Well after seeing it on mp3car i had to have one i built a car pc that replaced my shaker 500 head unit it has a 7" touch screen and fits in the dash except the amp i used to power the speakers it has hd radio and sirius radio also useing Iguidance for gps also running a front end that ties all this together in a easy touch interface sorry for the smuges in the screen cant keep my self from touching it!!





also useing media player classic so i can play any video format under the sun!!

 

Nice. What linux front end did you use? Also, where did you mount the motherboard/hdd? Did you build a SSF case for it or did you take the bottom half of a laptop? Iv been wanting to do something like this..

 

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/fabr...ps-indash.html

see here for the guy that did it first he makes a case that conforms to fords Double din standard
im using windows with a front end called roadrunner that ties gps winamp etc together and has user made skins for it

im using a msi fuzzy g945 mini-itx board with a moble core2duo intel cpu 2gig of ram and a 320g laptop harddrive.

this computer in all in the dash except for the amp thats driving the speakers. so if you didnt know better you would thinks is a oem nav system

 

How did you hook up the amp to the PC?

 

just used some break out cables to convert the mini stereo plug to rca connectors

 

No one else wants to say anything??

 

what is the sound quality like?

 

its on par with the shaker system, tho not as loud because im using the computers onboard volume, and had to balance the inputs from the hdradio and sirius, the way i have it set up now you can turn it all the way up and not make your ears bleed, my main focus was not to have a loud system just one that comapred to the stock radio and had all the functions i wanted. im currently looking at adding tpms monitoring to the computer so i can see the tire pressure and temps on my computer.

 

Well in a effort to make my make my Car pc better i built a power switch and a valet switch inside the center console so when my car is in for service i can keep the shop monkeys from messing with my pc

 

I just take the face off and don't have to worry about it. I understand the two switches but what is the other part that was cut out unevenly? A file is great for the final finishing to even up the cuts.