2007 Honda Accord

Acemaster24 · 08-05-2008, 04:34 PM

Hi all, I'm trying to setup a car pc in my Honda Accord 07. I'm a total newb, so any suggestions or comments are welcome. Here is my parts list:
Green is what I've purchased already and red is things that I need help on or waiting to purchase and black is free or I have already.
Updated!!
1. Lower Dash Radio Kit - $23.98
2. Car2PC Adapter-HON1P from Indash.org - $87.99
3. M2-ATX-160W w/ P4-12V to P4-12V cable - $87.55
4. APEX MI-100 Black Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 250W Power Supply - Retail $55.99
5. Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory - Retail $37.99
6. Western Digital Scorpio WD800BEVS 80GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive - 54.99
7. Intel BOXD945GCLF Intel Atom processor 230 Intel 945GC Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo - Retail $74.99
8. BYTECC 10 ft. Type A Male to Type A Female USB 2.0 Extension Cable Model USB2-10MF-K - Retail 2.89
9. EDIMAX EW-7128G IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Wireless Card Up to 54Mbps Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, 802.1x, WPA, AES - Retail 22.99
10. Lilliput 629GL-70NP- $280

11. Wires and Misc. - $150
7. usb GPS- I have already

- Free
8. Road Runner Front end - Free
Total: $906
This is the new price I initially said $1300 for everything but I decided to build my own computer. I think it's going to come out better with the Intel Atom Processor and 2 gig of ram.

I'm going to mount the LCD in the lower dash area and as for the PC I initially thought it would be nice if I could fit it in the center arm rest area but I think it might be too tight. So the other options is the glove compartment or under the passenger seat.
I'm going to use the car2pc to retain the controls on my factory HU and the steering wheel controls.

So I need some advice the Xenarc or the Lilliput. Which one is better? Has anyone fitted a Xenarc or a Lilliput using the lower dash attachment?
Also any suggestions on the power?

skuller · 08-07-2008, 01:24 AM

I used xenarc 700tsv on my accord, it need some trimming on the side to make it fit.

dmistry · 08-07-2008, 11:38 AM

Very interested in how you make out with the lower dash kit and the lilliput for over a year now I just have my lilliput haning out in a temp mount, i would love to see how it looks any pics yet?

Good Luck!

Acemaster24 · 08-07-2008, 01:46 PM

I measured out the lower dash I think the shortest width which is at the bottom of the V shaped is around 7.5" and I think the lilliput monitor width dimensions are 7.2" So I'll try to do some modification and try to get it to fit into the lower dash.

john05srt4 · 08-11-2008, 02:09 PM

I used a xenarc 700tsv in my lower cubby.

see my sig.. NeXson did mine custom screen bezel

Nexson · 08-12-2008, 12:29 AM

^ Thanks Jon,

I am actually working now on a Lilliput monitor into the lower dash. I am not sure if the customer is a member here, but I will post pics up. The fabrication is best done with the OEM Honda Bezel, not the cheap one on ebay.

Acemaster24 · 08-16-2008, 10:32 AM

I started setting up the computer and the touch screen lcd monitor. The intel atom runs nice with tinyxp. There was one mistake in my part... I brought a 2.5" hard drive and the case that I brought only comes with a slot for 3.5"

I'm going to get a adapter of some sort. By the way where is the best place to mount the computer? I was thinking in the trunk but the wire runs will be long... also I would like to wire an amp in the future how do I split the power wires up?

Acemaster24 · 08-18-2008, 07:50 PM

Well development has come to a stand still as I have no extra monitor and my lilliput just crapped out. It keeps on saying no input signal when it's connected to the vga source. I think there are some other people that had the same problem. I brought it off www.carpc4u.com and hopefully they will give me a new one. I think the problem is with the wire itself.

john05srt4 · 08-21-2008, 07:49 PM

Where are you located?

Acemaster24 · 08-21-2008, 09:56 PM

I live in Long Island, New York. I'm planning to put this all together next week

dmistry · 08-22-2008, 08:13 AM

i'm in Orange County NY, we should really setup a NJ/NY meet one day!

Acemaster24 · 08-27-2008, 12:37 AM

def how far along are you in your install? I'm actually having some trouble deciding on how to mount it in my trunk. Also how can I mount the m2-atx in the computer case that I have? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks

Acemaster24 · 10-26-2008, 07:59 PM

Well I have the wires ran through the middle of the car. I had to pay some shop to do it for me since I wasn't really keen on tearing into my car. I'm also done fabricating the monitor bezel. I ran into a couple of problems today when I went to do the final assembly. The power supply M2-ATX is a bit defective. When I turn off the ign switch my computer power off abruptly and then for some reason restarts again. Then it turns off a few seconds later. I researched this problem and someone else had a similar problem. Next problem is that the monitor bezel isn't going in so nicely into the cubby hole. The last one is that I can't seem to find a good way to mount my computer in the trunk. I'll post some pictures soon when I'm done.

JerzeyLegend · 10-27-2008, 11:45 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Acemaster24

I started setting up the computer and the touch screen lcd monitor. The intel atom runs nice with tinyxp. There was one mistake in my part... I brought a 2.5" hard drive and the case that I brought only comes with a slot for 3.5"

I'm going to get a adapter of some sort. By the way where is the best place to mount the computer? I was thinking in the trunk but the wire runs will be long... also I would like to wire an amp in the future how do I split the power wires up?

Just like you would an amp, distribution block.

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