ICE with a twist

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:04 pm

This is my ICE interface...

johansx · Post by **johansx** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:55 pm

Nice, tell us more. Car PC running Doze? Is that a touch screen?

ChemCool · Post by **ChemCool** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:59 pm

What on earth is this Vlade?

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:37 am

Yip its a CAR PC...

8" VGA Touch screen, with a PC in the boot...

PC is running a 12V power supply with some other cool features.

I listen to MP3's and use it tune my the Wolf 3D...

Ero_sennin · Post by **Ero_sennin** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:09 pm

How much did it all cost you and where did you get the touch screen.

I'm also planning on doing something like that later.

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:46 pm

R2500... I have them imported from the UK and in I can do bulk as well at R2300 for 10+ orders...

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:32 pm

Would be REAL cool if the screen folded away, like those fancy DVD screens. I would take one then.

bruno_miranda26 · Post by **bruno_miranda26** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:36 pm

Hey Vlade, that is awsome dude i actualy have been considering this route but there was more cons than pros they i wanted to do.
I wanted to use a mini PC(which is on the expencive side) from any computer retailer, and buy an 12V-->220V adapter from and electornic shop and use bluetooth for the interface, problem was on how to connect to the indash screen in the front.
I would have to by a VGA card with RCA video outputs, and the other probrem was on how to integrate it with the in car sound system.
It got a bit too much and i gave up.
But your way seems very vaible specialy the price is tempting.
Does it includ the touch screen or is just the pc?

Great ICE man.

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:25 am

I tried that exact route, the problem is with that is when you go from RCA to VGA your "TV" type screen has a very shitty resolution of 320 by ?X? now you try to compress 800x600 resolution in there and you end up with huge quality loss and you can't read the text even if you increase the font size on the PC it still looks crap... on the other end your screen isn't touch so how do you interface with the PC?

the 12V-->220V converters also don't work well, they eat battery power like nothing and often your PC will reboot when you try to start the car, then dies soon after you kill the ignition.

I can get foldaway screens that fit in a DIN unit... will find out a price.

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:30 am

Find out the price they would be way cool, must be touch screen aswell. How big is the computer in the boot??

Ero_sennin · Post by **Ero_sennin** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:48 am

and how much was the DC powersupply?

bruno_miranda26 · Post by **bruno_miranda26** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:07 am

Hey Vlade,
What you've explained is exactly what i had to consider before i went & blew my money on all the goodies, to avoid the PC from rebooting the all time i thought of an UPS(more costs) and maybe just connect the PC to the batt directly but it was just not gonna work propperly. Plus home PC's don't like vibration or bumpy roads, just my sound would have blown the hdd to pieces. I'm glad i didn't go through it at all.(just tells that planning before building is still the safest thing to do).

Tell me something, the price that you mentioned is it for what you have installed in your car? Includes PC, monitor, Power DC converter etc..etc?
Can you post more pics of the system?

Ero_sennin · Post by **Ero_sennin** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:24 am

ups is a bad idea for 2 reasons:cost and would add alot of weight to your car. For storage could use a laptop hard drive they should be better "padded" maybe wrap it in foam or something for incase. You do get converters to use it in a normal pc.

johansx · Post by **johansx** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:48 am

Entry level laptop at < R5000.... with car 12v adapter or 2nd hand unit. Mount in boot with remote mouse, keyboard, external touch VGA screen...

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:16 pm

Coke...ICE with a lemon twist