Bantum's Infotainment System

[Alex]

Sorry for hijacking Bantum. You're doing a brilliant job!

[Bantum]

This come's to mind - I should get one ...

[tex]

Well im a fan of my rockford fosgates same thing I have a sub for my brumby but its almost never in there as the 6.5 splits have plenty of bass and fortunately the tweeters mount anywhere because with the roof off it gets quite noisy at 120. Oh and a local car stereo store refuses to sell rockford because he doesn't like them but has only ever seen or used the budget ones whereas another store the other side of town swears by them and has them in his personal car, So the moral to the story is listen to the set up you are putting in as oposed to the one you think your putting in!
End my Hack (But mum everyone else is doing it)

[Bantum]

Ok - I've managed to find a pic with the very last bit of work done :



Note : I've marked out a double DIN size to see what it would look like ...

I also found out Samsung have now done a 8'' note book that looks about right size, might have a go at it :



More details here ...

Edit : I measured it out on the face plate and it does fit, but overhangs at bottom ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

[Bantum]

Scored one of these for nix ...







I'm not sure if it works yet but hey, we can't all be picky ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

[Bantum]

Some layout pictures of doors :





Notes : I've plugged the old hole for the window winder, ready for relocating the 'new' electric window switch & roughly marked out speaker location ready for new grill ...

+ yep the lights were converted to LED ( see link ) & they are Liberty Gen 1 ? Door pockets ...

Link to LED Page : showthread.php?t=22456

Not sure if I'll end up using the full grill as doesn't quite fit ...

Note : The 6" speaker is about 2-3cm bigger than the grill shown, hence the need for customising ...

That's about as far as I got so far ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

[El_Freddo]

Looks good mate. I like the door card layout you're going with - and I reckon those map pockets look awesome. The lights on the end of them are a nice touch too, I'm guessing you'll be hooking them up to the door switch? Individually or both to come on with the interior light?

And where'd you score an amp for nix??

Cheers

Bennie

[Silverbullet]

And I wanna know how your door latch surrounds look so good

[Bantum]

Its amazing what people throw out - Just 'found' the amp on foot path, haven't tested it yet to see if works ...
( Although I suspect it may have been abused, I can't see / smell any burnt circuits )

The door latch covers were painted by PO ( in vinyl paint ? ) - So not so good on closer inspection ... ;(

Pocket lights are intended to run of new circuit that could be switch by either doors or the main cabin light - haven't got round to the wiring in bits as yet.

Cheers, Bantum ...

[Bantum]

I was just going back through my old photos & saw this :



Shows the 'Fix' I came up with for securing the lower door panel & tools used ...

Note : I don't have a picture of the component parts like the counter sunk bolt that I used but ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

[zookcruzr]

Any pics of the final door trims?
Where did ya get your elec window winders? From what model?

[Bantum]

Hi Zook,

Sorry no - haven't got that far yet ...

But do have this which I was working towards :




As for the Electrics - got them from a wreckers & think it was a '83 Touring wagon ...

( scored an electronic dash also, but not sure it works yet - prefer analogue )

Cheers, Bantum ...

[zookcruzr]

cheers Bantum

[henpecked]

any update Bantum ?

[Bantum]

Sorry no - Stuff all has happened on this since moving to Brisbane & as with other things in life, I have put this project on hold indefinitely. Hope to get back to it one day ...

Ciao, Bantum ...

[Bantum]

Just a small update, I have now got a few more bits together ready to start working on this again - Will post some images up later when I have downloaded them.

P.S. - I've also been doing some more research on OBD I/II & how to link the monitoring system into the Screen devices using one of the afore mentioned methods earlier in this thread. I'm also looking to throw in some other useful bits like satellite navigation & inclinometers ...



More info here : http://torque-bhp.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin ... ndex2.html

( Note : It would only be monitoring the EA81 initially, so not a full electronic conversion yet - maybe later when I have time / money for it )

So my thoughts were to get an older ECU ( that still works ), a PDA of some sort, head unit for entertainment + a mobile phone & get them all talking to each other with the PDA as main interface ...

Now I'm wondering what others have done / recommend for this ?

Cheers, Bantum ...

[Bantum]

Bit more digging & found this interface :



Found here : http://www.obd2tool.com/goods-4475-ELM3 ... droid.html

Comes with software to download onto your phone / tablet then you can do all the monitoring stuff ...

Dunno if they are any good - anybody used one before ?

Cheers, Bantum ...

[Bantum]

Will also have a go with one of these : 7" Tablet MID-782



More info here : http://www.laserco.com.au/android-tablets



Supposed to be able to do all the above & more, so will load it up & see if it works ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

[Bantum]

Does anyone here know how to program one of these tablets ? ( Android 4.4 ) as I might need to do a crash course or something, as I'm having trouble getting the thing to operate - ( just a noob operator I expect )

Ciao, Bantum ...

[Silverbullet]

I'm liking the idea of in car tablet pc replacing a head unit even more now that there are more and more tablets on the market every day, all different sizes. Hope you get yours in before me...need someone to copy off Of course you need a proper amp with this sort of setup for the sound system, with headphone out from the tablet going to aux in on the amp. Only tricky bit I can think of is if you want a proper volume knob (I'd prefer one, instead of fiddling with a touchy screen while the car is moving) I've seen a double-gang pot wired into the headphone cable between the source and amp, wonder if this would give very satisfactory results.

As for "programming"...doesn't it just operate like a mobile phone? i.e fire it up, it shows you a "desktop" of sorts with all the apps installed on the device. All Android OS I've seen are all the same, maybe with little differences but they all work the same.