2003 Durango SLT / Project HiJackZX1 CFSC / 56K= D@mn this $h!+ is gonna load slow! - Page 14

skeet2331 · 04-25-2009, 09:52 PM

Didnt you already have a fan on the front monitor?

HiJackZX1 · 04-25-2009, 10:05 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by skeet2331

Didnt you already have a fan on the front monitor?

Yes I did.... Thats what I dont get. Mind you the screen was always warm, even with the fan. I just dont think CCFL screens are made for florida. I think also mositure may have got into it, because I notice that the outside screws had a layer of rust on them. Infact the metal on the frame is also rusted. Maybe i have a A/C duct that is blowing cold air into the compartment. At this point though I am very tired. I am losing intrest in the CarPC, so I am going to stop for now and pick it up next year. I will be working on the speaker system though. PC wise though I have to stop, it is frustrating me so bad.

WraithJ · 04-26-2009, 09:12 AM

DONT LOOSE HOPE MAN. YOU HAVE THE MAKING OF ONE OF THE COOLEST SYSTEMS ON HERE! (Felt caps were needed for extra impact)!

HiJackZX1 · 04-27-2009, 04:51 PM

OK, I found out what it is. The controller has a flaw on the screen. When you hit the auto adjust button on the screen, it actually blows out a chip on the controller. Once that happens it can no longer use 800x600. Toaster said its not a big deal, but for me it is, especially since I have 8 other screens going in. I know another RES like 800x480 will not look good on a 19 inch. So I called my Lilliput dealer, hes awesome, he has a extra controller board laying around and is going to sell it to me. Only $60.00.

I went to the Florida meet yesterday and was inspired by Kimota to redo my audio set up. All wiring will be riped out, all speakers replaced and all amps were replaced. Just to make sure I follow through, I decided to give most of my AMPs away at the meet, forcing me to have to upgrade. i decided to go all Alpine.

The Sub AMP will be a Alpine PDX 1.600 with a 500 RMS 12' SUB. Then all the rest of the speakers will be powered by 2 Alpine PDX 4.100. So thats 100 RMS to all the rest of the speakers. The six side speakers will be upgraded to 6 1/2 component speakers and tweeters. The two 4x6 will be updated to 5x9. They are for the center and phone speaker. I have to update my AMP wire from 4 guage to 0 guage, then rip out the cars original speaker wire and run 12 guage wire. The only challenge is running the new wires in to the doors, there is an annoying connector in them. I may also buy 2 of the 4 screens so I can get the wiring and mount those in the doors also (kill 2 birds with 1 stone). i guess the car meet gave me fresh new breath. I have now let go of having a timeline and I am going to slow down. Also my SSD is a ***** to set up. Ive decided to just go with either a different brand (recommened by Kimota) or go back to a HDD.

skeet2331 · 04-28-2009, 11:43 AM

Hopefully you will get some wind back under your wings. Your truck is looking great especially if you get the logos. How was the meet? Hopefully the weather was better then the Chicago one.

HiJackZX1 · 04-28-2009, 01:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by skeet2331

Hopefully you will get some wind back under your wings. Your truck is looking great especially if you get the logos. How was the meet? Hopefully the weather was better then the Chicago one.

I was hot as hell, but very windy. John1701 couldnt set up the tent. Then we ate at Denny's and slowly everyone started to leave. Me and Kimota are chatter boxes so we were last to go. i wanted to get the audio information correct.

itguy97 · 04-29-2009, 12:01 AM

Wow! Nice Work Log, sweet install too! Took me a couple days to get through it all!! The wife has an 04 Durango and I would love to put a CarPuter in there as the dash is huge and the truck has a TON of space to put things.

You've got me hooked to see how everything turns out!

Kimota · 04-29-2009, 01:07 AM

Dude your giving me a big head following my recommendations

I'd spring for the audio stuff before the SSD. I mentioned it before but the only reason I have an SSD was work paid for it

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Keep up the good work.....

