Thread: 2006 Audi A3 2.0 TDI. Symphony II PCCAR : OEM Indash Screen Prototype. Full pics!!

I moved 4 butoons in the faceplate :







Buttons moved from RED to YELLOW :



CD EJECT and LOAD buttons are removed.

dude nice! um just out of curiosity don't you hate the smell that plastic makes when you touch a soldering iron to it?

Originally Posted by pdegameplayer

dude nice! um just out of curiosity don't you hate the smell that plastic makes when you touch a soldering iron to it?

It's more than the smell that you have to watch out for. Here's what I wrote in my worklog (post #58):

Plastic Welding -- Gotta Have Ventilation for Smoke

Good ventilation is an absolute requirement for this plastic welding. It's a smoky process, but it's more than smell that's an issue. I've been reading that breathing the fumes from it can result in chemical asthma -- permanent chemical asthma, not just something that goes away overnight. For people who already have asthma, plastic welding might be a process to avoid.

One thing is for sure: you really don't want to do this inside your house. I had to figure out a way to get the smoke and fumes away from my workspace. I started out using a 24-inch fan blowing out of the garage, but it wasn't enough. This stuff was like smoke from a campfire -- it seemed to follow me around. Now I've rigged a smaller fan right on the workbench to pull air away and direct it to the bigger fan. I'm breathing easier, now.

Originally Posted by pdegameplayer

dude nice! um just out of curiosity don't you hate the smell that plastic makes when you touch a soldering iron to it?

Thank you.

As rdholtz said, smokes isn't good for health at all.

I use 2 protections :

A mask and a big fan. But I can't do this outside.

I stared the faceplate mod.

Here is a picture with the PCB before :




And after :







A little mod in order to put 2 SMD micro LED : one Blue (for POWER ON) and one Red (for HDD ACTIVITY).

Amazing. I think that you and Dejan have really gone to the limits for a fully integrated in dash PC.

I can only wish I had such talent for that kind of custom work.

Any update on this amazing project?

Coucouillu,

you are fantastically mad!
well done!

I changed micro LED from the lilliput screen.

They are normally BLUE. I changed them in RED like the OEM SYMPHONY II color.