My Car PC (project)

[millencolin]

hey all,

after alot of reading decided to do my own carputer mainly cause i have GPS navigation and alllllllll of my mp3's and videos on it and can watch and listen to it any time plus can it looks pretty cool, i installed a 8" touch screen so no need for a mouse then i bought a e-vectra its a tiny pc from HP (p3 800mhz plenty of speed for my needs) and installed Media Engine as my front end (there r others but i like this one) it is still not finished only kinda fited the screen and am test running it, i know there are others that have done the same thing here but this is getting more and more popular and here is my version......

any improvements i can make r welcome

ill post regular updates.....

cheers
Alen

 

[fitzy2005]

that looks heaps mad hopefully one day i can do similar

 

[futronix]

good work buddy... that 8" fits nicely......


who makes that 8"??

 

[millencolin]

yeah the final product fits nicely i think i have fried half of my brain on thinking how i was going to fit it in there.......alot of mucking around.

not sure who makes it but i got it of ebay for under $260 i am pretty sure, came faulty but eing an electronics tech i had to figure it out as i was not prepared to send it back to honk kong and so on, all it was on one of the connectors 2 wires were crossed over so the usb feature did not want to work.

cheers
Alen

 

[kopper69]

Nice work mate, looks good and really neat fit. Seen a couple of these setups but never in a VR/VS and interested to know what it would look and fit like. Quick question - What did the whole package set you back? Where do you sit the e-Vectra?

 

[yZoH]

Why do I see you got the idea from hakhawk with his car pc.... I would say cool, but I've seen it done better & neeter.

Cheers
MaT

 

[hakhawk]

mate, looks EXCELLENT!!!!!!! reminds me of mine... exactly. lol. the stereo spot for the vn-vs are perfect for the 8" touchscreens. hey, tell me, whats reflection and lighting like with that screen in sunlight? keep the pics coming.

 

[dlzn]

now just paint that bit of wood under it black or cover it

wow.. really.. well done thats alot of effort and looks sweet.
hope you have a good alarm system.

 

[millencolin]

Why do I see you got the idea from hakhawk with his car pc.... I would say cool, but I've seen it done better & neeter.

to tell u the truth i did not get it from hak hawk i have seen it done before (www.mp3car.com 1000's of cars with them) but thought i could not do it in my car (how am i going to fit an 8'' screen + computer etc) then while i was doing my 5'' lcd for a dvd player i stumbled on hak hawks commodore and saw him fit a large LCD that gave me confidence and so i did it,
besides i have contacted hak hawk while back while doing my other project and he was very helpfull (thnks hak hawk).

 

[millencolin]

Nice work mate, looks good and really neat fit. Seen a couple of these setups but never in a VR/VS and interested to know what it would look and fit like. Quick question - What did the whole package set you back? Where do you sit the e-Vectra?

thanks

it costed a bit but the satisfaction of doing it your self and having sat nav and whole heap of other features is priceless:

LCD touch screen: $260 ebay
e-vectra: $155 ebay
dc to dc converter for the e-vectra $90 can get it cheaper ebay or so but needed it urgently,
gps mouse usb $98 ebay
the rest is software......


cheers
Alen