Thread: Carputers
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Old 11-05-2010, 10:12 PM   #17
phildough
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Hmm. Very tempting will see if it is compatible with tomtom or navigon. How much for the touchscreen Phil and any specs on it?
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u have a link to the touchscreens you mentioned?

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Im just trying to think how I would connect this to the dvd screen, well here are the connections specs on my dvd player:
My mini motherboard has a RCA AV out so thats you sorted there
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Then comes how to actually control stuff, was thinking a wireless keyboard (smallish) with inbuilt mouse

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mini-USB-2-4G...#ht_2639wt_882
Nah I would buy this.
Its perfect for the job
Its a bit more expensive though.
I have one and I love it.
Along with my Full size dinovo edge and MX air mouse.



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did you read the fine part about that cable.
It only works on certain computers and I have never seen one before that does!!!
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and im fairly certain you can knockup something in visual basics as a basic interface. i would suggest lynux as i know it will load faster, BUT i dont know how to use it haha
I would go linux for speed my self I have just started using the latest release of Ubuntu and its really fast.
And Im sure there is carputer software available.

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