I've got a Panasonic SR-8185-C DVD-Rom drive installed in my dash (I’ve Added a pic below)
It’s got a monster mash of cables and adapters (CRDOM - JAE adapter to a IDE to USB adapter with a 15' USB cable and a 12v to 5v regulator that has never worked)
All I want is a simple slot loaded DVD with 12v in and USB 1.1 and it to play DVD.
Any suggestions? What would be really keen is an off the shelf solution that I can modify
will USB 1.1 support the needed data transfer rate for smoth DVD playback? I am lucky that i had enough room for a full size DVD/CDrw in my truck so i didnt need any adapters. I am running USB 2.0 and the drive is getting the power from the computers power supply with a homemade extension. Dont know what this can do for your situation but that is another way it could be done. 5 wires in a loom going to the drive for me.
I was running dvd with usb 1.1 and it is really choppy.Originally Posted by FAmonmouth
EPIA 800, DWW-7VGA LCD w/Touchscreen, 256mb ram, dvd rom, ati radeon 7000 video card, 80 gb 3.5" hard drive.
That is a killer drive....slim and slot load. I've been looking at that one but chose a Pioneer slot load instead (mainly due to price). What about using a firewire card and an ide to FW adapter? That way you don't need that long run of ribbon cable. Also, you wouldn't have the choppy video that USB would provide. I have seen firewire cards at Best Buy for 34 bucks...and I'm sure they're cheaper elsewhere (on-line). I've seen the ide to firewire boxes on eBay and elsewhere. Maybe that would be better?
- Jeff
I would love to get a firewire card but as you can see in my picture i've got limited space and my PCI slot is taken by the vid car what i need to find is a PC/104 Firewire card but I doubt I can. And even then I dont think I can get enough bus power to spin that drive.
The only way to go for sure is use a long 80 conductor IDE cable.
I've tried the firewire bridge to IDE and stuff, what a waste of time. The first time I tried the IDE, worked perfect, and I boot off CD to install XP.
I'm still trying to get a slim laptop drive like yours pictured soon. I had a the regular Pioneer slot load up front.
Yea this S.O.B only works when it wants too. There has to be a solution. I've got about $500 in crap trying to find a solution. I think i'm jus going to go with a mobo with usb 2.0 or firewire or something!
LESLIEx317537 - You also realize that making a 15' IDE is way way out of spec and might well not work at all. A USB2.0 or Firewire bridge is much easier and requires very little work for most people.. I have two Firewire 400 bridges somewhere at home, but I haven't been able to locate them.. I am guessing they are in a box with random other computer parts, and that means I have a lot of box-hunting to do!
1993 BMW 325is - 15.2sec
Sigma, search through old threads and you will find out it does work.
I have long seen many tries and trust me try the 15 foot IDE. People harrassed me until I posted pictures of my setup working awesome. I got it working in March of 2002 and it ran pefect since. Soon to be used in my new car.
BTW, I sold cables for a while, about 10 of them, I got mine for 16 buks int he city. It was awesome the day I brought it home and it worked. People thought it was amazing. hehehe amazing it is.
16 buks, boot from cd rom, very easy to run and hide, flat cable. Why bother with anyting else?
drop the 5 volt regulator and steal the 5 volts off the hard drive plug. Red wire if i am not mistaken.
Where can a get a 15' IDE cable?
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