Hey gang,
I recently purchased a new automobile, and I immediately began thinking about putting a carputer in it. For those of you that don't know what a carputer is, it's a computer built specifically to run in your car. They do things like play MP3s, dvds, divx files, give directions, whatever.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone here has built and installed one before. My carputer will have to do the following (it's not much, yet):
1.) Play audio files from a storage device (a hard drive) through the stereo
2.) Be remotely controlled via wireless through a pocket PC
3.) Be able to display maps/directions to the pocket PC using GPS.
In the future, I'd like to incorporate a single (or multiple) screen(s) into the vehicle to allow for DVD/DivX/Xvid playback.
I've read a lot of information on what will be required hardware-wise to get this going and I think I've got a good chance of being able to pull it off. I was just curious to know if anyone here had attempted such a thing.
I recently purchased a new automobile, and I immediately began thinking about putting a carputer in it. For those of you that don't know what a carputer is, it's a computer built specifically to run in your car. They do things like play MP3s, dvds, divx files, give directions, whatever.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone here has built and installed one before. My carputer will have to do the following (it's not much, yet):
1.) Play audio files from a storage device (a hard drive) through the stereo
2.) Be remotely controlled via wireless through a pocket PC
3.) Be able to display maps/directions to the pocket PC using GPS.
In the future, I'd like to incorporate a single (or multiple) screen(s) into the vehicle to allow for DVD/DivX/Xvid playback.
I've read a lot of information on what will be required hardware-wise to get this going and I think I've got a good chance of being able to pull it off. I was just curious to know if anyone here had attempted such a thing.
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