Carputers, what to know?

I've done a fair amount of research and I get the concept, but the main question I have, is how do you wire it into the car??? I have an alpine 9813 and I was wondering how I would get the carputer to work with the deck to send the music through the car... also, if there is someone who knows the exact install of a carputer, would you be willing to explain so theres a single topic to help all people looking... thanks in advance

adam

Artsar:

Most folks using caputers use a touch screen replacement for the deck. 

If you must keep your Alpine, make sure it has aux. input.

Power?  A regulated 12 to 120 inverter:

http://shop.altenergystore.com/itemdesc~product~250w+Xp+250%2D12+12v+Inverter~ic~EXEXP250%2D12~eq~~Tp~.htm

This one would work with almost any computer out there.  I'm sure there are cheaper that will work...

i realized that people replace the desk with a monitor... but i was reading in another forum to have an FM transmiter and the desk would be tuned to that for sound...

how different is a car pc then a home pc?, like control wise... trough the touch screen... also how do you wire the cars speakers and what not to the PC... are there special sound cards???

A step by step of how it all is conected physically would be quite helpful...

PS. thanks for the help kfr01

Use the auxiliary input, u dont need to use an inverter, you can acutally buy computer power supplies that run off a 12volt input instead of the standard 240volts, my mates builing a carputer atm and we ordered the 12volt power supply but an inverter will do the same job.  Cheack out this site by chris on the build of his carputer

http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/proj/my_car/car_pc/index.htm

Don't use fm.  Use the aux.

Build a regular PC.  You need some sort of soundcard with analog output.  If you use the aux. in on your deck you can then use the deck's amplifier. 

If you use a pc without a regular car deck, then you'd need a separate amplifier.

So. 

PC -->  Analog ouput on soundcard --> Deck Aux Input or Separate Amplifier --> Speakers

Read all of http://www.bcae1.com/

thanks for the help... I think I have a pretty good idea of how exactly it works... I'll have a diagram up soon, so see if anyone can see a possible flaw in the wiring idea i have

Would this work???

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and if those don't work

heres the link

https://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=possiblecarputerdiagram2nu.jpg

basicly would I be able to signal from both the deck and the carputer to the amps??? like connect the signal wires and plug them into the amps? Last time I checked there wasn't an input on my deck for aux sound... should I sell this deck and get one with aux sound???

Comments and concerns? Tips?