sounds like a cool little project buddy! just up my street too :-) I considered this but got lazy, gave up and bought a fold out touch screen jobby.
shafz is obv the man to talk to, but if u need any localish hands on help or advice I'll lend a hand :-) 2 minds r better than one! may need custom brackets etc etc which I can also help with :-)
hehe, a fold out screen saves lots of hassle! but just doesnt look as good as it would moulded in
i have only seen 1 ZS with a carputer (think he is a member on here)
there are a number of ways you can build one....you can use an old pc motherboard, prebuilt systems or build one from scratch...i opted to build my own to my own specification
if you are using a PC motherboard, it will be more power hungry (cpu) then a mini ITX motherboard, unless you get a decent power supply
best place to look in www.digital-car.co.uk , excellent forum, lots of help available and if i can help you with anything give me a shout
Thanks dude, yep I was linked to linitx and me and a friend specced up a screen, psu and gps receiver - £250ish all in all it was which is nothing to complain about!! I've got a machine already so I need to build a custom thin case so it doesn't take up much room and I need to see about moulding the screen into the dashboard!
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Originally Posted by carmadbaker
sounds like a cool little project buddy! just up my street too :-) I considered this but got lazy, gave up and bought a fold out touch screen jobby.
shafz is obv the man to talk to, but if u need any localish hands on help or advice I'll lend a hand :-) 2 minds r better than one! may need custom brackets etc etc which I can also help with :-)
Thanks buddy! I'll let ya know! - It'll be a fun project, and hopefully inspire you to do yours as well
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You should also include a wireless card, so if u park-up somewhere u can nick their unsecured network, which is always fun
Not a bad idea...I wonder if I could hook it up to the cars shell so the car acts as the antenna - lol that'd be fun!
ha ha! yer it doesn't look anywhere near as cool as moulded in, looks really out of place folded out. love the install in the pic tho, really cool.
no worries dude I'm always here to lend a helping hand :-) ya need to think about speaker outputs, amps and associated equipment remember bud, an uprated sound card is a must! all well and good looking smart, but it has to sound the puppys peanuts to impress me as I said I'm pretty fluent with ICE so any questions u know where I am :-)
i'll drink to that, good luck (so when my radio in my car starts to make an old 56K modem sound, i'll know your not far away)
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