2003 Mazda 6 Carputter - Page 3

windalo · 07-26-2004, 08:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by [iG]

--- Just spent an hour to make a custom boot skin lol. What a **** it is! Took me the longest time to get the progress bar to work

How did you do it? Could I get yours, please?

I love your car. Amazing work. In few days I will have mine done.

aoLhaTer · 07-29-2004, 05:41 AM

how are you wiring the lcd?
i assume youre taking the lcd off when you park

JayKaye · 07-29-2004, 11:45 AM

mustve taken you AGES to do that! good effort

sexy car btw. with or without a carputer :P

[iG] · 07-29-2004, 04:20 PM

thanks.

windalo: send me an email to ilya@fortehost.com I'll forward you my boot skin.

aolhater: I spliced the connector on the lilliput and made my own for easy disconnect. I just have a short cable coming out from the back of the screen that unplugs easily.. Originally I was planning to take off the screen when I parked the car, but the notepad trick is doing a much better job

Just flip it over the screen and you cant see it at all! And i love the location of the screen, I was thinking of changing it, but decided to keep it the way it is.

appletech · 08-02-2004, 04:44 PM

How did you get the pc audio to feed through the stereo speakers? In my current car I got ahead unit with a AUX input i run it too. Looking into maybe getting a Mazda 3 or 6 soon and have been wondering how this would be done on a stock stereo system.

Thanks.

Malenko · 08-02-2004, 10:56 PM

is there a CD/DVD drive on that? and did you just run an RCA cable to the front for video? And secondly how did you handle audio input to your car speakers? 2 more RCAs to a FM modulator? Lastly, how did you handle power back there I noticed all that 4 AWG wire.

Sorry about all the questions, Im still n00bish in this area.

thats an amazing install, I really like the box you built.... maybe I'll go this route in my 98 Eclipse

LowMileLude · 08-03-2004, 11:57 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by appletech

How did you get the pc audio to feed through the stereo speakers? In my current car I got ahead unit with a AUX input i run it too. Looking into maybe getting a Mazda 3 or 6 soon and have been wondering how this would be done on a stock stereo system.

Thanks.

If you go to Mazda3forums.com in the audio section they have a "PIE adaptor" thread. It makes the stock head think you have an alpine cd changer allowing you to hook up anything that has a 1/8" audio out or RCAs (with a converter down to 1/8") Sofar, it works in all the new Mazdas, except the ones with the Bose system.

That's what I'm planning on doing on my Mazda3s soon.

[iG] · 08-04-2004, 11:11 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by appletech

How did you get the pc audio to feed through the stereo speakers? In my current car I got ahead unit with a AUX input i run it too. Looking into maybe getting a Mazda 3 or 6 soon and have been wondering how this would be done on a stock stereo system.

Thanks.

I didnt!

I took out all my factory speakers and replaced them with JL components in the front and coax in the back. This process also included replacing all the factory wires with 16AWG for each speaker.. I've routed all the new wires to the trunk where they connected to my JL 300/4 amp. From there i just ran a simple mono to rca cable from my carputter into the inputs for the amp. Right now I'm driving without the HU radio or CD player. I'm waiting for the overload's aux-in module (which should work for mazda6/rx8/mazda3)

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=17396 < Read here.

Main reason behind waiting so long for that unit.. It will allow me to use my steering wheel controls to control my media player on my computer

Quote:

is there a CD/DVD drive on that? and did you just run an RCA cable to the front for video? And secondly how did you handle audio input to your car speakers? 2 more RCAs to a FM modulator? Lastly, how did you handle power back there I noticed all that 4 AWG wire.

Sorry about all the questions, Im still n00bish in this area.

thats an amazing install, I really like the box you built.... maybe I'll go this route in my 98 Eclipse

CD is in HU.. which I cant use right now

DVD, not yet.. I may add it later but thats not on the top of my list. It's not like I watch many dvd's in my car nor is it legal

And I didnt run an rca cable for video, I ran a 15' svga cable.. Just make sure you get a well shielded cable with ferrites on both ends, it will help to get rid of external noise.

Power I ran from the battery (front) to the trunk (trunk) using 4AWG. In the trunk I put in a distro block and from there I'm running 3 8AWG cables, for my computer/front & rear speakers/sub.

CorpZ · 08-04-2004, 11:28 AM

I thought overload wasn't able to find the connector to attach it to the HU?

[iG] · 08-04-2004, 11:53 AM

They are still attempting to source out the connector but it's already been decided that he will provide a solder kit instead of/untill they find the connector.

Right now what's holding them back is the software.. They got it to function in stand alone mode, but once plugged into the HU it starts getting buggy. From our exchange of emails.. he gave me 3~5week ETA if everything goes well.

windalo · 08-09-2004, 09:33 PM

VGA and USB extensions are working allright. You needed 5 meters extensions one my point of view. I will need them for touchscreen and GPS, but doubting still about instalation. Did you take them on the sound side or on the power one? or by the center of the car?

[iG] · 08-13-2004, 12:41 AM

I wired my VGA & USB extensions on the sides along with my audio cables. I was afraid I might have to run them through the center but thankfully everything worked out perfectly and did not require and additional work

Btw. Forgot to email you the boot screen. Will do first thing tomorrow morning! Too tired right now *falls asleep*

crash · 05-12-2005, 12:03 PM

Tell me about your LED under dash lighting...

Where did you buy your LEDs?

How are they wired in?

Thanks!

SniperXX · 05-14-2005, 10:22 PM

Nice car and nice setup. So did you even complete a fiberglass case for the comp? I like the footwell lights. I was planning to do something like that with cold cathodes in my car and make a switch to turn off the stock footwell lights.

bigqwerty · 06-11-2006, 04:39 PM

WOW! I have a 04' 6 Wagon and i love it! I never visualized such potential for it! Currently i have a hand me touch screen velcroed to my dash hooked to a laptop beneath my seat with a weak sub in the trunk. Your pics have inspired me to do so much more, I have a couple older P3 computers doing nothing at the moment. Looks like i have a lot of homework to do before im fully ready to tackel this project. You have any screen recomendations?

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