2005 Ford F150 MAGNUS Truckputer - project and pics - Page 5

blk02si · 12-30-2008, 09:50 AM

That's looking really good! I like the flashlight mount, reminds me of back when I had a Jeep Wrangler, I has a dash mount maglight!

Kalenth · 12-30-2008, 10:43 AM

It comes in very handy...

on a side note, and one slight step backwards... My wife went to the store last night and called me stating that there was a "burning smell" in the truck...

I'm assuming that wiring the monitor directly into the fader switch is NOT the greatest idea.

I pulled the cabling, and I'm going to find another ACC 12v line that I can use to power the monitor. This will also mean my wife now has to push only ONE button for everything to turn on.

Thank God there wasn't a

my switch didn't burn out... and that my truck is still on one piece.

thenewbreed · 01-25-2009, 06:17 PM

Im starting my 06 f150 build. I might have missed this. But where did you mount the GPS antenna?

Kalenth · 02-14-2009, 06:12 PM

Sorry for the delay... I've been off with the military for the last couple of months. GPS is located in the forward right, just below the windshield. The cable is tucked to the right, and fed into my dash to the PC.

Kalenth · 02-14-2009, 06:13 PM

All, I am building a new system. If you are interested in what I have, or components of it, PM me and let me know. I'm selling the screen, the computer, the HD radio, GPS and software, etc.... and starting from scratch with a new system.

rdholtz · 02-14-2009, 10:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Kalenth

All, I am building a new system. If you are interested in what I have, or components of it, PM me and let me know. I'm selling the screen, the computer, the HD radio, GPS and software, etc.... and starting from scratch with a new system.

Welcome back, and thanks again for your service.

What's the new system going to be?

blk02si · 02-22-2009, 09:04 PM

New PC system or are you going back to the mainstream head units?

Kalenth · 02-25-2009, 07:45 AM

For now I'm going with an eclipse all-in-one. I'm getting ready to deploy, and buying the wife a new vehicle, so I think I am going to sell the F-150 and get something new when i return from Afghanistan.

The new head unit is easy to use, but I miss the full features of the PC.

rdholtz · 02-25-2009, 08:39 AM

You be damned careful over there, okay? And tell your buds to be careful, too, so you don't have to go rescue 'em.

Kalenth · 03-03-2009, 09:02 AM

No doubt! I still have some time. they keep telling us maybe in the fall, and they push a lot of troops through a lot of training between now and then. I think it'll be a good time. Honestly, at this point, I would rather be shot at than fix computers, so it's really more like a paid vacation than wartime.

rdholtz · 03-03-2009, 09:46 AM

Well, I've fixed a bunch of computers, and I've been shot at more than enough to convince me that, no matter how ugly the computer problems have been, I'll never say, "I'd rather be back being shot at."

There's no question that parts of your deployment will be a good time, and parts of it really will be a paid vacation. Living and working with combat troops is a world unto itself, and I still pretty much prefer warriors to anyone else. They just "get" life at a whole different level.

But that's not an exclusive club. It seems to me that the people who "get it" are those who've been pulled out of their normal environment and placed into one of deprivation, maybe of danger, and a world where they can see that most people on the planet are going through lives of quiet desperation -- just getting by from day to day. They see that life in the "first" world is simply extraordinary, almost surreal, compared to the third world, which is where the vast majority of the planet's population lives.

Only a tiny portion of the world's people have a life where the toughest problem of their day is figuring out a carPC issue. We're a lucky bunch.

Kalenth · 03-06-2009, 12:55 PM

I am lucky. Speaking of big discesions, since I'm selling my truck, the wife is trying to decide what SUV. We keep going back and forth between an X5 and a Range Rover HVE... not sure yet. We need to get out and drive em. They are all stock with NAV, etc... so it looks like it'll be 2011 before I get the opportunity to build and install into whatever I have then.

Honestly I'm liking the ideas of the iphone function... but there will certainly be ridiculous stuff out by then.

rdholtz · 03-06-2009, 01:28 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Kalenth

... so it looks like it'll be 2011 before I get the opportunity to build and install into whatever I have then.

Honestly I'm liking the ideas of the iphone function... but there will certainly be ridiculous stuff out by then.

By 2011, we'll probably be carrying amazing stuff in our pockets. There may even be a new common docking system (a wireless one?) that lets our phone/computer connect to whatever vehicle we're in, plus our home entertainment system and PC, plus our netbook/laptop/tablet system. It might even have limited connection to the work PC, assuming there's no corporate security roadblock to that.

Building a carPC will be a matter of finding a place for the screen and running a few cables to the dock, or, for those who want the carPC concealed, to the glovebox, where the iPhone-size device lives.

Maybe someone will come up with a nifty solution for reliable 12V power in a tiny, affordable, plug-and-play device.

All that aside, I recommend that you make an earlier return so you can jump back into this . . . I'd rather not see it all develop without your input.

SMC1048576 · 03-17-2009, 02:09 PM

Kalenth please respond to my PMs... I will copy them to this thread as well:

Its been several days with zero response... please respond!

Quote:

"I need to get an answer on the button situation... Im not interested in the screen unless I have a fully intact screen that has full functions... please respond!

Thanks,

Shane!

Quote: Originally Posted by SMC1048576
got the screen... I have some questions though... where are the buttons? I was expecting a complete screen setup... without buttons how can you change what mode the screen is currently in???"

Kalenth · 03-17-2009, 02:50 PM

PM'd!

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