RTLNOOBIE

it took me sometime between 1-2 months with research and preperation. here my 04 TL carpc with stock to mod.

before.




progress.

ripping her a part!!



hot glue the stock lcd to old ash tray was.




extented the climate control wires


add quick connect to my opus PSU


mount it in the CD room place of my shuttle pc



my pc with opus psu in side


front look with dvd cover open you can see the opus psu


both red wire the one with black tape is (-) and the long one is (+)


touch screen LCD is in the car with old LCD at the bottom




boot up screen






MS STREET map w/gps



i run the sound through my tape player because my XM recieve was blewn and when i press xm button is not working. but with HD build in sound card it help.

that's all folks!!

rimz

maaaan...i never looked into a CarPC, but after seeing yours, i think i'm ready to check it out...i've also got an '04 non-navi TL...kinda sick of looking at just text (disc number, track number, etc.)...

how hard was it to wire all that? i get kinda scared ripping apart my own stuff...

very clean install...

RTLNOOBIE

ok punk... no need to show off..

SLAYER6669

Congrats on getting it all up and running Looks like the hard part is all over with and you just have some finishing touches to do cosmetic wise and you will be all done. Now you can enjoy it after all that hard work I should post pics of my install too, I never got around to it. Maybe in the next few days..

VmtSquad

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Nice job man, Nice write up.....you did it fast lol Digital FX FTW

King of Pain

Congrats on the install. I know it's a long road to actually getting in and getting it to work. Major Props to you. These things aren't easy to do. Looks good. I'm sure you'll be playing with it for a long time.

SLAYER6669

Everyone seems to love the Roadrunner/Digital FX combo, am I the only one on here using Centrafuse? I guess everyone chooses the free software route since all the hardware costs so much I never really got into Roadrunner, it always seemed like it needed too much work to configure. The DigitalFX skin is pretty sweet though.

VmtSquad

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Never had the chance to look into Centrafuse ....I never had any problem with RR and I like the way we need to configure it to add specifics needs.

DigitalFx/RR is the best combo I found for the low hardware(CPU) capacities. I guess it all depends again on your need

Nice install again RTL

King of Pain

I like free stuff as long as it meets my needs. So far DigitalFX has worked for me. I have my PC in pieces scattered all over my desk as I'm doing some upgrades and case modding. It been this way for about a week. Once I have it up and running I plan to try Klassic's frontend and maybe others.

VmtSquad

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Just a question here, How did you manage to remove the AirVent on top of the LCD display??

KN_TL

iTrader: (3)

You've got to bend piece of metal that is small enough to fit between the slats of the vent, but sturdy enough to be able to pull it out.

It takes a little bit of pulling to get it to pop.

RTLNOOBIE

yeah KN_TL is right. it took me at lease 20 minutes to get that bad boy out. but again i have to take it out for once more time to plug back in my radio cable becuase i forgot to it in. then ben it. you can see in the pic.


thanks everyone. yeah the hard part is over for me. now all i have to do is the touch up. thank to all of you that help me out too. again thanks!!!!

ttribe

Wow! My hat's off to you for undertaking such a task! It looks like you have put together a very impressive system. Nicely done.

ballinfizzle89

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Wow..amazing job

theklassic

Very very nice work.

I like how you placed the regulator in the XPC. --- And btw, great picks on the hardware, we all run XPCs in our cars and have had absolutly no issues to date.

Props!

theklassic

Btw, would you be interested in & runningtesting our frontend?

Drop me a PM if interested.

RTLNOOBIE

i like it too, but did you have a change to setup your gps? what port number you enter it in? i think the reason my RR crash like i stated at my other post it was the gps port it wasn't the windowmedia path anymore. every time i enter the gps port it freez.
king would you try to change port to deffernce number than 0 see if it doest the same. only if you would.
VmtSquad try it too. i want to know if it from my pc

funny thing is my pgs can't get any reception when i mount it in the trunk. so i pace it next to the back speaker for reception.

thanks. i build it myself and to me it the best way i can get around with and it a very decent size. i saw pc that smaller then that build by hp but it don't have what i need and cost more.

VmtSquad

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What gps software are you using? Im with IGuidance with a USB antenna and didnt had any trouble for the config....

nitropwd

RTL, what size gauge wire did you use to extend the harnesses and far?

RTLNOOBIE

it a 24gauge 4 conductor collors and it from radio shack they come in a roll i think was 20 feet. they also have a 18gauage 7 conductor collors wire at homedepot but those are very hard wire to wire with but it has more collor to match with harness. i bought it and im not even used it then went to get the other one. im not sure how long i extended.

if you looking to do a carpc. i suggest everyone extend their harness while they wait for the part to come. that save alot of time. and triple check 4 time 5 time. i had to redo mind on one side of it.

RTLNOOBIE

i run MS street with gps reciever it work find if i leave gps in RR config at 0. owell im not going to use gps status in rr anyway. i mainly use the main screen for music and video. so how far along you getting? i think we started about almost at the same time.

VmtSquad

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I want to put some time on my bezel, I ordered some Dyna660 Bumper repair kit and I'll try to adapt the bezel to the screen to make it look VERY OEM lol.

kind off a big job for me but Im sure I'll get the result I want, the only thing Im not sure its the final color, I will have to repaint the bezel in a black that looks like the original or that fits the Interior.

I'll probably begin to work on the bezel next week...When the bezel will be done I'll simply take an appointment with my friend and install everything

Ya I think we did begin at the same time to work on our system, but I had some forced brake along the way The configuration of the PC is the most time consuming when think about it, I tried so many features and skins....BUT IT WILL ALL WORTH IT SOON

*if I had a garage it would be already finished lol

Sezniko

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Do you have pics of the finished lower part where the tempertautre screen is?

ikechun

Here is Mine that install with navi-bezel on the non navi hvac.

http://www.wec-usa.net/CAR_PC/111.jpg