Carputers, what to know?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Topic: Carputers, what to know?
Posted By: artsar
Subject: Carputers, what to know?
Date Posted: February 08, 2006 at 2:54 PM
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 ------------- Currently: Alpine 9813, Alpine MRD-M1005 and Alpine 12" Type X. Future Plans: Alpine MRV-F545, Focal for the front and Alpine Rs in the rear
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Posted By: kfr01
Date Posted: February 08, 2006 at 4:55 PM
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: https://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... ------------- New Project: 2003 Pathfinder
Posted By: artsar
Date Posted: February 08, 2006 at 7:26 PM
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 ------------- Currently: Alpine 9813, Alpine MRD-M1005 and Alpine 12" Type X. Future Plans: Alpine MRV-F545, Focal for the front and Alpine Rs in the rear
Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: February 08, 2006 at 9:12 PM
FM modulators are not great for sound reproduction, but neither are the mp3's people store on their computers. I agree, use an auxiliary input- if that means buying an adapter do so, just avoid the fm modulator if possible.
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Posted By: jlord16
Date Posted: February 08, 2006 at 10:11 PM
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 https://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/proj/my_car/car_pc/index.htm ------------- Clarion DB36MP
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Posted By: kfr01
Date Posted: February 08, 2006 at 11:16 PM
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 https://www.bcae1.com/ ------------- New Project: 2003 Pathfinder
Posted By: artsar
Date Posted: February 09, 2006 at 9:55 AM
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 ------------- Currently: Alpine 9813, Alpine MRD-M1005 and Alpine 12" Type X. Future Plans: Alpine MRV-F545, Focal for the front and Alpine Rs in the rear
Posted By: artsar
Date Posted: February 09, 2006 at 10:17 AM
Would this work???
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Posted By: jimmy0x52
Date Posted: February 09, 2006 at 11:21 AM
If you have a double-din area for your stereo, get a Mac Mini and mount it in the second din. Then find a spot in the car for the touch-screen.
You can find them cheap (about $4-500) and it has bluetooth built-in and WiFi built-in. Basically, park it in your garage and connect to it remotely from inside to upload music and such. You could also control it with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse. It's got a regular headphone out jack too I believe so you could mate that with an RCA adapter and plug it whereever is necessary.
Just my $0.02.
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2003 Dodge Neon SE
K&N + CAI
Power locks, trunk and some LEDs soon.
Posted By: jimmy0x52
Date Posted: February 09, 2006 at 11:23 AM
And an additional thought to that - you really could replace the head unit entirely with the mac mini, put a flip-out screen in the second DIN, and run a USB FM tuner.
The mini has a slot for CD's in the front.
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2003 Dodge Neon SE
K&N + CAI
Power locks, trunk and some LEDs soon.
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