After years and months of learning so much about carputers and looking at other people's installs and also being blown away by my bro's setup (quite basic at the time) I have finally installed mines. I contemplated a lot whether I should do it myself or have some "professionals" in the B.More area install it. My technical know-how about vehicles prior to this whole project was 0. So just a note to anyone out there, you can do it! All you have to do is give it a shot!
Special thanks goes out to my bro ~ices11~ for all those random calling questions and showing me his setup; my main guy, Homebrew (I like to think of him as the DYI KING) w/ the 2004 Mystichrome Cobra for his huge help on modding the lilliput to fit the bezel I had. And also to all my other mp3car comrades for their inspiring projects and inputs. Special shout out to the MD/VA/DC mp3car members.
PS: I still have a bunch of stuff to take care of so, It's not 100% complete. I'd say around 70%, but its fully functional. Please feel free to leave any comments both constructive and praiseworthy. Thanks
Here's what I'm pushing at the moment:
Carputer Hardware:
Grey Aluminum mo-co-so Mini ITX Car PC Case
Jetway C7 2.0 GHz Mini ITX Motherboard
Jetway PCMCIA/CF Card Daughterboard
1GB Kingston DDR2
Seagate Momentus 120GB 2.5" SATA HDD
Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB w/ VANTEC Nexstar 3 NST-370GX 3.5" USB 2.0 Enclosure w/ 3 USB 2.0 HUB
M2-ATX 160W Smart Power Supply
Lilliput 619NP/C/T 7" Touch Screen Monitor
Mo-Co-So Sirf III USB GPS Receiver
Pioneer DVR-K05 Dual Layer DVD R/RW Slot Loading Drive w/mo-co-so external enclosure
Griffin Powermate
MCS-UBT Bluetooth USB dongle
BTC 9116URF wireless keyboard w/joystick mouse
Software:
Windows XP Professional SP2
Centrafuse v. 1.1
iGuidance 4.0
Microsoft MapPoint v. 2006
Audio:
Profile AP1040 4-channel Amplifier
Profile AP2000 2-channel Amplifier
MTX RT12X2A Subwoofers
Linear Mode
