2005 Ford Mustang GT - FIRST 05 INSTALL

hey Very nice mustang and love the Carputer

Love the videos its very helpful more people sholud post videos

with the GPS what do you use for the antenna or reciever? thats what i dont get

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Originally Posted by mbkowns

Specs
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150w DC-DC OPUS PSU (actually powers all of this)
2.0ghz 512 kb Celeron
512mb ddr 400 (Corsair Value)
Foxconn 661M03-G-6EL - BLANK POST to XP RESUME screen in less then one second!
Original Sound Blaster LIVE!
AIW RADEON 32mb AGP 4x (First all in wonder card made) It performs better then a geforce fx 5200
30gb 7200 rpm hard drive Western Digital(boot)
250gb 7200 rpm hard drive Maxtor(media)
Slot DVD Drive (Comming)
USB GPS BU-303 \
> I have both trying then 353 out now with my setup to see how it works
USB GPS BU-353 /
XENARC 700TSV™ 7" TFT LCD Touchscreen Monitor
Reverse CAM (generic ebay camear pictures below, auto switch av2 with Xenarc Screen)
Linksys WUSB54G - 802.11G USB 2.0 + external antenna (wardriving)
JL Audio 500/1 amp
JL Audio 300/4 amp
JL Audio 2 x 10W3
JL Audio RPC-1 control knob
Phidget Encoder(volume up/down + PUSH IN - MUTE)

Software
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amp-ctrl service - THREAD(UPDATED WITH WORKING LINK - 02/12/06)
AmpCtrl_1.0.zip - DOWNLOAD
Centrafuse
Powerstrip
Windows XP Professional



Notes
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I used the xenarc headrest shroud for the screen and it almost fits in the double din hole of the mustang. I got out my exacto knife and cut out the edges just a bit. I didn't care about doing this becuase I am molding it in later anyway. I also found that ford sells the plastic paint for the interior.


NEXT UP
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1) Molding the screen to the console as well as adding the dvd drive and buttons installing the volume knobs

• Plans are all drawn up just got to find the right time to do it and buy some parts.

2) In order of importance;

• Slot DVD Drive ( with mold )
• JL Audio Front Speakers
• JL Audio Rear Speakers
• Wireless Internet - Cingular + 24.99 Media.NET + bluetooth
• Front and Ground cam for recording videos(separate from rear cam)
• Clean up some wiring when I do the dash

MORE TO COME . . .



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PLEASE SCROLL DOWN THREE POSTS FOR MORE PICTURES!

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO - BOOT SPEED

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO - FRONT END PLAYING MUSIC(OLDER VIDEO)

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO - FRONT END PLAYING MUSIC

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO - COMPUTER CASE FLYBY

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO - ۝XENARC DEMO WITH REAR CAM

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO - MORE FRONT END DEMO'S

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Thanks, I feel the sameway sometimes pictures and words just don't do it justice.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...carshots/2.jpg

Check that picture out you will see that next to my FM antenna is a little box. It is the usb gps receiver which has since been changed to the bu-353. Search for that and you will find some good stuf about it.

Nice and very clever install. I like what you did with the rear view camera, I might go along that way too, but with a feature that will allow me to turn it on without me having to back up. Is the 12V going to the camera regulated? Also I did not see the location of the rear view camera, where did you place it?
How do you power your xenarc lcd, is the power coming from the OPUS power supply.
I would have thought that you would run into power problems with all the things you have running off the OPUS for only 150W.

Didn't have any power issues which is good. I did power my usb hub off a OPUS POL set in 5v mode. The camera was a ebay cheapy so I don't even care its powered right off the 12 volt reverse light no issues yet. The xenarc was powered off my opus directly but later I decided since the cable for power would have to run all the way to the back I figured this just added noise so I got another Opus POL set in 12v mode which powers it just fine no issues. From seeing all these fab'd dash install I decided to move my install to the front of the car by getting a double din holder and mounting my screen to the back of that all I can say is it came out great pictures comming on that.

Thats soo awesome! What would be great would be if you could create like a step by step procedure on how to do it. I would really appreciate the information from you install and im sure many others would as well. If it is not too much, a detailed procedure on how to hookup, connect and power everything you installed. Thanks a ton!

this installation is awesome... I have an 05 screaming yellow and I would def like to do this...

But let me get this striaght, u basically have a desktop computer in ur trunk in a custom box... how do u get the motherboard and other components so they dont overheat and stuff. doesnt the fabric of the box do anything ?


great install.... step by step stuff would be awesome btw, lol.

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Originally Posted by Puleo76

this installation is awesome... I have an 05 screaming yellow and I would def like to do this...

But let me get this striaght, u basically have a desktop computer in ur trunk in a custom box... how do u get the motherboard and other components so they dont overheat and stuff. doesnt the fabric of the box do anything ?


great install.... step by step stuff would be awesome btw, lol.

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There's a lot of info in the FAQ section.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/the-faq-emporium/

There's also a fabrication section.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/fabrication/

About the heat, just get a PC that doesn't generate any heat. That helps a lot. Note that mbkowns was using a mobile celeron and now has a mobile P4. I have a AMD 3000+. These 3 systems generate very low heat. My CPU fan stays off mostly and when it does turn on, it will turn slowly and then cycle off again. You will get some heat overall, but a single fan to circulate air is usually enough. Certain EPIA motherboard/CPU's don't even need a fan. You just need to read up on these things. A CarPC is made pretty differently.

Thanks for the info... I was browsing some sites and came across this and im not used to this kind of forum, i saw this and figured this was it. didnt occur to me there might be stickeys or faq's. im used 2 mustang forums, lol.

I def am gonna read up as much as I can about this stuff because its amazing.

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Originally Posted by JasonWW

There's a lot of info in the FAQ section.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=106

There's also a fabrication section.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=46

About the heat, just get a PC that doesn't generate any heat. That helps a lot. Note that mbkowns was using a mobile celeron and now has a mobile P4. I have a AMD 3000+. These 3 systems generate very low heat. My CPU fan stays off mostly and when it does turn on, it will turn slowly and then cycle off again. You will get some heat overall, but a single fan to circulate air is usually enough. Certain EPIA motherboard/CPU's don't even need a fan. You just need to read up on these things. A CarPC is made pretty differently.

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It's a pretty steep learning curve so it takes time to get a good grasp on it. Don't ask neebie questions or else you'll get flamed. Just study the FAQ and believe me, any questions you may have has already been answered somewhere here before.
PM someone if you need a quick answer and haven't found it by searching. You can ask me if you want or if it's Mustang specific, mbkowns.

said you live in socal, care to join us in the socal meet on saturday? we would all love to see your car!!!