Official AppleTV MacCar Thread

[trafnar]

I posted this in the other thread:
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for what its worth, I bought an appletv yesterday and hooked it up to a DVI computer monitor with an HDMI>DVI adapter.

I'm planning on installing it in a car, I too am wondering what LCD will work

[krburrell]

I'm planning on installing the apple tv in my car and I took a few photos of it hooked up to my navi screen. You can see the rest by clicking on My Photos.

[Omarvelous]

Quote: Originally Posted by krburrell

I'm planning on installing the apple tv in my car and I took a few photos of it hooked up to my navi screen. You can see the rest by clicking on My Photos.

Wow! what did u use???

I'm a little confused..... ur planning on installing? or did u already?

[krburrell]

Quote: Originally Posted by Omarvelous

Wow! what did u use???

I'm a little confused..... ur planning on installing? or did u already?

I just hooked it up to see if it would work and to see how it looked. It's not installed.

I used the Audio Authority 9A65 Component Video to RGB Converter to hook it up to the screen.

[Omarvelous]

Quote: Originally Posted by krburrell

I just hooked it up to see if it would work and to see how it looked. It's not installed.

I used the Audio Authority 9A65 Component Video to RGB Converter to hook it up to the screen.

Gotcha!

ur the man! looks like $180, which isn't toooo bad.... Wish these things were cheaper!!

The Component to Composite is near $500.

$200 for the HDMI to DVI-I....

What screen is that ur using also?

[Bugbyte]

Quote: Originally Posted by nickmgray

^ it would be great to have more USB posts on the ATV, but from the sounds of it, to hack it to boot from USB device you also need a keyboard

"Booting from USB requires booting the Apple TV as nromal then holding ‘menu’ and ‘-’ keys on the remote to initiate a restore boot. From there it takes a bit of timing, Turbo explains, “If I hold down menu and - from poweron until the first screen flash, I believe that it does the equivalent of cmd-opt-p-r. I only got it to boot from USB by releasing it at that point, then hitting it again just before the screen flashes on the second reset.”

The way I read that, you hold down those keys on the remote that comes with the AppleTV, not on a keyboard.

[Omarvelous]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bugbyte

The way I read that, you hold down those keys on the remote that comes with the AppleTV, not on a keyboard.

I 2nd that.

For those looking to use AppleTV solely for media purposes in car, just a FYI...

Can get this http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/prod...model=KCE-415i

And use with VideoIPod.

Does anyone know of a USB hub that has it's own power input? That could relieve some of the power/usb hub issues.... haven't heard of one.

[iamgnat]

Quote: Originally Posted by krburrell

I used the Audio Authority 9A65 Component Video to RGB Converter to hook it up to the screen.

Cool. Good to see something that works, how is the resolution on it?

Ouch, that is a hefty price tag though (though it is better than the dvi->ldvs option I tought about)

Quote: Originally Posted by Omarvelous

Does anyone know of a USB hub that has it's own power input? That could relieve some of the power/usb hub issues.... haven't heard of one.

There are a bunch out there. The trick is that many will still use power off the bus if their external power is disconnected. Mike has a thread about it on the Carnetix forums.

The problems with these "bi-mode" hubs is that A) they continue to drain your battery and B) would still allow devices connected to it to wake your Mini when you don't want it woken up.

-dave

EDIT: Look. If I wanted it to be one post, i'd make it one post....What is up with this "Automerged Doublepost" stuff???

[CArringt]

Quote: Originally Posted by krburrell

I'm planning on installing the apple tv in my car and I took a few photos of it hooked up to my navi screen. You can see the rest by clicking on My Photos.

WOW... the text looks really hard to read. have you thought about using your nav video input? there's some way to hack it to have a RGB input

[raxy]

fo those looking for a DVI input TFT, you could try this kit

for HDMI, there is another one

[CArringt]

Quote: Originally Posted by raxy

fo those looking for a DVI input TFT, you could try this kit

for HDMI, there is another one

What is this? I can't get it to show english

[raxy]

these are controller boards with hdmi or dvi input (among other inputs).
They do drive the accompanying TFTs as well as many other ones.

These kits could be put to use in a car, they just need regulated 12V power supply.

Resolutions (1024 for the 7", 1280 for the 10.4") are higher than current 7" liliput or hamis

[krburrell]

Quote: Originally Posted by CArringt

WOW... the text looks really hard to read. have you thought about using your nav video input? there's some way to hack it to have a RGB input

You have to remember that you are taking something that was meant for a wide screen and shrinking it down to a small screen (7" in my case). The text is not hard to read except for the song time and number of songs which are displayed in a very small font size. I think it's more of the quality of my pics. I took them at night in my garge.

I think the nav video input would give a worse picture quality since it is a composite signal. In my nav system that are RGB signals going from the nav ecu to the nav screen. You can hack the RGB input between the two with a 4PDT relay.

[CArringt]

From what i've read, the rgb nav hack is the highest resolution that you can get on a screen with out a vga or other type of input. They say it's just as good as vga. You can check t out on the mac prius site

[CArringt]

Quote: Originally Posted by raxy

these are controller boards with hdmi or dvi input (among other inputs).
They do drive the accompanying TFTs as well as many other ones
Resolutions (1024 for the 7", 1280 for the 10.4") are higher than current 7" liliput or hamis

i can't use a screen like this a have to use an in-dash because of the way my hac controls are setup. I still don't really understand what this does. It just converts an hdmi or dvi signal?