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Originally Posted by no1lives4ever
(Post 1911196)
What are you doing about vibrations? Most desktop PCs are not designed to be operated in a vibrating environment. Connectors for power supply, ram modules & addon cards can over time become unreliable due to the vibrations.
-- no1lives4ever
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I understand this. But I shall make sure the cabinet is mounted on a slightly softer pedestal and ensure tight connections everywhere. The hard drive will be padded too. I don't think it will be too much of an issue as most of the stuff is USB interface, which in itself is a pretty tight fitting solution.
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Originally Posted by carfreak
(Post 1911257)
Congrats frankmehta, i am going to follow this thread very closely as i am also almost finalising on a fiesta and this is something which i had always in my mind when it came to car-puters!!!your criteria fits mine too perfectly
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Cool, brother. That's nice! Seeing another Fiesta owner having a car pc!
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Originally Posted by monty9991
(Post 1911155)
this sound car looks nice frank..
I'd suggest you to make an acrylic custom made box for carpc and place the soundacard horizontally ( PCI card raiser) so that its beauty is seen.
I also wanted to put my carpc in the trunk along with the Amp in a cutom made box and lit it with LEDs. but dropped due to lack of time and i wanted to get my ICE done in delhi and carpc in the trunk was to be a DIY.
may be next time when i change my trunk layout, surely my carPC is going in the trunk with nice lights and LED cooling fans. :)
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This is a PCI EXPRESS card, so no riser available for it ATM. Also, I don't want to show off the stuff in the car, even if it is in the boot, but I will make it a point to make an acrylic enclosure, so I can drill holes (for fitment and ventilation) everywhere.
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Originally Posted by frankmehta
(Post 1911153)
The DVD drive is to read/write/burn dvds. I have bought it so I can play all the discs I have presently. Will also use this drive for DVD Audio, just in case I don't feel like sitting and choosing songs from the hard drive :)
No idea about the cost, but just the 'puter should cost somewhere northwards of 70 k this time.
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But, if you want to change discs, would you go back to the boot and change it? Or maybe I am missing something here? Maybe a portable dvd writer?
its going to be mounted in the glove box mate. :-)
1. Oh OK! I saw some carPCs in the boot too, how do they go about it?
2. What about FM/AM?
3. How do you connect the reverse camera, if suppose you want to? Do the revers cameras we get have USB interface becayse that is what is compatible in centrafuse I suppose?
4. Can some components like RAM from a home PC be used in this setup? What other components of the home PC could be used?
5. Is this kind of source superior in sound quality to a head unit?
6. If we use a touchscreen then how is the interface loaded onto the windows? Do any special drivers do the trick here?
7. How do we type in case of a touchscreen? Is a keyboard and mouse the only way out?
8. If a phone is synced through bluetooth, does the phone's mic work here or a special mike is needed? If the phone's, then wouldn't we have to hold it anyway?
Damn, that's a hell lot of queries. Sorry.
9. If I use a carPC, and even a 4channel amplifier as well. Would there be a need to get an extra battery or the stock would do fine?
Or simply, consider your audio+carPC, would you be fitting another battery or the stock battery would be OK?
wOOHOO!! Frank'ice'stein at it again!!!
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Originally Posted by frankmehta
(Post 1910601)
And some more stuff ;-)
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Again I see two DVD drives!! DJ karwanu chhe su? :Frustrati
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Oh OK! I saw some carPCs in the boot too, how do they go about it?
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Mate, my carputer is going to be in the boot, but this is an EXTERNAL drive so only the drive is going to be in the glove box.
I don't listen to FM much, but there is SADLY no cheap way to still integrate FM into a carputer.
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3. How do you connect the reverse camera, if suppose you want to? Do the revers cameras we get have USB interface becayse that is what is compatible in centrafuse I suppose?
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The reverse camera connects via normal AV cables. RCA (yellow) goes into the screen directly. No connection with the PC or centrafuse for that matter. My screen senses a change of source, ie a signal from the other source (camera) and switches to the AV2 mode when the car is put into reverse gear.
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4. Can some components like RAM from a home PC be used in this setup? What other components of the home PC could be used?
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ALL components from a HOMEPC are going to be used in this setup, except for the home PC power supply and cabinet.
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5. Is this kind of source superior in sound quality to a head unit?
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The reason why I started the carputer project. Sound quality is definitely way better if good sources are used. Good tuning is a must, though.
