Rodeo.
Now THOSE things are sweet!"
That's funny. For those of you that don't know, the Isuzu Rodeo is a re branded Honda Passport. (Or the other way around, depending on the model year.) - Jeebugorn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2lol...nice
- RedGTiVR6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@P3
Perhaps you need to better understand the demands that CarPCs place on equipment.
Many of the boards that we in the hobby are using are small form factor boards (Mini-itx). These boards are chosen for a few reasons, namely power consumption and space requirements. You do have to pay more for these boards. Many times the VIA boards have processors built in as well.
Also, please keep in mind that not everyone has the same space requirements as yourself when it comes to a project like this. - spazman5656, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@justin22290
obviously you didn't do any research into the sites the guide listed. The case is $299 and the screen is $251. - whatsthatsmell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you could start by doing something like this to your Reatta http://i2.ebayimg.com/05/i/07/ea/df/49_12.JPG
collect insurance,buy a nice car, build a car PC - DrunkenStumble, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have always wanted to perform a hack like this. I would really like to hear from someone who has done somethign similar as to how the PC and components (hard drive, disk drive) perform under conditions such as those found while driving a vehicle. Do the vibrations cause a lot of disk skipping, or errors with the hard drive? And are there special mesures that can be taken during installation to dampen the vibrations?
- dSlifer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Maybe not USB, I think that would be slow, but I guess 2.0 might not be (I don't play much with 2.0)
But I wondered the same you are, unless the whole case is somewhere up front, it would be annoying to stop and pull over just to put one cd in the back, not like a six-cd changer at all. I know the idea is to put mp3s on the hard drive, but for movies and such -
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