mod audi a4 6.5" display to touchscreen

**izeman** · 03-31-2008, 01:28 PM

hi all

i'm planing to buy an audi avant a4 with 6.5" color monitor.

as i also own a carpc, which i want to continue to use, there is no space where a monitor would fit (that's my personal opinion, and is not discussable

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so i'd like to mod the original display mounted in the dashboard of the audi. as this display is used for all kind of information and adjustments i can't just change it for a 7" lilliput or similar. in case this can be done somehow, i'm really interested on how ...

so what i'd like to do:
there is some tv input switch for watching tv from a external tuner. why not use that, together with a vga->fbas/video converter and feed this signal to the tuner input (i know picture quality is horrible, but better that nothing).

i think that can be done, but there is one problem left: i need touchscren input to control my pc. is there any aftermarket touchscreen that can be attached on top of the original display?

pls help!

thanks ize|man

**dyne** · 03-31-2008, 05:15 PM

You can slap any touch screen (+ controller) in front of your OEM LCD. You should be able to account for the 0.5" of space you'll have hidden by just calibrating it.

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**izeman** · 04-01-2008, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by dyne

You can slap any touch screen (+ controller) in front of your OEM LCD. You should be able to account for the 0.5" of space you'll have hidden by just calibrating it.

shameless plug

thanks a lot! that's what i was searching for ...
regards
ize|man

**iamu2** · 12-18-2008, 05:53 AM

I have a project now to design a new 6.95inch WVGA monitor with touch panel to replace the original 6.5inch WQVGA monitor. The new monitor has 3 inputs: one is the original input from radio, one is a VGA input for carpc and one is a CVBS(video) input. The inputs can be switched by a push switch to toogle the inputs, and touch panel data can be output through a RS232, which act as a Serial Mouse.

For this project, I need some more information, for example, the original signals from radio.

I have no the Audi A5 and new A4(2008) for this Audi B8 platform. If you have any more information, please share with me to support this project.