HiJackZX1 · 04-30-2009, 01:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by itguy97

Wow! Nice Work Log, sweet install too! Took me a couple days to get through it all!! The wife has an 04 Durango and I would love to put a CarPuter in there as the dash is huge and the truck has a TON of space to put things.

You've got me hooked to see how everything turns out!

OHHHHH a 2004. That one is the new body style. The one I hate, it looks too soccer mom like for me. Thats why I went with the 2003 that looks more muscle truck. All I know, you have way more room to work with. So I would love to see how yours turns out too, if you decide to do it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kimota

Dude your giving me a big head following my recommendations

I'd spring for the audio stuff before the SSD. I mentioned it before but the only reason I have an SSD was work paid for it

.

Keep up the good work.....

Im all set now..... Its going to be Alpine with audio. The SSD drive is going to also be a MTRON PRO, but instead I'm going after the MTRON PRO 7500 which is made for SataII. It is still cheaper then what you paid for your and has more room. I'm getting the 32 gig version. It runs $499.99. I just didn't trust any other brands anymore. I have seen the MTRON in your install and see that it works flawlessly. In fact, just about all my audio is copying you, lol....

HiJackZX1 · 04-30-2009, 06:00 PM

Today I ordered the hinges for my dash top screens. Elesa USA Corp was very helpful and was willing to allow me to order what i needed. Maybe I can work on this project while I save up for all my upgrades.

SwiftDeath · 04-30-2009, 08:07 PM

Wow very nice job!

One question though from the looks of it you plan to put in several touchscreens to control the content that is shown to your passengers which is cool. Do you have seperate computers for each or what?

HiJackZX1 · 04-30-2009, 08:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Wow very nice job!

One question though from the looks of it you plan to put in several touchscreens to control the content that is shown to your passengers which is cool. Do you have seperate computers for each or what?

The way it works is its all one PC, but it can multitask. I am testing the CF 2.2 which now gives the front and rear their own controls. Say the rear wants to play a movie while I listen to music. They start watching the movie and it is routed to a 3rd soundcard which is connected to I/R headphones. Then if they want everyone to see it and hear it, they can hit a push button which sends audio and video to all. The PC has 2 ports, VGA and DVI-D. The VGA is for the front screen. The rest are connected to the DVI-D port which have 2 powered VGA splitters which split that to the remaining screens.

SwiftDeath · 04-30-2009, 09:18 PM

Well that is interesting. I have dreams of grandeur, if not illusion, for my future carpc as well. I want to mod out a subaru impreza and plan to put in 4 touchscreen monitors. This is the key part of the install though. I was saving it for my install but I think it's too good not to share. It allows you to create virtual computers. In other words with one pc I could have 4 seperate pc's. Just thought it was something interesting to share. Good luck on your install.

HiJackZX1 · 04-30-2009, 09:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Well that is interesting. I have dreams of grandeur, if not illusion, for my future carpc as well. I want to mod out a subaru impreza and plan to put in 4 touchscreen monitors. This is the key part of the install though. I was saving it for my install but I think it's too good not to share. It allows you to create virtual computers. In other words with one pc I could have 4 seperate pc's. Just thought it was something interesting to share. Good luck on your install.

OH wow, that is so cool....... Alot of people would love this idea. I dont really want to split up my PC like that, because it looks like it can split up screen and keyboard, but not sound..... OH wait.... it does do sound... this is so cool.

Only thing that bothers me is that it needs a PCI slot. Currently I have a X-Fi soundcard in the slot.

SwiftDeath · 04-30-2009, 09:29 PM

Actually it can split up sound because it just makes virtual computers so they don't interfer with each other. You can assign usb ports to specific virtual computers so I would just use seperate usb headsets and everybody could watch and play whatever they wanted.

Sry to clutter your worklog, just excited about sharing!

I started this thread in case you want to respond again...

Edit: Lol you edited yours and found that it does split sound, so now my post looks funny.

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