Ford Galaxy Ghia - CarPC project

**Needstorage** · 07-23-2004, 05:18 AM

Originally Posted by JC-S60

Have you tested the CAT5e for sound? No fear for interference with unshielded cable?

Actually, nope. But a friend of mine has an electronic parts shop in Lokeren. He has a document (pdf) on his website with information regarding Cat5e UTP cable for audio use: Cat5e UTP for audio use

So, I'm pretty confident it will work. (BTW, the Audio-UTP cable I'm running is only approx. 1.5 meters in length)

(For the English speaking, sorry, only have it in Dutch for now)

**JC-S60** · 07-23-2004, 07:15 AM

And how are you going to use balanced signals in your car?

Are you going to send speaker-level signals through these cables or just line-signals?

I'm very curious, sorry 'bout that

Joa

**Needstorage** · 07-23-2004, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by JC-S60

And how are you going to use balanced signals in your car?

Are you going to send speaker-level signals through these cables or just line-signals?

I'm very curious, sorry 'bout that

Joa

The balanced signals thing is only for digital audio, I believe... Anyway, I'll post the results later.

**JC-S60** · 07-23-2004, 07:41 AM

Good luck, and let us know what you experience!

Joa

**kalito** · 07-24-2004, 05:41 PM

show some pictures or something better than explination and ideas... is "finished projects only" i'm in the US and i don't even know how a ford galaxy looks like...i read the entire thead hoping to see some pictures but nothing...

**proTONEd** · 07-25-2004, 11:25 AM

So you know how the car looks like.

**Needstorage** · 07-26-2004, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by kalito

show some pictures or something better than explination and ideas... is "finished projects only" i'm in the US and i don't even know how a ford galaxy looks like...i read the entire thead hoping to see some pictures but nothing...

Pics are coming up. I had a very busy weekend so I couldn't post them. I wanted to do it from work today, but forgot my CF card with the pics on it. This evening I have some time to post pics. Hey, not everybody has all the time in the world just to keep posting here like a uh... frodo.

**Needstorage** · 07-26-2004, 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by proTONEd

So you know how the car looks like.

Yeah, but that's not the Ghia-version...

The door-handles are in same color as the body. And windows are tinted. Also that nice antenna isn't on the picture. My avatar shows a piece of the back of my car.

**Needstorage** · 07-26-2004, 02:10 AM

Oh, forgot... I can already tell that using Cat 5e UTP cable for sound is very good. My setup has a little bit of engine whine in very silent passages. (And very low-level volume encoded movies) but I remember using one of those normal audio cables in a test setup that sounded a lot worse. (much more engine whining)
Otherwise I do not encounter interfercence or annoying sounds or anything unnusual.

I'm gonna check out some posts on the ground loop thing. Because that will probably solve this issue.

**Smukkasen** · 07-26-2004, 04:08 AM

Hi, Needstorage!

See that you used the Galaxy picture from one of my posts

I am very much looking forward to your pictures of the install. As you already know I have the same type of car and have started purchasing bits&pieces for the car PC (currently 7" Xenarc on it's way, 40 Gig hd arriving today, waiting for avaialability of Epia SP board, but still confused if this is the way to go...).

I hope you have some pictures for us soon!?