Macca
Showing some Leg.
Not sure about the radio but I'm sure there would be something out there, thread renamed mate.
Touch Screen Options and FitPC build.
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Macca
Showing some Leg.
Good idea, that way people can see what you went with 
Don't suppose they have any more they don't need
Don't suppose they have any more they don't need
king_panther
Gettin' tanked
- Location
- New South Wales
- First Name
- Brad
- Drive
- 2012 VW Caddy 1.6TDI 7-Speed DSG. Still crappy DSG.....
800x480 will be a widescreen resolution you could maybe use? I have a older tablet here that runs that.
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Picked up the SSD last night, they have dropped in price over the last week! Got a Samsung 830 128GB for $115, less than $1 per gig!
GPS has arrived, pluged it into my work PC and windows 7 picked it up no problems with its own drivers.
Screen should be here early next week and I can install windows and start doing some testing.
If anyone knows how to contact taupodrifta it would be appreciated, as I paid for the console but haven't heard from him since.
GPS has arrived, pluged it into my work PC and windows 7 picked it up no problems with its own drivers.
Screen should be here early next week and I can install windows and start doing some testing.
If anyone knows how to contact taupodrifta it would be appreciated, as I paid for the console but haven't heard from him since.
Macca
Showing some Leg.
Sweet as, looks great, now you just have to install it in the car and show us all how awesome it is
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I still am hunting a few answers before it gets in the car...
Front End
Initially I was going to use Centrafuse but after browsing around mp3car.com RoadRunner gets rave reviews and I like open source stuff (my Andriod phone had the factory firmware on for a total of 2 days).
BUT I don't want to be fiddling with this all the time. Once setup I would like to just enjoy using it. How difficult is RR to get up and running given the list of functions I want? Centrafuse seemed to be a very easy install and use path.
Navigation
If I go the RR path, from what I can find, navigation isn't included. I saw iGuidance mentioned, but does this come with maps? If not where do I get them from and how often are they updated? Centrafuse maps don't appear to be updated very often... So any recommendations of navigation software?
USB FM Radio (maybe DAB FM??)
Can anyone recommend a product that will hook into my factory aerial? I only seem to be able to find fairly average or negative reviews of these devices...
Power filtering
The fitpc requires 10-16V DC unregulated, but I am worried about spikes and low voltage, especially when cranking at startup and general noise. Has anyone got any suggestions here? I sent an email to the mp3car store and they suggested the DCDC USB device which looks pretty cool and will do startup and shutdown ( http://store.mp3car.com/DCDC_USB_Int..._p/pwr-047.htm ). The fitpc can do auto startup on power on, but I may as well just use the supplies capability if I can figure out how to wire it to the motherboard of the fitpc. But any other options?
Location
I was going to locate it all in the boot (the screen in the dash up the front obviously!) but what is HDMI and USB like over those distances?
Front End
Initially I was going to use Centrafuse but after browsing around mp3car.com RoadRunner gets rave reviews and I like open source stuff (my Andriod phone had the factory firmware on for a total of 2 days).
BUT I don't want to be fiddling with this all the time. Once setup I would like to just enjoy using it. How difficult is RR to get up and running given the list of functions I want? Centrafuse seemed to be a very easy install and use path.
Navigation
If I go the RR path, from what I can find, navigation isn't included. I saw iGuidance mentioned, but does this come with maps? If not where do I get them from and how often are they updated? Centrafuse maps don't appear to be updated very often... So any recommendations of navigation software?
USB FM Radio (maybe DAB FM??)
Can anyone recommend a product that will hook into my factory aerial? I only seem to be able to find fairly average or negative reviews of these devices...
Power filtering
The fitpc requires 10-16V DC unregulated, but I am worried about spikes and low voltage, especially when cranking at startup and general noise. Has anyone got any suggestions here? I sent an email to the mp3car store and they suggested the DCDC USB device which looks pretty cool and will do startup and shutdown ( http://store.mp3car.com/DCDC_USB_Int..._p/pwr-047.htm ). The fitpc can do auto startup on power on, but I may as well just use the supplies capability if I can figure out how to wire it to the motherboard of the fitpc. But any other options?
Location
I was going to locate it all in the boot (the screen in the dash up the front obviously!) but what is HDMI and USB like over those distances?
Read only: Openport 1.3 or cheap eBay vagcom, or if you wanna read/write: Openport 2.0.
Macca
Showing some Leg.
I think Steve has an option for him to post you a cable to use for your tune and then you send it back to him when you're done. Its looking good mate.
