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Avi8or

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After all the comments floating around about consoles in cars i've decided to have a look myself. I have an chipped Xbox which can play anything and everything. Those TFT monitors on ebay are only like $150, and a power inverter for the car is only about $30. Just wondering if anyone else out there has done this, if there are any problems that I should be considering, or anything I should be looking out for. At the moment im just playing with idea's.
 

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all i can think of is the dvd drive skipping with bumps, and heat. get a good fan in there or keep it in the open and padding around it for bumps and then your all good. keep passengers happy thats for sure
 

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yeah, i believe some lower grade inverters do a poor job when it comes to powering an Xbox/Playstation. have a read around on the forum, i can't remember the technical reason.
 

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I have a 150w inverter in the car, wired into the loom so we don't use a ciggie socket, works good (we mounted it under the drivers seat, so the 2nd row of seats cas access it). Runs the PS2 fine and even the laptop.
 

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The jaycar unit should be fine

azzfox, who is - "Armin Van Buuren/24"
 

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After all the comments floating around about consoles in cars i've decided to have a look myself. I have an chipped Xbox which can play anything and everything. Those TFT monitors on ebay are only like $150, and a power inverter for the car is only about $30. Just wondering if anyone else out there has done this, if there are any problems that I should be considering, or anything I should be looking out for. At the moment im just playing with idea's.

Those chipped Xbox's are good bang for ya buck arent they. I run a Xecuter 3 chip and 120G HD. Free games for me :dance: It would be great to have in the car hooked up to the stereo, Do you run XB media centre??
 

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dual boot linux off it, then you get a car PC too :p
 

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azzfox, who is - "Armin Van Buuren/24"
Armin Van Buuren is a DJ, who suposably did the theme for the TV Show "24". Those words from my signature are from the intro of the song spoken by Jack Bauer from 24. The songs called "Longest Day of my Life".
 

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i have a PsOne with a Flip up screen in my car. It run's off one of those Jaycar converters. Works to a treat but i keep myne in the passanger glovebox so only the passanger can play it.
 
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