2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee + PC

**Error23** · 02-18-2008, 10:22 PM

I'm very interested to know how you capped them. I'm opposite of you. I have had my computer in for a week now, but no monitor. I got the Aopen mini duo. Seems to be working great except for the fact that nlite look out modem support and im havening a hell of a time with bluetooth because of it. Looks like im going to have to rebuild and re-install. no biggie. I have been waiting for the new xenarc motorized indash monitor to become available to use as my monitor. Due to it still being "out of stock" and the ease of which you modified your bezel, im an seriously considering going with a standard (not motorized) monitor. I will decide this in the next day or two. Anyway, the install looks great. Hope mine turns out that well.

Later...

**Bivio** · 02-23-2008, 11:40 PM

I got a Monster Amp Kit at fry's and i wired it all up. it was some 8 awg for the +12v and i connected that straight to the battery with a 30 amp fuse, i think i might get a smaller fuse to put in there i dont know. routed it past the alternator, and then down the left side of the hood space through the grommet. it had a remote turn on wire, 18 awg, and i connected that to a wire on my ciggarette lighter, which only gives power on ign. I looked at the MP3car store and they said that my PC is shipped, so it should be here by thursday. i found a pretty good grounding spot right where i am going to mount the pc, so that should be good.

Also i hooked up the screen to my wife's laptop and pluged it into the car just to see what it looked like, and it looks pretty good. Im pretty excited about this install, got the ball rolling.

There's no pictures this time, because my wife might have screwed up the camera.

peas!

**Error23** · 03-09-2008, 04:27 PM

Bivio, where u been ?

Need someone doing the same project to bounce some things off of..

**Bivio** · 03-13-2008, 04:37 PM

Its been a while since ive actually posted anything regarding my Jeeputer, but believe me, i have been vigilantly working on it. One of my primary concerns was being able to return everything to OEM When i sell the car or total it.

One problem I ran into was how to get sound from the Infinity Sound system already installed. After a bit of reading i decided to buy an OEM-1 PAC adapter. Not wanting to pay 80 bux, i bought one off of Ebay. Obviously the cords didnt match up, so i hade to make my own cord out of some 15 pin and 6 pin molex connectors, and well ill draw a picture here it is:

i got all that knocked out pretty fast. but then i realized that the voom2pc case that i ordered didnt fit in my center console. It does however fit perfectly where the disc changer was in the back. I got a VGA extension and USB extension and ran them from the disc changer spot to the center console (where the cords from the screen will reach from the dash). I need to fabricate some sort of mounting plate for the pc still unsure of how to do that. and... thats it for now.

**Bivio** · 04-13-2008, 03:30 AM

Ive noticed, mostly after work when i want to unwind, that the factory infinity amp is not very strong and cannot drive my speakers to the volume that i would like. Ive been pricing cheap 4 channel amps and it should be pretty easy to install it, considering the molex "upgrade" i performed. Also, as soon as i get my next paycheck (tuesday) i am going to get gps. I am still quite unsure of weather i want to get iguidance or the new garmin mobile pc. barring reading any bad reviews about garmin, i will probobally go with that. still need to fabricate a mounting device for the pc case in the "boot." Other than that it is all set up the way that i want it.

**HiJackZX1** · 04-17-2008, 05:08 AM

Originally Posted by Bivio

Ive noticed, mostly after work when i want to unwind, that the factory infinity amp is not very strong and cannot drive my speakers to the volume that i would like. Ive been pricing cheap 4 channel amps and it should be pretty easy to install it, considering the molex "upgrade" i performed. Also, as soon as i get my next paycheck (tuesday) i am going to get gps. I am still quite unsure of weather i want to get iguidance or the new garmin mobile pc. barring reading any bad reviews about garmin, i will probobally go with that. still need to fabricate a mounting device for the pc case in the "boot." Other than that it is all set up the way that i want it.

I had a Cherokee and I know the issues with space, here is a link to 2 amps. The are the size of Sprint PPC 6700 phone, maybe alittle taller and wider. They are only 2 channel but are so small. With 2 of them you will still take up less space then the infiniti amp.

http://cgi.ebay.com/300W-2CH-MOTORCY...QQcmdZViewItem

I drive a 2003 Dodge Durango now (my Cherokee exploded) and it is similar in size. I bought 2 of these amps to power my speakers. They create very little heat, infact mine are in my center console since I have fold and tumble middle seats for access to the third row seats, so you cant put anything under them.