my 2k2 maxima se 6 spd i put a lcd touch tone screen on it with my pc in the trunk and over 50 gigs of mp3's and another 100 or gigs of movies.





http://www.megalithic.org/sites/maxi...s/DSC00133.jpg

 

Nice arrangement, but I would like to have a radio in mine too!

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Awesome, man!
how much was the screen?

 

i do have a radio as well its an xm radio i pay 10 a month for it i use the usb port on the pc to make it work

http://www.xmradio.com/xmpcr/

http://www.xmradio.com/xmpcr/#


the screen runs about 400 or so depenings on the brans i have an rca input but try to get a xenoarc with vga it looks much better ive made a interface for it using c++ u can also use windows prefer ce and also use linux which is a much better progie and wont crash


heres my interface


http://www.ece.utk.edu/~qjones/browser.jpg

http://www.ece.utk.edu/~qjones/player.jpg

http://www.ece.utk.edu/~qjones/music.jpg

 

Just curious, but how does the hard drive and cpu components stand up to the 120+ degree heat of a car toasting in the summer sun?
Seems like a conventional hard drive would crap out after baking in such high temps...

 

wow that looks crazy, I am also looking into doing something like this, post a how-to!!
Thanks

 

Not really.. most hd's run very hot even in your case right now. A lot of computers run @ 100+ degrees in the case anyway, so being in a 120 degree car will be nothing new. Besides, before it can run too long you've probably got the A/C cranked and it'll be a nice frosty 72 degrees in there before long.

 

Dude, that's SOOO tight. Awesome job!

 

 

NICE JOB

that looks really clean. great work.
its funny i was talking to my buddy who has a 2k3 about doing the same exact thing. who did u get the screen from? oh yeah did i mention it looks really good....

 

the 2 biggest manufactors of touch tone screens are xenoarc whiich are nicer and some of the monitors u can still see them during direct sunlight ? then theres digital wide world which isnt as great as xenoarc but also not as expensive. try getting s video or vga ones.



next im gonna try to make my analog ac controls its digital controls via my pc in my maxima. any suggestions on how to go about this?


and for the hd question posted earlier i use laptop hard drives little more expensive but a little bit more rugged.

 

That new band 'no signal' rocks!

I like where you are going with the screen mounting.

You other guys may want to check out
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/index.php
#1 thing is to get a good DC-DC powersupply/regulation... or all your nice stuff will be toast in a few months. well, the PSU at least.

 

I was *this* close to getting in on that group deal with the Xenarcs on mp3car.com. So glad I didnt, Xenarc seems to have sent those guys refurbs or something :/

I was considering that NTSC screen from digitalww. I'd love VGA, but not sure I want the hassles of a full blown PC right now. Well, I'd probably get a Cap.TX1 so I guess thats not too much hassle..

 

oh ya that power supply thing is pretty important. oh ya and learn hoew to use fiberglass youll need to make the mold that does around the screen since it wont fit in perfectly and you have to take the casing around the screen to make it work rt.


NO SIGNAL is the new single of my new record.

 

Looks great..
can post the interface program?

 

That's true, but there's a big difference between internal case temp. in a reasonable ambient temp., and internal case temp. in an ambient of 100+ degrees. The HD and system would either shut down or cook pretty quickly.

But, won't hurt the HD etc. if it's not running in the heat (presumably it switches off with the car? how'd you arrange it so it shuts down gracefully?), and as bobcat noted it should cool off even in the trunk.

 

there are some DC-DC automotive PSUs that handle shutdown, very nice but not cheap. Worth every penny tho.

I've read mixed results on 3.5 desktop HD's in the trunk. Generally, bad PSU's or a nasty pothole gets them before heat.

 

thats so true about pot it will mess with your hard drive quicker than the heat. think of a hard drive as a record as the needle goes accross the record and when it jumps it sctaches it. the end. thats y i use laptop harddrives they are smaller and dont generate as much heat and i have fans coming out of my tailpipes.


this is the pc for my car that i want to get

http://www.gobookmax.com/gobookmax/gbmax_gm.asp

 

You should check out www.mp3car.com there forum has lots of information about all this...

My .02

 

Just noticed... My fault im slow

 

Where did you get that dash kit to fit the screen in?

 

What would you guys think of running voice recognition on a pc instead of hooking it up to an lcd? I really don't want to change the HU and put an lcd in. Would this just be a pain or would it work alright?

 

If you don't want a full LCD there is also little LEDs that work with Winamp (w/ a plugin) and will display the song/artist/etc on the LED. Some of those you can also control Winamp w/ buttons on the screen or use a remote control to do it. I'm not sure how well voice recognition would work.

Buut, with as many mp3 players that are out there.. for me, it'd be a waste to put a PC in there and not have a screen to watch stuff on. For just music seems kind of a waste when I could go get a mp3 player for just about as much.

 

you need to take the lcd toch tone screen apart and then make a fiberglass mold that goes around the screen and will fit perfectly on the car so it wont look cheesey.

 

you need to take the lcd toch tone screen apart and then make a fiberglass mold that goes around the screen and will fit perfectly on the car so it wont look cheesey. and the brakets you have to custom make them for the rest of the hardware for the monitor.

 

Here are the 2 reasons that I'd do the computer mod for that I don't have.

1. If I had the ability to pay attention to 2 things at once. Two reasons why I'd want that ( )


2. I like my computer at home and I think adding all that computer stuff + audio stuff would add to much waight.


I'm not dissin you MAX GUY but that's what I just think.

 

Here are the 2 reasons that I'd do the computer mod for that I don't have.

1. If I had the ability to pay attention to 2 things at once. One good reason why I'd want that ( )

2. I like my computer at home and I think adding all that computer stuff + audio stuff would add to much waight.

I'm not dissin you MAX GUY but that's what I just think.

 

Lookin good! Can't wait to be there with ya!