Carputer 1
Today's package from UPS completes my collection of parts that will be required for my car computer install. I already had the mac mini, and today I got the screen, the custom bezel, the power supply, and an adapter cable I need. I will just need a few more little things from the hardware store to complete the install.
Screen and bezel:
Getting the screen to fit in the bezel required taking it all apart, so I decided to plug it in and test it first. There's no going back if I get it all done and the screen is broken. While I was testing it, I also installed the required drivers for the monitor.
Once I was done there it was a simple matter of taking the monitor all apart. Here are the guts:
The screen fits rather nicely if I do say so myself.
Yea, the screen fits, but not so much the PCB. I had to put it in there at a weird angle to get it to work.
All done - time to test it again!
After I got it completed, I had to do some tinkering to get the computer to show the correct resolution. In the picture above, things are a bit stretched. The monitor actually supports resolutions of up to 1024x768, but scales them to it's native resolution. By setting the computer to the native resolution, I get the best possible picture.
Here is a video of the final interface:
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whats the frontrow clone?
whats the frontrow clone? did you need OSX drivers for the touchscreen or does it appear as a usb mouse? is this going in the dash?
Gotta hand it to you, thats pretty cool!
nathan: There are specific
nathan: There are specific OSX drivers. They allow you to do more things that you can't do with a mouse like calibration. But the touchscreen does function like a mouse with the driver.
The frontrow clone is called AMP, and can be found in the forums at mp3car.com
Yes, it's going in my dash tonight!
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Hi Where can I find AMP,
Hi
Where can I find AMP, the soft that you use ?
I don't find it
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This is want i'm looking for
This is want i'm looking for and need in my car how can i get this system
That is super clean. I
That is super clean. I actually just learned about the mac mini as a carputer and i'm doing some research on it so i can put it into my 2002 WRX. I can't seem to find good information on the whole mac carputer thing on mp3car.com. Do you happen to have a step by step write-up on how you went about installing yours????
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