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I had a PC in my car years ago....(1998) ok, it was only a humble 486 DX66 but it was in there biggest problem back then was the monitor, TFT's were scary money so i used a power inverter to run the little NEC 12" monitor (in the back between the seats) The PC ran windows 98SE and we used to play Doom on it, and occasionally solitaire A mate has a tablet PC in his Jeep (sort of a "pimp my ride" install) i must take a look and see what way it was put in...
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As it seems now, hassle-free is out of the picture if I want a nice-looking TFT install. Remaining options: 1. Build a bezel myself. Never done this but how hard could it be? One way would be to buy one of the ugly £15 single-DIN fascia adapters and get to work with a dremel. Hacks like that do usually fall a bit short in the aesthetics department in my experience. A better way might be to make a plaster cast mold using the same fascia adapter and then build a completely new fascia for the display out of fibre glass or similar. The problem with that is that I have absolutely no experience whatsoever with that kind of work. Another way to get a custom fascia would be to have someone build one. Anyone here who knows what kind of shop who might be able to do that kind of work? I don't seem to be able to find a custom-fascias-r-us section of the Yellow Pages. This is of course a nice way to go about it - a double DIN unit with a 6.5" VGA touchscreen, FM radio and a DVD-ROM drive. Don't care much for the silver design though: http://www.digitalww.com/DWW-6500.htm /Erik |
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This is a link a bit closer to the original supplier of that unit: http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/...1002094864.htm There might be european resellers as well. This is the thread om mp3car.com: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79168 /Erik |
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Actually is all this messing about with a DD bezel necessary
this would do perfectly well and be more discreet when unattended http://www.digitalww.com/DWW-750FM.htm Would it clear the eyebrow though? |
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Just had a look on Ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Touch-Screen-8...QQcmdZViewItem Not to sure if 8" will be too big.
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* I do need to come up with an amplifier solution. Something like this might do the trick? http://www.electronickits.com/kit/co.../ampl/k143.htm QUOTE] I think Maplins sell the kit too. I don't know how many channels it has though, I couldn't read it anywhere. I would recomend getting a decent amp, eg, Alpine. A good amp does more than just make it louder. It has filters, cut-offs and imroves the quality. You should be able to pick an older model up cheap these days, eg, Alpine v12.
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