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Old 07-07-2011 | 01:24 AM
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clean work, love the way those 10's are tucked and leave trunk space, any vibration on the body or annoying rattles?
Old 07-07-2011 | 01:26 AM
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Are you using Powerstrip to try to get the correct resolutions?
I'm actually using the NVidia control panel. It lets you add any custom resolution you want and it's already built in. No 3rd party utilities needed.
Old 07-07-2011 | 01:30 AM
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clean work, love the way those 10's are tucked and leave trunk space, any vibration on the body or annoying rattles?
The boxes actually extend vertically down the side so that the subs didn't need to poke out as far. Everything is perfectly silent no rattles no nothin'. That might also be helped by the Second Skin sound dampening that the trunk got too. The work Matt did on the car is flat out awesome.

The subs are pretty amazing and can hit some super low frequencies (10hz frequency response) and you can tell. I'm hearing things in some songs that I never even knew were there before.
Old 07-07-2011 | 01:32 AM
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What does the ScanDO do?
^ And +1 to powerstrip it will let you run custom resolutions
The ScanDO lets you integrate to the factory monitor from the CarPC. The factory monitor uses a 15khz RGB signal which the ScanDO converts from the VGA signal the PC is sending it.
Old 07-07-2011 | 01:34 AM
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thats bonkers! lol looks great
Old 07-07-2011 | 03:18 AM
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Nice man, can you PM me the specs on the PC? My install is mostly complete, but my Mac Mini's VGA output doesn't work right so I had to test with a netbook. I'm looking at an AMD Fusion APU based system right now.
Old 07-07-2011 | 08:56 AM
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Nice man, can you PM me the specs on the PC? My install is mostly complete, but my Mac Mini's VGA output doesn't work right so I had to test with a netbook. I'm looking at an AMD Fusion APU based system right now.
The specs on the CarPC are as follows:

Hardware:
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Motherboard / CPU - Zotac IONITX-L-E (1.6ghz dual core ATOM CPU)
4gb of RAM
120gb SSD (OS / Programs)
600gb caviar blue laptop HD (music)
Black Box Duo Mini-ITX Computer case: Black Box Duo Mini ITX Case with Internal DVD Drive and 2x Hard Drive Mounting Locations
M2-ATX Mobile PSU M2-ATX 160W Smart Automotive Grade Mini ITX PSU

Software:
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Windows 7 x64 Ultimate Edition
Palmer Performance Dashcommand
Centrafuse (front end)

I've got the Lilliput monitor hooked up via HDMI and the ScanDO hooked up via VGA.
Old 07-07-2011 | 10:49 AM
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Wow, that is taking it to a whole other level. Post up a video of the user interface/PC capability. Are you able to link up to cellphone 3G/4G or are you planning on getting one of those internet platforms for cars?
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Wow, that is taking it to a whole other level. Post up a video of the user interface/PC capability. Are you able to link up to cellphone 3G/4G or are you planning on getting one of those internet platforms for cars?
I'm having some issues with the top touch screen controller and for some reason the company I bought it from is closed until July 22nd so I can't get a new one until then. I'm also still in the process of configuring the Space Navigator with Centrafuse and some other various things. You never really know how good you have it with a desktop computer until you are doing things in your car sweating your *** off with no A/C

Once I get everything up and running though I'll post more pics of it all working.

I already had a plan to tether the CarPC to an older cell phone of mine to get Internet using the hub in the arm rest. I cancelled the data plan a few months back when I knew I wasn't going to be using it. Once I get all the other stuff settled I'll be doing the Internet portion.
Old 07-07-2011 | 11:39 AM
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Thanks for the PC info, especially that case as I've been trying to find a good one and haven't had much luck. Does it actually have a mounting bracket or risers for the M2 PSU?

Also why Centrafuse over RR? I always found the skins sort of lacking in the past.

And how does that 3D mouse work exactly? Does it control the cursor or is it just like a menu item selector or what? They sure do look cool but I don't understand their usefulness as it applies to a Car PC.
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The Case has risers for the M2-ATX PSU and I have my 120gb SSD mounted underneath it.

It's been so long ago when I started this project I can't for the life of me remember why I decided to go with Centrafuse instead of RR. That was like 9 months ago

The Space Navigator has the axes set up for different hot keys for things in Centrafuse. The main reason I'm using the SpaceNavigator is due to the number of axes it has. It has 6 different Axes that you can bind to different things. That way you can do "next/prev song" , vol up / down and other various tasks without having to look at the monitor. It is not used as a mouse as that would be really hard to do while driving .
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Old 07-07-2011 | 03:09 PM
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You disappoint me. Can I get a, "won't work in my '07" ???
Old 07-07-2011 | 03:59 PM
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haha i am pretty sure THIS can be done on my ride, except it is going to be mad money to do it
Old 07-08-2011 | 07:11 PM
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Hey what kit u use to fit the double din screen in the space, very nice set up


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