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    Newbie andymitch1971's Avatar
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    HI All

    im still in the process of reading and making up my mind what to build/ install

    i have a patriot pc 400Mhz with onboard sound and graphics (with TV out)
    ive got a 300watt inverter of ebay..£28
    a GPS receiver of ebay...£56
    havent got a screen yet dgital ww got a composite 7" for £140 ish

    OS is Win98
    Media Engine
    Tom Tom Navigator (GPS )

    Well as you can see im tryin to do it on the cheep. Hopefully it will all work.
    I only got the urge to build my own after stumbling onto this site.

    Big shout out to all you Northeners
    Bigger shout out to all you sotheners.....

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    Hi Mel, I'm actually from Irlam, but I've lived in Sale for 6 years. I would love to meet up, but at the mo, no tax on the Van and no drive way either (being block paved) so in a bit of a state of flux, anyhow, I'm sure we can arrange something soon.

    I'm right in Sale town center so only 2 mins from the Brooklands junction.

    I'm currentlt test benching the new PC for the Merc, it's a Chyang Fun Cell box with an Athlon XP2000, 512MB, 20GB HD, 5 serial ports and 4 USB 2.0 ports. D-link USB radio and a GPS-35 receiver and an IRman.

    Also looking at Media Engine, but seems very flaky. Maybe V2.0 will be a big improvement. It seems single tasked so that if you want music, you cant navigate etc....I've installed AR 2003 and pacthed it up for 1 sec updates, This seems ok, but I may go for AR 2004, also Destinator 2 looks good, but a bit pricey.

    Awaiting a 7" VGA screen from Digital WW, can't wait for that....

    Craig
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    Modded Xbox 400GB HD
    Rear 7" screen & navplus

    Toyota Hiace Van
    Shuttle PIII 866 256Mb 10GB OPUS powered
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    Custom fit 7" TFT VGA TSK

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    wow, definatley a bit of a Manchester region show of strength coming through here on this thread now.

    I live in Warrington, but work in Salford.
    4x4 in a turbo stylee.

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    Variable Bitrate craigyb's Avatar
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    Well the drive is complete, can't see it for leaves now, bit at least I can put the van back on it.

    I will be re-insuring/taxing the van pretty soon and upgrading the software to AR2004 and the display to an indash VGA touch screen.

    So when we have that meet at the Trafford Center I should be running the vanPC, or is that Vanputer?

    Craig
    Audi S8 supercar
    Modded Xbox 400GB HD
    Rear 7" screen & navplus

    Toyota Hiace Van
    Shuttle PIII 866 256Mb 10GB OPUS powered
    MediaCar & Mappoint 2004
    Custom fit 7" TFT VGA TSK

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    FLAC Skraggy_uk's Avatar
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    Yeah Trafford one night would be good, I reckon. Meet up somewhere, examine all the builds, then go grab a Starbucks or something.
    4x4 in a turbo stylee.

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    Ez now,

    another from up North, Merseyside.

    Status: still in the research phase

    Reason: Didn't wanna pay £1300 for a fancy DVD head unit when I can have a full PC with twice the screen for half the price.

    A meet in Warrington on Monday night might be good as I usually attend meets there anyway

    Daz

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    FLAC Skraggy_uk's Avatar
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    Haven't been upto the land for a few weeks now. Kind of lost interest with Cruise Cheshire just lately.
    4x4 in a turbo stylee.

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    wow someone from kent ... that rules ... someone with an astra from kent ... PM SENT!!!

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    have you been following crazy kyalls website www.darkcruisers.com he's organising cruises left right and center, must be well busy

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    Hmm, I know Kayll. He's OK, and gets things done, but can be a bit of a Prima Donna if he doesn't get his own way. That is why he Started DC, when he was kicked out of CruiseCheshire and decided to start his own Monday night event to clash.

    Also he made some threats against people I know in the past, because they told him online what they thought of him, (dodgy phone calls, that sort of thing, letters through the guys shop doorway). Can't prove anything, but he was the only person he upset.

    Also Revs mag was going to do a legal V illegal cruise. Kayll was all upfor it, until Revs said they were going to use the Cruise cheshire Monday night, and then he refused to be allowed to be printed, or quoted in the article, and he was the main spokesman for illegal events, and in most of the photos they had taken.
    4x4 in a turbo stylee.

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