2000 Denali Install - Lots of pics!

Just finished installing my Carputer in my 2000 GMC Yukon Denali.

Specs:
-Mobo: VIA M10000 Nehemiah Core
-Power: OPUS 150w - Optima YellowTop Deep Cycle battery - 4 awg cable
-Signal: Stock head unit running through stock Bose amp/speakers via aux input conv.
-40gb hard drive
-Wi-Fi: Netgear 54Mbps WG111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter
-Using 'modified' Onstar box as GPS unit
-7" Lilliput put into digitalww dash kit by myself

Here's my truck:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/01.jpg

Gutted the stock CD changer and mounted motherboard standoffs to mount the M10000:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/02.jpg

Another shot of the motherboard mounted:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/03.jpg

Mounted the 40gb hard drive to the outside of the changer housing:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/04.jpg

Changer housing assembled with components installed:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/05.jpg

Had to remove the rear of the changer housing so that the mobo would fit:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/06.jpg

Front cover of changer installed:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/07.jpg

Front cover open:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/08.jpg

Optima YellowTop Deep Cycle battery:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/09.jpg

4 AWG cable:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/10.jpg

Lilly w/ Digitalww housing installed in truck:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/11.jpg

Inside of front center console with power distribution and OPUS installed - data cables running down the left, power running down the right (the big black enclosure is the stock Bose subwoofer):
http://boerst.com/mp3car/12.jpg

A shot of the stock changer mounting location:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/13.jpg

Changer (aka carputer) installed with console put back together:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/14.jpg

Changer with front door open:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/15.jpg

Closeup of changer with front door open:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/16.jpg

Windows XP SP2 installed and running:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/17.jpg

MediaCar:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/18.jpg

Wireless keyboard:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/19.jpg

Routis using 'modified' Onstar GPS unit:
http://boerst.com/mp3car/20.jpg

And... Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005 (lots of new GPS features compared to 2004!!):
http://boerst.com/mp3car/21.jpg


I've got a TDR085 slot loading DVD drive on it's way!

Thanks to everyone at MP3Car for the tons of helpful info and product reviews!

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Nice truck man. Why did you completely change your stock CD player? You should just installed the machine in the back of the truck somewhere, and kept your CD changer intact.

You're install does look nice and clean inside the center console - I'll give you that. Denali's r0k

Why keep the CD changer when you have 10's of thousands of MP3's on hand? Plus I wanted more of a 'stealthy' look.

Looks very nice, I like the stealth look too of having where the cd changer is. And why would you need a cd changer when you can have all your cds available?

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Originally Posted by tschmidty

Looks very nice, I like the stealth look too of having where the cd changer is. And why would you need a cd changer when you can have all your cds available?

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Good points. I agree, I actually made my first post before he posted the second set of pics. That is really sweet. Do you have more info on your modded GPS receiver?

very nice

I think I can post a link to the onstar mod - it's not malicious in any way...

http://members.cox.net/onstar/

What is the digitalww housing that you are using w your screen? Does that allow it to be in dash? I just tried looking it up...
DWW-7VGT
http://www.digitalww.com/DWW-7VGT.htm

Is that what you have?

Nice job - how did you modify the OnStar GPS? good idea though