AvePC - Toyota Avensis 2004 & CarPC (lots of pics)

**Anzafin** · 11-19-2006, 12:05 PM

At first I´d like to thank every mp3car user. I didn´t know anything about anything considering car audio when I decided to start my project.
Anyhow, this is my short project log of my AvePC. I´m proud of finishing this and that everything works without any major problems.
Well, are this kind of things ever finished, I don´t know

The whole project lasted over a year.

Idea was to put a computer into my car primarily to play MP3s and secondary to use GPS. No further needs have appeared, yet.

The car is Toyota Avensis Wagon 2.0 VVT-i 2004.

The plan was to use my notebook as carcomputer. I live in Finland and winters can be cold in here and there are plenty of weeks I´m not using my car at all (because of my work). So it´s just handy I can take my carcomputer easily off and take it into my house for those weeks to get some warmth. It´s Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo A7600

Soundcard is Soundblaster Live! 24-Bit USB.

To connect the soundcard into my factory headunit I ordered an adapter from Maxxcount.de Germany.

I chose the Xetec Vector 350.6 to work as my amplifier because of it´s great price-quality relation.
http://www.xetec.de/main/index.php?c...55&language=en

I purchased Xetec ParaQ-7 Mk2 equalizer also. Actually I bought this over a year after the amplifier...

GPS is Rikaline X5 with USB.

Newision 7" Touchpanel LCD.

Touchpad is Cirque Easycat and keyboard is something I don´t remember

Subwoofer is Carpower Blackbass-10.
http://www.monacor.com/int/en/produk...8&spr=EN&typ=u

SORRY ABOUT THE BIG PICS...

**Anzafin** · 11-19-2006, 12:06 PM

My log is not presented in chronological order but what the heck, let the mayhem begin!

Dampening:
I bought lots of dampening mat to silence my dash and floor. The difference before and after can be heard easily.

Making of the trunk:
I decided to build my trunk all over and not to harm any of the original pieces of it.

Subwoofer casing:
I had some ideas to make somekind of custom case for subwoofer but I wanted to maintain the capability of the trunk to take some cargo. And traditional box styled case is so easy to remove when needed so...

**Anzafin** · 11-19-2006, 12:07 PM

Base plate for notebook:
The notebook was to be placed under driver´s seat so it needed a base plate for it.

Tray for touchpad:
It can be turned inside of box.

Placing the soundcard and keyboard:
Soundblaster found itself inside the glovebox with keyboard.

Control panel:
To control the power of amplifier, notebook power supply and on-off button for notebook. Input jacks for line-in and headphones.

Creating stand for LCD:
Ok. After a long wondering I decided to make a stand for LCD. It would have been possible to mold it into dash with some work but this was my solution this time. After using this now for a while I have become attached to it because of it´s removable design. I don´t think that weeks in a cold winter would harm the screen seriously when I´m not around but it just warms up my mind I can deattach it when not using it for a while.

**AznRida** · 11-19-2006, 12:13 PM

Hey, where'd you find that keyboard? I've been looking for a small one recently.

**Anzafin** · 11-19-2006, 12:35 PM

The keyboard is sold in webshops all over Finland. Can´t remember the one I ordered it...

**icecore** · 11-19-2006, 01:04 PM

Damn that looks pretty sweet....very clean..

**Anzafin** · 11-19-2006, 01:51 PM

Some pictures of completed project:

Comments please!

**Perrosky** · 11-19-2006, 02:24 PM

Very very nice install, totaly clean and for your first time doing it awsome, I'm in the process of doing my install and I though I was doing it allright but man your is good. keep the good work

**Anzafin** · 11-19-2006, 02:56 PM

Thanks Perrosky. I´m quite satisfied too. But of course there are some little details that are not so clean but that´s life. I hope you all the best with your own project. Just believe in it

**BarryWoods** · 11-19-2006, 03:06 PM

I'm digging your display mount! That would be a pretty good way for us folks that live in places that get waaaay cold to mount our displays. Would defrost it pretty quick.