Thread: How many people Own and use Streetdeck

I think very few people on the board actually use streetdeck with the infill T3.. or the new G4

I myself run it on a custom setup and I have zero issues as far as the program crashing

I do have a power supply on the blink.. but thats a different issue alltogether...

I hope you find a frontend/solution that works for you... thats why there are so many different ones available through these forums

It seems to me more people are interested in being able to design their own skin for the front end that actual features. I really like the touch screen gesture control of SD...that is super slick. Other than that, what am I missing in terms of functionality with not going with any front end? What do these things do that WXP can't do? I could very well be missing some key features and benefits.

Roadrunner has gestures as well.. and the point of a frontend is not to dostuff that you cannot do with other applications.. its to tie them together into 1 interface
and mke it easy to use without having to look at the screen

they actually make using a PC in the car while driving safe and easier to do than trying to find buttons on a Windows desktop.

They make finding the buttons for your media player easier as well (safer).

Using OBD-II scanning software is much easier in streetdeck than it was in just the software.

Navigation is easier as well.

It's not a matter of what you can or can't do for most people, it's a matter of how much easier it is to actually do those things.

If you find yourself not doing many of these things because you can't do them while driving, what's the point in spending all this time and money on a CarPC when you can't even utilize the features that draw you to a CarPC in the first place?

Well I setup my desktop to have big icons of the programs I will be using and to accept 1 touch as a double click. I can easily tab back and forth between applications just by touching the program on the bottom bar. I'm not sure what else there is to it in terms of "tying things together". This is my first go at this so I'll be the first to admit I'm a bit green but I'm just not seeing what all the fuss is about.

As for diagnostics, my needs are a lot more involved than what SD can offer in this regard. I didn't see any graphing or data logging capabilities. I use AutoTap for this and would still use it even if I ran SD.

Navi, yes the gesture interface with the navi is very slick. I would be making a concession here but I've also heard some mediocre reviews about the Mappoint platform in general. I'd have to compare the two to know for sure.

Here's what I'll be doing with the car pc

navi
video
mp3
OBDII
email
web searches

Some I can do while driving, some would need me to stop or have a passenger to operate safely.

Originally Posted by XAAMOTTOMAAX

Well I setup my desktop to have big icons of the programs I will be using and to accept 1 touch as a double click. I can easily tab back and forth between applications just by touching the program on the bottom bar. I'm not sure what else there is to it in terms of "tying things together". This is my first go at this so I'll be the first to admit I'm a bit green but I'm just not seeing what all the fuss is about.

As for diagnostics, my needs are a lot more involved than what SD can offer in this regard. I didn't see any graphing or data logging capabilities. I use AutoTap for this and would still use it even if I ran SD.

Navi, yes the gesture interface with the navi is very slick. I would be making a concession here but I've also heard some mediocre reviews about the Mappoint platform in general. I'd have to compare the two to know for sure.

Here's what I'll be doing with the car pc

navi
video
mp3
OBDII
email
web searches

Some I can do while driving, some would need me to stop or have a passenger to operate safely.

If you are happy then all is well with the world.

I recently bought a infill t3 with SD off ebay and have had nothing but problems with it. SD crashes often and now the cover over the dvd drive is refusing to open or display any information. Lucky the power button still works! SD is good for listening to MP3's but its easier to do everything else through windows. Ohh and the radio has never worked

Originally Posted by daneprocter

I recently bought a infill t3 with SD off ebay and have had nothing but problems with it. SD crashes often and now the cover over the dvd drive is refusing to open or display any information. Lucky the power button still works! SD is good for listening to MP3's but its easier to do everything else through windows. Ohh and the radio has never worked

Did the t3 come with a copy of SD to reinstall? I don't know anything about the purchase, but you might consider that the previous user made modifications to the install/windows that is affecting StreetDeck...if possible, a clean reinstall of both might fix your problems.

While I was building my computer, I ran StreetDeck and the same install of Windows for more than a year, and had several issues that I thought were Streetdeck related, but it turned out that a reinstall of Windows fixed many of the reliability issues I was experiencing.

Just make sure to get your machine and check codes from StreetDeck before you format/reinstall, and email or call support to let them know what your plans are first.


Good luck.

The unit came pre-installed with SD, I have emailed the seller trying to get a copy but with no success. Im new to all of this and wasn't keen on deleting all the information without knowing that I could re-install what I have already. Im from Australia and I haven't found any places that know anything about SD yet!

Originally Posted by parksgm

Did the t3 come with a copy of SD to reinstall? I don't know anything about the purchase, but you might consider that the previous user made modifications to the install/windows that is affecting StreetDeck...if possible, a clean reinstall of both might fix your problems.

While I was building my computer, I ran StreetDeck and the same install of Windows for more than a year, and had several issues that I thought were Streetdeck related, but it turned out that a reinstall of Windows fixed many of the reliability issues I was experiencing.

Just make sure to get your machine and check codes from StreetDeck before you format/reinstall, and email or call support to let them know what your plans are first.


Good luck.