Thread: Volkswagen Transporter T5 pimping!

If you want to pay to ship it

Man I love your van!!!a motorhome homemade with a carpc , you made my dream can true!!!


Regards,
Pardal

Impressive!
True spirit of DIY.

looks like you're ready for the streets/beach. one more thing *XZibit pops your collar*, your ride has officially been pimped!

i really like the recessed lighting. tell us more about your frontend.

Hi sedtc, you asked for some info on my fron-end,

Well, after trying out various front-ends and not being 100% happy with them, I decided to write my own. So I started learning VB.NET. 15 months later I have my own front-end. It uses Winamp for the MP3 decoder and for DVD and media player, I use an embedded Windows Media Player. I have a Silib labs USB radio and this works really well with the USBRadio.dll. It has RDS data etc. Looks really professional.

I have a Netgear wireless receiver which I use in my front-end to update MP3 files from my main computer in the house when I park in my drive.

I have my carPC boot directly into my front-end and with a lot of tweaks in the Windows registry I stop most of the Windows XP stuff from being visible during boot up to make a more professional look. The whole system boots up in just under a minute and with the use of the ATX2 shutdown controller, the machine will go into standby when the ignition is switched off. If the ignition is switched on within 2 hours, the carPC resumes from standby and music is heard within 5 seconds.

I am currently working on a reversing camera. I have built a small control circuit which takes the 12 volt reversing signal from the van which pulses a relay and is connected to the keyboard input of the PC. This simulates the 'r' key being pressed and switches to the 'reversing' screen of my front-end. There will be a USB webcam in the back door of the van which displays on my screen.

What is that saftey flooring stuff?
Looks great, i am doing a conversion myself.
Where can i get it and how do you fit it??
Thanks Matt

best setup ever.... by far....

Nice work! You should do a little video tour of the van for us! I'd like to do a blog on this surfin machine

Great install, allways good to see someone from Kernow land on here! I'm from newquay myself.

Keep up the great work!