In-dash vs permanently mounted

**bernoulli** · 07-03-2005, 02:08 AM

In-dash:
Benefits:
- can be hidden away
- can appear to be a standard HU (less attractive to thieves)
- some display time when screen is off
Disadvantages:
- can restrict access to controls behind (how easy is it to access these?)

Permantly mounted:
Benefits:
- always there (no pull out)

Disadvantages:
- can't hide it

I'm still in the planning stages of a car PC, and I was initially thinking of getting the in-dash variety, mainly because it is easier and can be hidden. But I could instead remove the HU and storage thing below it and mount the screen there (see pic):

Is it a security risk having the screen permanently showing? (Has anyone had an in-dash screen stolen??) Has anyone had trouble with the police about the screen being visible to the driver (in-dash ones can be closed)? Are controls behind in-dash units annoying to access?
Discuss.

Also, motorised in-dash: yay or nay?

**Peoples** · 07-03-2005, 02:25 AM

Originally Posted by bernoulli

Is it a security risk having the screen permanently showing? (Has anyone had an in-dash screen stolen??) Has anyone had trouble with the police about the screen being visible to the driver (in-dash ones can be closed)? Are controls behind in-dash units annoying to access?
Discuss.

Also, motorised in-dash: yay or nay?

Police saw my screens on my explorer (after i flipped it....unrelated to carpc use) and the cop said to me .."you might wanna get your dvd screens outta there before the car gets to the tow yard"

as for the security risk, i'd say that depends on where you live....for me yes.

**mashina** · 07-03-2005, 10:05 AM

good mounted isnt antractive to thieves. They will see, that unmount destroy the screen

**CapitaineFritz** · 07-03-2005, 11:02 AM

thieves aren't all that intelligent

**rsd212** · 07-03-2005, 11:18 AM

Or maybe they're the most intelligent. 5 minutes with a screwdriver earns them as much as me spending 8 hours at work. Granted, all I do at work is troll the mp3car forums...

**legacy05gt** · 07-07-2005, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by rsd212

all I do at work is troll the mp3car forums...

+1

**anitanium** · 07-07-2005, 09:10 AM

maybe you can have it permamently mounted, but have some sort of covering that goes over it?
sort of like a shade?

mine is going to be permamently mounted...
i'm lucky i don't drive around bumtown..

**Kiriller** · 07-07-2005, 09:22 AM

you can put an in-dash bhind that cover that way people who liek stealing wont even know whats behind it

i think indash for that car would look good, im planning to put an indash for my car when i get one and the car im getting might be scion, used bmw or civic the 06 one or wv jetta/gti also 06 models.

btw nice cluch :P

**rudeboymcc** · 07-07-2005, 06:40 PM

disadvantage of in-dash, the mechanism may break, in which case you either have to pull it out manualy or just do without hte screen. the more that moves the more that goes wrong.