Hey guys!! Thinking about building a computer into my, for mp3s, possible dvds etc, but the only thing that has me worrried is how to power it? Im guessing i can use some kind or inverter or something striaght off my car battery.... but i really dont have much of a clue, also i want to do this cheap, i have seen some power supplies designed esspecialy for this (think they are called opus) but the are waaaay to expensive, so is there a cheap option at all? any help appreciated! Cheers
www.mp3car.com is what your looking for, the forums are full of this sort of stuff, the whole site is devoted to it
cheers mate, i have already had a quick look around, but most people are using those expensive power supplies etc, i wondered if the bit-tech comunity had anyideas (maybe i could mod something to make it work )
yeah mate i'm doing the smae thing just need the money it will cost £700.00 oh and dont use a inverter just use this https://linitx.com/product_info.php?products_id=398 that shops good too
hey mate, thats a good solution (its another opus btw), but waaaaaaaaaaay to pricey for me, i was hoping to do this on the cheap! ....there must be a way?!
yeah the big cost it the touchscreen you could alway use old computer bits its just the power they need to run
I bought an old laptop a while back with a broken lcd. It's ideal because it doesn't really need any expensive inverter or a lot of room in the car. plus it was about 30-40 quid. Haven't fixed it in permenantly yet because I haven't found a simple enough os that will just play music after boot and be controlled via the keyboard. everything I come across wants to do video or gps or wipe your rear for you.
