quarta-feira, 6 de fevereiro de 2008

GPS receiver and car radio

I was missing a GPS receiver , but not a radio, however mine didn't have auxiliary input jack for connecting the audio output of carputer

It could have chosen to buy only one amplifier but I would lose some functions such as volume control (only in carputer), with a new radio I can have amplification, mute through remote control and other extra functions that a stand alone option gives, as independence of sound by speaker and extra equalization and others.

GPS - € 69.90 - http://www.ideusworld.com/es/Productos/2/1115/producto-antena-gps-bluetooth-procesador-mtk/

Kenwood - KDC-W311A - € 67.80 - http://www.kenwood.es/kdc% 2Dw311a.h

domingo, 3 de fevereiro de 2008

The Keyboard

Today under rain I had to go buy tape tape for wrapping some boxes and store things in the garage, to my surprise when entering a chinese retail shop I find this http://www.pcpop.com/doc/ 0/119/119390.shtml, a fantastic discovery because in future it would be need and it would have to come from abroad plus shipping costs, it was only 10.50 €

A few pictures already taken at home in my garage

segunda-feira, 28 de janeiro de 2008

Summary of expenses...


Power supply - 74 € + 13,50 € (shipping cost) = 87,5 €
Motherboard Via Epia M10000 e har drive 60gb ide 2,5 + adapter - 130 € (shipping cost included)
Connection cables - 5 €
External bo for USB DVD Rom / Slim - 44,90 € + 9,05 € (shipping cost) = 53,95 €
Memória RAM 1024MB DDR400 - 63,30 (shipping cost included)
Monitor 7" TFT VGA Touchscreen in dash System K90 = 297,95 € (shipping cost included)
AVerTV USB 2.0 Plus (External TV Tuner to watch TV and capture video in car PC and listen to radio) - 79,90 €
VGA / VGA cable - 16,90 €
Bluetooth Pen - 10,85 €

Total (for now): 682,05 €

Still missing:

GPS receiver
Keyboard + mouse

OBD cable

Rearview camara (for parking assistance)

Parking sensors
Light sensor (for full automated turn on lights)


terça-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2008

The monitor finaly!!!

Today I decided and ordered the display from http://www.carlights.de/ was the best price I found until now (it becomes harder to find both the K90 and the K301). I always wanted one of these because any of these two are fully automized and closed after power off they have two buttons in the front panel which reduces the interest of thieves and also because it only requires little changes to the aspect of my dashboard that is now very smooth with white leds contrary to the orange lights that Opel places in their cars.

Soon I'll put here some photos of the installation of the monitor and following accessories

terça-feira, 13 de novembro de 2007

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quinta-feira, 25 de outubro de 2007

Tunning?!

This passion is not new, I've always been fascinated by Tunning, but not the bad Tunning, I like slight changes and I'm now considering starting to do them, I found a Brazilian website www.vectraclube.com.br in which they talk a lot about the Vectras, because in Brazil the Vectra is a much beloved car. I was trying to find one explanation on how to disassemble the panel of instruments of my Vectra and I found the website I liked the way these new friends enjoyed cars and decided to stay and register.

And it keeps going and going...

Because the money does not fall from the sky (in fact it does , but that is another project for the future) I made a small purchase, a magazine whith some offers including a USB Hub, which will do perfectly to connect the several devices of the Carputer and it is quite discreet and lightweight which would facilitate the placement anywhere with a simple, double-sided tape.