SleepyMSP's Carputer/Audio build
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Wagonbacker9
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dude, don't feel too bad. I just figured out a way to blow like $600 I don't have. LOL
thats true - it might take me three days of compiling to build a dedicated tool chain, but at least thats free. and you can drop that number to $585 if you find the FPR
I do but they are the medieval ones and the vibs aren't bad at all. The only thing I can see fail the the HDD. its the only moving part in the whole thing and if it fails then I'm just going to get a solid state drive so there will be no moving parts and less heat generation
Being that there isn't any "cushion" for the monitor and other vital parts of the caputer even though you feel less vib's from the solid mm the elctronic component aren't that forgiving when it comes to constant vibration.
I mean just from the vibration from mm my cd's don't last more then 3 months (on average), they get all scratched up.
I mean just from the vibration from mm my cd's don't last more then 3 months (on average), they get all scratched up.
Wagonbacker9
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If your CDs scratch in anything other than a circular pattern, its not happening in the CD player. I've got an AWR 95 duro rear, and I've been using the same CDs in my car for a year now. in fact I have on mix thats in there probably 90% of the time for 3 months at a time.
It is bc of vibration since when the car is not running I don't have any skips but once it's running sometimes it skips and over time it actually made the cd skip some part of music even if its played in laptop/computer.
I was thinking of doing some custom work to get around this but once I saw this project it still doesn't address the issue with vibration.
I'm thinking more of SSD set up w/o monitor , will deff. document it here once I get around it.
Wagonbacker9
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either your CD player is defective, or its you scratching em, not the CD player.
I'm most likely putting mine under the passenger seat, so the carpet will help isolate it as well as the internal isolation mounts.
I'm most likely putting mine under the passenger seat, so the carpet will help isolate it as well as the internal isolation mounts.
after reviewing my initial design I believe the HD will not have a problem with any vibration as it is somewhat suspended upside down with industrial strength velcro and a laptop drive sheath. this will provide a dampening tolerance for the drive as most of the vibration will be absorbed by the velcro. Now straight out pot holes are another story...that can be problematic...
update: the carputer is in the car and working, there are still a few loose ends to tie up (trim pieces need to be reinstalled in a few places, install amp for speakers to actually work and install the center console) but the carputer is alive and surviving perfectly. Nav is operational and so is the obd-II reader
I seem to have lost the camera in the car and its raining now so once the rain dies down i'll go find it to get the pics off
I seem to have lost the camera in the car and its raining now so once the rain dies down i'll go find it to get the pics off
Wagonbacker9
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I was gonna say... looking for a pic of one with the carputer on, in the car... not seeing! LOL
