....and in goes the modded XBOX. Never got GPS and realized Id never use it anyway. I never really used the carputer that much, by the time it booted and everything I was already almost there :p

I bought a cheesy composite indash non motorized LCD to use with a modded XBOX. I'll just fill it up with movies and MP3s and toss it in the car tomorrow, the beauty of absolutely no boot up time :p



I saw that TimRS, Pitch Black , and a couple other 2GNTers were selling their carputers... I think Im next. I just rigged up the indash monitor in my room, the actual in car install is tomorrow





This is what the old set up looked like, where the screen is and everything, but instead of being an in car DVD player it was a carputer under the driver's seat. I need to get my old computer out of the closet and put the pix up online.

HMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, to each their own... you ever get those tail black-out covers? I was wondering how they looked.

- J

nope, solargurl says she shipped but I never recieved. Ive bought a couple other things from other since she said she shipped them an dI got the other items already, so I dunno whats going on with it all.


Look in the classifieds soon, carputer might be up for sale.


back to the XBOX in car:





no, these are not my hands, they are my girl's hands:

looks pretty cool!

Need For Speed Most Wanted.. Fucking A!.. I'm rocking the Lambo

Where did you get the LCD screen? How much was it? Looks good.
-Todd

$149... i forget the website uhm

mp3playerstore.com

I hear they have really bad service... but i got mine just fine. and so did my friend. Mines the $179 w/ the headphone jack and such, but the $149 works just fine. Mine's NOT motorized. For under $200 though, why would u care if u have to pull it out by hand?

actually I got mine "used" from MP3Car.com (UKChris) and it wasnt used at all still had the plastic covers on it and the wire toppers.

I got it for $160 shipped, but included a 512MB USBThumbDrive and a 20GB laptop HD :p

The screen I have has no sound input at all (as far as I can tell) just has a composite input (and what looks like a composite output as well).

I dont mind hittin the button to pop the screen out, ironically enough there isnt enough clearance when in park for the screen to come out anyway; which makes manual the best option (for me).

the screen looks surprisingly good for its low cost. Im not sure how long I'll be keeping it, for fear of tickets and what not (even though Im 100% sure I wont be playing XBOX while driving)

yeah, mines going to be my music storage as well, oddly enough my screen is EXTREMELY similar and i have the same head unit as u

modded XBOX + 180GB HD = alot of games, music and movies not to mention the XBOX is a DVD player as well.


cant believe no one commented on my custom dash skin with the mitsu logo and the 2gnt URL

mines 160 gig but hasnt been tsop'd yet so it only recognizes like 137 of it, too lazy to do the tsop, and ur skins nice, just i like mine better, ill put pics up when i put it back in, i took it out for the winter, figured the cold and the hard drive werent a good combo, but then again electric pc components run good at cold temps so who knows...

Originally posted by clips3kid
Rabble robble.....

huh>

mines 160 gig but hasnt been tsop'd yet so it only recognizes like 137 of it, too lazy to do the tsop, and ur skins nice, just i like mine better, ill put pics up when i put it back in, i took it out for the winter, figured the cold and the hard drive werent a good combo, but then again electric pc components run good at cold temps so who knows...

what i meant was that his has a 180 gigabyte hard drive, mine has a 160

the bios on the xbox only allows for a maximum of 137 gigabytes, the only way to get around this is to add a mod-chip, or tsop flash the bios. This means removing the old bios and putting the bios of a mod chip inside of the bios.

I put it back in btw, ill have to take pictures of what mine looks like.

Originally posted by Malenko
....and in goes the modded XBOX. Never got GPS and realized Id never use it anyway. I never really used the carputer that much, by the time it booted and everything I was already almost there :p I bought a cheesy composite indash non motorized LCD to use with a modded XBOX. I'll just fill it up with movies and MP3s and toss it in the car tomorrow, the beauty of absolutely no boot up time :p I saw that TimRS, Pitch Black , and a couple other 2GNTers were selling their carputers... I think Im next. I just rigged up the indash monitor in my room, the actual in car install is tomorrow http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1072/1742/13885.jp g http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1072/1742/13886.jp g This is what the old set up looked like, where the screen is and everything, but instead of being an in car DVD player it was a carputer under the driver's seat. I need to get my old computer out of the closet and put the pix up online. http://www.dsmtuners.com/gallery/files/2/7/8/3/2783chromebezel.jp g

Yawn... snore... another one bites the "Can't hack it" post...

Originally posted by djtrickee
Yawn... snore... another one bites the "Can't hack it" post...

Cant hack it? more like never use it, lol
it may or may not go back in, all depends on if I'll actually come up for a use for it. I mean , yeah if I get a megasquirt or even an OBDII plug then Id have more reason to have the carputer in there, but if all Im going to do is play MP3s and Movies a modded XBOX is good enough... for now.

Originally posted by Malenko

Originally posted by djtrickee Yawn... snore... another one bites the "Can't hack it" post...

Cant hack it? more like never use it, lol it may or may not go back in, all depends on if I'll actually come up for a use for it. I mean , yeah if I get a megasquirt or even an OBDII plug then Id have more reason to have the carputer in there, but if all Im going to do is play MP3s and Movies a modded XBOX is good enough... for now.

I was hoping pitchblack would respond before you. Since he "couldn't hack it" and sold his carputer setup. heeh.

I came to the same conclusion... My alpine headunit plays MP3s/WMAs. who the hell wants to sit in their car and watch a 3 hour long movie (besides djtrickee since he has no woman... lol) and I have no need for OBD2 software since my car is bone stock and will never be modded again. Why else would I need one?

The upside is now Im using the money to put bamboo floors in my house and pay Djtrickee the last $40 I owe him. lol as soon as my paypal account is unlocked from a jackass complaint I got on it.

$68...

EDIT: had no idea this was a year old, sorry guys.

You selling the carputer?

I am going to do a carpc in my eclipse (i got rid of this accord for my 98 eclipse, in the process of a turbo install at the moment)

7inch widescreen touchscreen, and gps is sooo nice for someone who gets lost alot :)

heres a picture of my set up in the honda. no offense at all implied to you, but any retard can bolt up a damn monitor to thier dash, that looks like hell. if your going to install a monitor, either spend the money on an indash one, or spend the time fiberglassing it.

mine didnt quite get the finish i wanted, but i think i can do better on the eclipse. i was even considering installing the monitor into the steering wheel inplace of the air bag, or over head in place of the rear view, that one would take some interesting custom programming though.

peace.

belay that, looks like you cant upload to this forum, if anyone cares i can send a pic of the carpc install. pm me.

Originally posted by navyguns
no offense at all implied to you, but any retard can bolt up a damn monitor to thier dash, that looks like hell. if your going to install a monitor, either spend the money on an indash one, or spend the time fiberglassing it.

Preface: I know this post is like 8 months old.


no offense at all implied to you, but any retard can own a honda. I got that screen because it suited my needs at the time. An indash motorized screen at that rime (feb 06) was pricey. That monitor was in dash but manual so I dont get your point. I didnt/dont want to fiberglass anything so what I had was perfect, at the time.blow.

Well, since we're reviving old threads... I'm gonna snap a pic of my car for you tomorrow (when the sun comes back up ;)); recently bought me some tails and I'm really loving them (even though you're a traitor to purple people eaters :)), see what you think.

- J

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Also, I *really* like Orlando DSM's logo... but I don't live in Orlando, so I've since scraped the Orlando portion and thought others might like it as well ;)



Anyways, enjoy! :)
- J