2005 Volkswagen GTI

**kbyrd** · 12-26-2005, 01:48 PM

During my wirlwind tour of California for the holidays, I got to see the new matte screen in a lot of lighting conditions. It's much much better than the shiny.

**WebDog** · 12-26-2005, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by kbyrd

During my wirlwind tour of California for the holidays, I got to see the new matte screen in a lot of lighting conditions. It's much much better than the shiny.

I got a matte one to maybe i should install it. sucks that im going on a road trip today so i dont have time to fool around with it anymore today, Mammoth here i come. (i was having frontend probems needed to upgrade to 512mb)

**morse** · 01-02-2006, 06:53 PM

How long is your daily commute? It seems to me that a full power-down when you park in the evening and a cold boot the next morning wouldn't be too much of a hassle. XP's load time isn't much, especially compared to older versions of Windows.

This would essentially solve your battery problem, as you wouldn't drain much at all (gotta still run the clock, the onboard button battery is generally just for power outages and such--if you unplug your desktop daily you'll run the onboard out after a year or so). I imagine it would only draw a couple of mA, and it wouldn't add much to whatever the electronics are draining already; keyless entry, clock, etc.

**sux89** · 01-03-2006, 10:44 PM

Just to let you know....I have an 04 VW GTI and yes the powermate CAN be taken apart....in fact its very easy it just requires some snipping of the wires and then re-soldering them.....which is VERY easy. If you don't mind ruining the case of it, then I'd say go ahead and do it. Now here's the part your REALLY going to like...the knobs on your double din monsoon just pop of (the volume and the other on the opposite side) and TADA they are the same size as the powermates "axle" for the big knob. I have a hole drilled in my center console behind my shifter but in front of my cupholder with the knob poking through. It looks COMPLETELY stock like it was meant to be there, and it is in the perfect place for access. If you want pics just ask and I'll try to get some together for you.

**kbyrd** · 01-04-2006, 06:53 AM

Of course I want picks. Post them in this thread.

**randomjohn** · 01-04-2006, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by sux89

If you want pics just ask and I'll try to get some together for you.

Has anyone ever in the history of this forum ever said "no, thanks, I don't want pics"? PLEASE put some up.

**baysteve** · 03-21-2006, 05:15 PM

great worklog, im located in san jose..and would love to check out your completed system for some ideas / motivation for my carPC

**john94587** · 03-21-2006, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by baysteve

great worklog, im located in san jose..and would love to check out your completed system for some ideas / motivation for my carPC

He has a nice setup. I based my car off his system. He has help me a lot. Thanks kbyrd.

p.s. I think you should move this post to show off your project.

**kbyrd** · 03-27-2006, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by baysteve

great worklog, im located in san jose..and would love to check out your completed system for some ideas / motivation for my carPC

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. My system isn't "up" right now, I'm changing a few things. But PM, me and we can talk about it.

**Kyre** · 04-03-2006, 04:38 PM

Wow this is one of the most entertaining and inspiering worklogs i have read in a while...

For the butones how about some thing like this http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/p.../ke_usb36.html