Thread: Carputer in Ibiza '02 Sport/Ibiza FR

CarPC UPS

The main problem we had is what to do in order to bypass the reboot problem when i start my engine.
We made a simple circuit that works (with the PW80 it didn't worked maybe because it has larger voltage dropout).
The 12V from the car battery goes to a 12V small battery in the PC and then from the small battery the 12V goes to the psu. So the psu is constantly powered from the small battery.

Other various photos

Finished (1st installation)

Originally Posted by Red GTi VR6

what kind of bike is that in the background??

I am not sure

Originally Posted by Red GTi VR6

there wasn't enough room to flush in the LCD where you have all the switches and everything else???

There was room (although it wouldn't be too easy) but as i wrote, the central console it too vertical and most of the time i wouldn't be able to see the monitor.

I have done some serious updates...
I changed the tv tuner with one that has better reception when i am not moving and slightly worse when in move. It's radio though is worse so i need a better antenna.
I installed a SBLive24bit in order to have some decent 4-channel audio (even in MP3) and easily adjustable front/back right/left balance. MII was aufull in this :P
I changed the PSU with a M1-ATX and i am a lot more satisfied !!!
I made a new hand-made (2 layer ) box that fits in the spare tyre so i don't have anything that takes space in the trunk.
Inside the box , the disk (200GB) now has 2 springs that let it move along the vertical axis and so i reduce the chance of disk crash.
The only thing i need to do is to find a good (preferably cheap also) RF remote control for the quick jobs.

Ps. Thank's frodo for the perfect GUI...still using it from it's day 1
Ps. I have done all that months ago but i took some (poor quality) photos with the M1 arrival (now). I hope i have some HQ photos later.