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A Big-Screen Mobile MP3 Console
psymaster writes: "I found the link to this mod over at hardocp.com; it's a car MP3 player mod, the guy ripped apart the whole center panel of the car to install it and did it all over again in fiberglass." This is dedication.
Actually, not even close. I have a built-in GPS in my car. You enter in your destination before starting and it speaks instructions to you. All you do is listen to it. If you make a mistake or go off their recommended path, it automatically recalculates its directions, all with no user intervention.
that one song that I heard the other week...
i think it was after this one...
no no, about 200 back from here (scroll...)
was it around here? maybe down a few... (tap tap tap)...
*incoming telephone pole*
There's a webpage here. He did it with a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder, an older Mac Powerbook (utilizing Airport for file transfer), and a lot of ingenuity. His page also goes into detail, instead of just photos.
(I'm thinking about trying the same thing with my 2001 XTerra.)
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There is a lot more inf on this at MP3Car.com, the user sites are a bit out of date, but the forum is excelent.
Also, it looks like Q-PC sells premade car computers, though I haven't seen any info about one.
I am building a car computer myself, that will completely replace my radio with a 8.4" touchscreen, running a custom program that does Radio, MP3's, DVD and GPS navigation.
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There are 10 different types of people in this world... those who understand binary, and those who don't.
...some people just don't get it.
...and I guess it's the dozen or so readers like you that knock down his creation that make it /.
Yeah, and he could go hire an immigrant to sit in his back seat and change CDs whenever he wanted as well. It's the accomplishment of somebody busting their hump to create something that pretty much anybody on this site would love to have that makes it noteworthy.