2004 VW Jetta GLI CarPC and more

Installation begins:

Cleaned up the wiring in the radio cage.

Installed the USB hub in the glovebox.

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LCD trial fit:

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Another trip to the store, long tie wraps to hold the circuit board protective cover and heat shrink.

I lengthened the motherboard cable to the bezel mounted control buttons so I could reposition it. I guess I didn't measure and it is still too short so I get to add more wire to the 12 strand cable.

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Originally Posted by dubluv2003

I know you want to most likely go with the real deal, but could you not pick up some 3m brushed aluminum vinyl wrap for the bezel once complete? Something to think about.

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Funny thing is I have two 4' x 10' sheets.

I picked one up because it was mis-priced then got a second because the first had a crease down the middle.

I think I will run into the same problem as the machined aluminum, it will be close but stick out like a sore thumb.

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Very nice and clean install. Your bezel came out fine. Keep up the great work! SNO

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Originally Posted by SNOtwistR

Very nice and clean install. Your bezel came out fine. Keep up the great work! SNO

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Thanks, it is a little rough but it is a good start.

Here is the bezel covered in 3M brushed aluminum.

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Originally Posted by AZN dubs

looks good. but i have to say, the momentary switch and the toggle switch look a little out of place. if you could find some cleaner buttons, i think your dash/center console would look insanely awesome..

but still, you're doing amazing work

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I agree with you about the buttons.

I have new blanks when I find a permanent solution.

I tried to let the power supply control the computer but I just wasn't comfortable so I added the buttons so I could take care of the computer.

Now that is up and running I may revert back to the power supply controlling the computer and remove the buttons altogether.

I have installed the 805TSV in my car.

The next step is to install an IR sensor and wire it to the monitor.

I would like to avoid installing the entire bezel. I can just use the monitors remote control.

Any ideas on the wiring diagram for the button board on the bezel.

I need to know which wires need to connect to the IR sensor.

I was able to determine that the IR sensor is wired as follows:

Terminal A - wire 11 should be the output

Terminal B- wire 1 (red) should be ground

Terminal C - wire 10 should be 3-5v

However, i found a couple different terminal configurations.

I do not know what frequency IR sensor to use. There seems to be 2 common freqs, 38.5Khz and 56.8Khz.

I plan on testing the LCD remote as follows. I have a 38.5Khz IR sensor, hopefully this will work.

Then I have to figure out which wire goes where.

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Here we will connect the detector as such:

Pin 1 is the output so we wire this to a visible LED and resistor

Pin 2 is ground

Pin 3 is VCC, connect to 5V

When the detector sees IR signal, it will pull the output low, turning on the LED - since the LED is red its much easier for us to see than IR!

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