BMW X5 Carputer Vinzer's project.

**jon102034050** · 03-08-2006, 03:45 PM

dang man, thats hella nice. good job. second that mn heat!
ps, maybe its just the pix, but your dash looks really dirty...

**vinzer** · 03-08-2006, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by gokee2

yeah i hear you on that man. MN shares boarder w/ Canada and it can be extremely hot during the summer with highs of up to 100F

Per your install, i think u did a great job modding your dashboard. Your bezel kinda looks askewed a lil' bit. I aint knockin your hard work bro. Its just what i see.

Why do u want a carputer when u only put 20GB in. Im guessing GPS was one of your goals.

Thank you !
I am planing to buy a 100GB HDD next month. Of course 20GB HDD is even less than minimum in my case (I am a DJ also

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GPS is also one of my goals because I am traveling a lot all around Canada.

**vinzer** · 03-08-2006, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by JC-S60

Great job man, it's looking very good!

What usb radio did you order?

I ordered D-Link DRU-100. Recently I played with similar model and I got not bad results using my BMW antenna for it. Actually I thought about WinTV USB with FM but finally I found great deal on D-Link so for the begining it is enoufgh

**vinzer** · 03-08-2006, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by jon102034050

dang man, thats hella nice. good job. second that mn heat!
ps, maybe its just the pix, but your dash looks really dirty...

Thank you !

Unforchanetly my dash was realy dirty at that moment, but today I made a cleaning inside my car so now everything is nice. I am planing to add more pictures on the weekend. The ones I added are too dark I thingk.

**jon102034050** · 03-09-2006, 06:24 AM

oh man, just realized the temp in that one pic, -5 C... ouch. Looking forward to the pics

**acura cl** · 03-09-2006, 08:19 AM

can you show how you created that slot for cd/dvd?

thanks.

**vinzer** · 03-09-2006, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by jon102034050

oh man, just realized the temp in that one pic, -5 C... ouch. Looking forward to the pics

Welcome to Canada !

**vinzer** · 03-09-2006, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by acura cl

can you show how you created that slot for cd/dvd?

thanks.

I can not find some pictures from the bazel making process, but I will try to explain with the pictures I still have:

First of all I decided that I do not need a buttons from monitor because I have a remote. The main PCB board of the monitor originally located at the back and it is parallel to the screen. I locate it with 90 degrees to the screen. To the place instead of buttons I installed a front panel from regular slot load DVD drive (Panasonic or some similar one), glued it and after that made a painting. On the pictures you can see how it looks like. Sorry for my english. And if you have any questions please ask me.

**acura cl** · 03-09-2006, 11:25 PM

i was wondering how you formed/cut the actual slot for the drive?

thanks.

**vinzer** · 03-10-2006, 09:39 AM

I removed a faceplate from DVD-Drive (thing platsic part) and integrated it in appropriate place in the LCD bazel. So I used original plastic faceplate from the DVD Drive. I will try to find out where is hte pictures of that process, I should have some.