rockstar08

Multi source, or stacking as i've come to call it, rocks! I don't know of any other system that uses it, given the technology in a regular car audio/nav system I don't think the manufacturers have caught up to it yet.

This really sells the features on the software, i've been asked to build some more units based on this design.

I have thought about skinning, i've not really found anything I like yet other than the default, alot of the ones i've seen look pretty crap. May be you could point me at some good ones? I guess it just takes time and a bit of design to produce something good.

Currently using windows vista on the Camaro, just because I had a copy laying around. I've built 2 others using Win 7 Ultimate, you really can't tell by using Centrafuse what OS is what. They both hibernate in 30 Secs with 4gb of memory, I might drop this down to 2gb to see if I can shave a few more secs off. But really it doesn't matter, because as soon as the key goes out of the ignition the touchscreen powers down anyhow, so the user doesn't see it hibernating in the background.

I've found that vista does not like to resume from hibernation after completing an update that requires a reboot, I have automagic updates turned on for security as I connect to many wireless networks. With this turned off in its current state it works flawlessly.

My PSU is set to ignore poweroff (debounce) for the first 30 sec, when turned on, and fully powerdown 5 mins after hibernation. As it hibernates to disk it resumes successfully. The ignition is wired to the PSU as well as its own fused 12 rail from the car battery.

tkcaraudio

Nice build... I have thought about a similar build on my vert

86White_T/A305

yea my ign is wired to the psu aswell.for quick shutdown and startups it will resume without having to reboot.but over night it wouldnt do it.win 7 ultimate has a much faster boot time and i dont have alot of programs opening on startup so im looking to cut as much time off as i can.

ive done a few small lil tricks for mine using my factory gta amp turn on button is now my carputer on/off,and the slider is my reset button lol.im also adding another switch somewhere hidden to turn the screen off incase "the man" notices anything while im driving.

for now i still have to spend sometime mounting the carputer in the underdash on the passenger side and then mold the panels back on around it to make it look decent again.

ThePain

So I was looking at this unit as well, but it seems an odd choice for someone whose going double din? The whole point of this unit (if that is the 1-din version that it appears to be) is to fit in older vehicles. You could have bought the 2 din version (if you didn't) or got a non-chinese off brand unit.

I'm more considering this for my bronco, for the camaro i'll probably just get a really nice single din media player.

86White_T/A305

Talk about bringing a thread back from the dead lol.Well at this point I can say i have since ditched the carpc life last yr and went with a android radio. Simply because I dont drive the car much anymore and an easier/cheaper way to have alot of the samethings I was doing with my carpc. But the carpc technology out now is extremely more capable than ever. You would spend more to make the system than a basic app based headunit. Possibilities are endless.

ThePain

I don't know how I ended up in this thread... but this is not the thread I meant to post that reply in

Definitely wasn't trying to bring a 10 year old post back to life