I took a few quick pics after finished most of the install of the carputer.

The Gut/Brain power of the carputer in the glove compartment

Carputer

Via M100000 Nehemiah Motherboard
512Mb Ram
160Gb Baraccuda Hard Drive
8x DVD slim notebook Drive
120Watts PA120A Power Supply
IPTS Sequencer and Regulator
Delorme EarthMate GPS
7" Lilliput Touchscreen VGA LCD monitor
USB RF wireless compact keyboard/trackball
Belkin Wireless 802.11b Network
Mediacar interface on top of Windows XP Pro
Realized Voice Recognition
Street jAtlas 2004 Mapping software
Microsoft Streets and Trips mapping software
Zoom DVD player software
Netstumbler

PocketPC
Audiovox Maestro running on PocketPc 2002
Pharos CF GPS with pigtail antenna
Pharos Ostia 6.0
PowerLoc Destinator
Tomtom Navigator
Belkin CF 802.11b Network card
Bluetooth CF cards

I got over 4000 MP3 songs and quite a few DVD at my finger tip. I can synchronize my PCA directly with the carputer for new contact, email, maps, etc. Working on setting up my carputer to control my cellphone and other lighting.

 

the LCD on center console

 

LCD running media car ... Sorry a little blurry ... my camera isn't good for taking picture like this

 

Custom made HD external case using a crappy old Iomega Zip drive

 

Wireless RF Keyboards

 

Bigmonkey70, that's hot! I love it...makes me think of the batmobile! That's so much more useful than a TV to have in your car. I started to get a tv in mine and then said to myself "dude, you watch tv at home, not on the road...you don't need that, it won't get you anymore punannie" Ha ha ha, but seriously that's hot. I give a thumbs up!

 

for the creativity...but too bad the monitor covers the center vents. have you thought about doing the flush mount replacing the am/fm radio section? too much cluster around that area, it'll look a lot cleaner with it built in...

where did you get "media car"? that's cool how it's customized with the "L" in the center.

 

Office on wheels.

 

Dang, the possibilities! i now have a new project

 

Thanks everyone .....

This is only version 1.0 of this carputer project. The LCD is temporary for now. I still looking for a right spot for the LCD. I am looking at many way to get a clean LCD installation including flush mount the screen into the OEM radio spot.

 

Nice. You beat me to the punch. Mine's all within the stock stereo though, well mostly. No peeking until finished though.

Do you really like Street Atlas btw?

What is the sound quality fo the unit?

 

Ummmm Street Atlas is pretty much junk. My PDA destinator and Tomtom Navigator beat Street Atlas 10 to 1. I probably will go with Deluo Routis on the next wave of upgrade. As for sound qualiy, the FM modulator output really exceed my expectation. Absolutely no static or inteference at all even when driving in the city. The only thing is that i had to turn the volume **** a little higher to get the boom. About the screen, I might go your route eventually, if i decide to keep the car. I didn't want to ditch the OEM stereo as i might sell the car. I saw a company sell the all in one carputer that fit a regular dash stereo. Is that the one you used?

 

LOL, that's the response I was expecting. I bought the bundle package as well and pretty much threw the Atlas in the trash.

I did not buy any casings for the dash. All cosmetics are being built of stock parts to remain...well...stock looking. Some of this stuff is a PITA. I am building my own interface. Which one is that that you are using?

 

I am using the Accele FM Modulator ... I actually bought quite a few and tried them all.... The Accele is the best .... closest to the Blitzsafe Aux adapter (of course not available for our car). I then returned the rest.

Do you have any problem with the earthmate locked on Satellites? Mine sometime take a while to lock.... if i stick the antenna outside the car it locked almost immediately with 6 or more satellites. My PDA GPS has no problem at all locking 6 or more satellites.

 

Not everything is worked out on the project. Some glass does interfere with the signal. Some tints especially affect it too.

I was talking about the skin on the box though. Where do you download that skin?

My install was started to provide engine diagnostics on the fly and secondly for entertainment.