I want a a Pc in my xb. Has anyone installed one in thier car?

 

your not the only one i want one toooooo
i remember seeing a topic i checked but couldnt find it
hopefully someone else will it had a link to an xB that had it installed

 

I would never have forseen ppl wanting DVDs in their cars, but I could definitely see a future rage in putting in PCs and video surveillance stuff.

 

Dvd's in the car are very helpfull if you have kids. Specially on long trips.

 

I belive Dave from the team was considering doing that. If you do that, you will need a touchscreen to move the mouse around.

 

someone in TSW has one...it's awesome. He has a remote-mouse to make it work...no touchscreen. I wish I could remember who it was...maybe Dave.

 

What does his car look like? I like for it at the meet today.

 

it's a black cherry xB. I think it has leather in it. super nice job with the mods.

 

What about a touch pad? Cirque makes um and there are others. Might be less expensive then a touch screen ... no finger prints to see neather.

 

Finger prints are no bueno

 

check out xenarc.com

 

In dash PC Thats cool
http://www.xenarc.com/product/cp1000.html

 

I have been doing research on setting up my system for em xB when it comes in... this is what I have come to... Use a shuttle PC its small.. possably fit in the double din dash opening.. 7" touch screen... options are aboun if you would rather use the touch pad off of a laptop... or they have wireless mouse that fits on a finger like a ring with a track ball in it.., wireless keyboards and so on... they use a dc/dc converter for the power supply (Pcs are 12v DC already and the power supply converts 120V ac to 12V dc there are some regulation built into it for thinkgs like the MB but this DC/DC converter does all of that) The 7" touchscreen should fit in the double din opening.. in front of the computer... a slot load DVD rom in the lower dash that has the cover..(single din) and software to do read ahead to keep it from skipping durring CD or DVD playback.. now this is where it gets realy crazy... thats just the beginning.. use a 120 gig HD now you have more than enough room for every song you have ever heard in MP3 format.. Software is cheep and easy... try software for a DSP ( digital sound processor ) one hell of alot cheeper than a seperat DSP unit.. I think a USB XM radio setup for a PC is like $59... and lets go a little deeper... Navigation is simple software and a USB GPS unit..like what they use on a palm pilot... boundrys are limitless.. wireless network... and places like starbucks offers it.. you can sit in there parking lot and connect to the net.. or at home in the driveway.. there is already front end software out for this and it looks like a factory thing instead of a windows inviroment.. Mind you I have just coverd a little of what is capable of being done here.. Im looking t about $500 for the shuttle.. and $350 for the touchscreen.. Oh yea did I mention a decent sound card or the shutte has a GREAT onboard one thats got 5.1 surround built in? with seperate outputs that you can RCA directly to your amps?.. This will be going into my BSP xB when it gets here early Feb (I HOPE) .. Just sit back and think what we take for granted in a home PC... and then think how limitless it is in a mobile inviroment... :twisted: oh and sorry for the Book..

 

I didn't see it. Maybe it didn't go or left early 'cause I didn't get there till around 8:00

 

yah..dave has one in his black cherry xb...i was talkin to him about it at the pomona show. He said that the motherboard he used is specially made to run on 12v with no convertor, but the downside is you can only run a 1ghz processor. It plays dvds ok when only runnin on 1 or 2 screens, but when u turn on the others, it starts to get kinda choppy. He also has the GPS installed on it which is pretty cool. he uses a touchscreen and a mouse i think. I was thinkin bout puttin a pc in mine, but it would have to be faster than 1ghz. I'll be doin some more research on this as well

 

I bet you could build a custon case that fits in the rear cargo space and run some home made cables to an adaptor board that could fit in your compartment under the radio. And i'm sure you could hide a receiver for a wireless keybourd and mouse and put a 7" monitor in the radio's place. But where would your radio go? Ok, what about the radio in the closed compartment under the monitor and the keybourd and mouse conections in those little knockout squares under the radio.

 

i think overall a laptop is more pracitical.
considering with the money u dump on a
car pc.. u can take it anywhere. a laptop is
prebuilt.. kick ___ and no wiring this and what.
a power invertor is like 29-39 bucks at fry's.

anywhos
if u persist on trying to make a car pc..
i recommend something i was thinking about
dabbing into..
VIA Mini-ITX
they are COMPLETE motherboards with chips,
sound, video, usb and more READY TO ROLL for CHEAAAP
they range from 75-100 bucks for a starter one..
for example: for less than 100 bucks u can get..

**Mfg. Part Number: Via EPIA800 **
DIMENSION: 17cm X 17cm (grab a ruler and be SHOCKED at the size!)

VIA EPIA Mainboard Specification
Standardized Embedded Solutions for Total Mainboard Connectivity
Form Factor - Mini-ITX
- 170mm x 170mm
- Micro ATX Chassis Compliant
Processor - VIA Eden™ ESP 5000 processor
- 100/133MHz Front Side Bus
- low power consumption
- Optional Fanless
- VIA C3™ E-Series processor (EBGA package)
- 100/133MHz Front Side Bus
- 128K L1 and 64K L2 cache
Chipset - VIA Apollo PLE133
- VT8601A North Bridge
- Featuring integrated AGP 4X graphics
- VIA VT8231 South Bridge
TV-Out - High quality scaling and filtering
- S-Video or Composite video output
- Supports NTSC/PAL TV formats

Main Memory - Two 168-pin DIMM memory sockets
- PC100/133 SDRAM support
LAN - VIA 10/100 Ethernet LAN onboard
Graphics - Integrated AGP4X with 2D/3D Graphics Acceleration
- Motion Compensation for DVD playback
Audio - VIA VT1612A AC'97 onboard
- 3 Audio Jacks - Line-Out, Line-In and Microphone-In
- Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro Compatible
- Digital I/O compatible with consumer mode S/PDIF
Expansion Slots - 1 PCI slot
Onboard IDE - ATA/100/66
I/O Ports - 3 Audio Jacks - Line-out, Mic-in and Line-in
- Four USB ports (two USB ports located at rear side)
- 1 EPP/ECP parallel port
- 1 16C550 compatible serial port
- 2 External PS/2 Compatible Keyboard /Mouse ports
- 2 TV output ports (S-Video or optional RCA TV out)
- 1 S/PDIF out (optional and multiplex with RCA TV out)
- 1 RJ-45 LAN port
- 1 PCI slot (Note: support for two PCI devices)
Power Supply -ATX Power Supply Compliant

www.mini-itx.com

thats like a mini computer motherboard.. it can PRINT! output to those
lcd's everyone has.. 2 tv outputs actually.. lan port... pci slot.. i mean
thats badass.. and it runs off standard ATX power supplys.. like 20 dollars!

 

just look at this picture
and read about the specs it has.. hell u can fit this in your glove compartment
AND have room for more.

 

silkywilson, the shuttle is too big, it's like 1ftx1ftx1ft

 

Can anybody say custom console w/ the PC inside? That'd be the ideal place

I'm looking to get one of these Link

Dave