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6. If we use a touchscreen then how is the interface loaded onto the windows? Do any special drivers do the trick here?
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Touchscreen has 2 interfaces. One is the normal VGA output, and the touch part of it is via USB, special drivers as you mentioned for XP but Vista and 7 do it inhouse, I suppose.
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7. How do we type in case of a touchscreen? Is a keyboard and mouse the only way out?
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On screen keyboard of Centrafuse is pretty awesome. But for longer durations and more typing, the lenovo I purchased is more suitable.
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8. If a phone is synced through bluetooth, does the phone's mic work here or a special mike is needed? If the phone's, then wouldn't we have to hold it anyway?
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Normal mic via the EP in from soundcard, alongwith clever switching from centrafuse, make the normal mic into a telephone mic. No gizmo/wizardry here.
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Originally Posted by abhipuru16
(Post 1911709)
9. If I use a carPC, and even a 4channel amplifier as well. Would there be a need to get an extra battery or the stock would do fine?
Or simply, consider your audio+carPC, would you be fitting another battery or the stock battery would be OK?
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I won't be changing batteries, or alternator, YET. If I do need it, I will think about it. But don't want to, due to the warranty of the car.
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Originally Posted by pranava999
(Post 1911768)
wOOHOO!! Frank'ice'stein at it again!!!
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This time it's not out of an urge to upgrade. It's satisfying my GEEK nature too, this carputer research stupid:
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Originally Posted by ST7677
(Post 1911881)
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Thanks ST. I have been observing your thread often. It's good advice for budding carputer-ers like me ;-)
That BRAHMA makes me super jealous, though!!
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Originally Posted by Bass&Trouble
(Post 1912374)
Again I see two DVD drives!! DJ karwanu chhe su? :Frustrati
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One for Cd, one for dvd no?
But, using a Home PC hard drive or dvd drive would be a problem right?
So, cant we just use a bootable hard drive and keep filling it every now and then with our convenience. Wouldn't this save money as we wouldn't need a separate DVD drive as such. I am saying this keeping my priorities in mind not yours. What do you say?
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Originally Posted by frankmehta
(Post 1912473)
But don't want to, due to the warranty of the car.
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You mean to say the warranty of your car is still intact and would be intact after doing all this? :D And how easily can the setup be dismantled and reinstalled during service time?
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Originally Posted by frankmehta
(Post 1911386)
This is a PCI EXPRESS card, so no riser available for it ATM. Also, I don't want to show off the stuff in the car, even if it is in the boot, but I will make it a point to make an acrylic enclosure, so I can drill holes (for fitment and ventilation) everywhere.
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If you don't want to show off the Car PC, getting a Metal Enclosure would be better, as its a better conductor of heat. Keeping it cool will be slightly easier, besides metal cabinets are available in the market
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Originally Posted by frankmehta
(Post 1911386)
I don't listen to FM much, but there is SADLY no cheap way to still integrate FM into a carputer.
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Not sure about this, but i think now days some TV Tuner cards come with AM/FM radio.
One more thing. Instead of getting a TV Tuner car to record the reverse camera footage, you get these DVR cards [Thats what I think they are called], can accept 4 - 16 [the models i saw atleast] camera inputs into 1 card. TV Tuner will accept only 1.
additionally i got an old comp lying around at home.
was planning to port it to the car.
AMD 2400 +
512 MB RAM
the main obsticles are
1> need a touch screen LCD + installation
2> need a PSU. Was thinking about the M4-ATX
Idea is to get this set up and then upgrade from there.
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Originally Posted by frankmehta
(Post 1912473)
I don't listen to FM much, but there is SADLY no cheap way to still integrate FM into a carputer.
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I think FM is super waste for such level of equipment but just for the kicks, have you considered this > >
Welcome to Usb.brando.com
There is a support thread on mp3car.com too > >
Will this USB Radio Work? - MP3Car.com Quote:
One for Cd, one for dvd no?
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Does that mean DVD drive cant play CDs!!!! Never heard of that. Or did you mean simultaneous play like a dualzone audio system. :O
Radio / TV is very much possible in car, however not worth it IMO.
FM quality is pretty bad here and this becomes more apparent if you have a high quality setup.
I stopped listening to FM almost 3 years back for this vary reason.
I moved to Worldspace at home, and was considering some jugad for car, but last year that company also went bust :(
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Or did you mean simultaneous play like a dualzone audio system. :O
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LOL, that\'s a nice one.... dual zone audio...lol
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