Scion xB 1stGen

**j3st3r28** · 06-13-2010, 11:20 AM

xB Car PC
Here is the progress of the CarPC for the xB.

Parts List:

CarPC
M.B.- MSI Fuzzy 690T
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5050e Brisbane 2.6GHz
Memory - 4GB OCZ DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
H.D. - 160GB 2.5" Hitachi SATA
Sound Card - Creative USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
Power Supply - M2-ATX 160W Intelligent DC-DC PSU
GPS - GlobalSat BU-353 USB GPS Reciever
Monitor - Lillput 2008 7'' Transflective LED Backlit Sunlight Readable Touchscreen Monitor
NIC Card - Trendnet 802.11g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter
Case - Black Winsis Mini-ITX
DVD Drive - SAMSUNG Slot-Load Slim External DVD Writer
OS - Windows XP
Front End - Streetdeck2
HDRadio - HDZoom Visteon
Bluetooth Adapter - Cirago BTA-3210 USB 2.0 Micro Bluetooth

Car Audio
Amp - Elemental Design Nine.4
Fuse - 200A Tsunami
Distribution Blocks - Tsunami
Wiring - Elemental Design 4gauge

Some pictures of the progress.

Tsunami Components

Some of the Elemental Designs Wiring

Nine.4 Amp

Test "vehicle".....lol

Testing the original setup I had used in the vehicle

Sound Card, hooked up to the AMP

GPS receiver chilling on the vice

USB Wireless card....WORKS AWESOME!!

Grand scheme of things

Time to clean up the wiring

Wiring cleaned up!

Time to put it into the Case

Testing everything with the case buttoned up!!

Have since change this setup out in favor of the Winsys Case, MSI Motherboard, AMD X2 45W processor, and 4GB memory

Testing the system out on one of my favorite sites!!

**j3st3r28** · 06-13-2010, 11:21 AM

Rewired All Speakers

Test Fitting CarPc Under Seat

Amp Wiring Cleaned up and routed

Power Distribution Block Mounted

and wired

Fuse Mounted

and wired

Test Fitting Amp

Jack and Jack Mount Removed

Pc Wiring Cleaned up

Some more updates....

Switches Mounted

Space between bottom 2 switches will have a led between them, for the pc

Amp and Crossovers Wired, tomorrow will get it organized, and tidy

Negative distribution block mounted and wired

**j3st3r28** · 06-13-2010, 11:24 AM

Carpet matches PERFECT!!!

I cut the bottom of the touchscreen housing off to remote mount the buttons

Early stages of molding in the screen, and so far coming out REALLY GOOD

As you can see in the pictures cut the bottom off the screen that houses the buttons, then cut a notch in piece on the bezel to mount the buttons roughly perpendicular to the screen!

**j3st3r28** · 06-13-2010, 11:27 AM

Finished Product

**SpyderZ15** · 06-13-2010, 12:51 PM

Very nice.

**Tilley** · 06-13-2010, 01:31 PM

How long have you been working on this?

**soundman98** · 06-13-2010, 03:04 PM

nice job!!

**j3st3r28** · 06-13-2010, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Tilley

How long have you been working on this?

Have had a carPC in the xB now for the better part of 2 years, the current setup I have now I am really happy with,...right now though I am playing with new front ends particularly Road Runner/Ride Runner. Streetdeck has served its purpose but it seems development of any kind for it has pretty much vanished

The total build/installation time was roughly month and a half