Carputer - GPS

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:43 pm

So who has one and are they any good?

I had the basic GPS in the old UHF in the orange car and it was handy for marking way points, camp sites, danger spots and stuff like that. No good for any thing like plotting or better still following your track back out.

Who is using what for a car pc? Where is the best placed to buy all this sort of crap? I really need to get a gps system and possibly car pc before Fraser next year.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:54 pm

I can sort you out brett. Working on one for scott's car at the moment, then need to get ver2 installed in my car so im not going to be able to do anything for a while, but theres plenty of time before fraser

dont spend any cash til you speak to me. I know this stuff backwards

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:57 pm

I had some suggestions but it looks like you have found your man.

Dave

PeeJay · Post by **PeeJay** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:21 pm

So for the rest of us sitting here thinking the same thing.....?

What should we get?

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:03 pm

what do you want to do with it?

if you just want a GPS, buy one

if your good with computers and want something you can tinker with, go for a carPC

www.mp3car.com forum is the best resource on all of the interweb, I have been lurking there for about 8 years

start reading there...

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:54 pm

I want to be able to do gps (tracking and way points), have mp3's on there for the trip, be able to download my photos while tripping, maybe dvd's and other bits I can fiddle with.

mattims · Post by **mattims** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:16 pm

i have one in my B4 .. it doesnt really record tracks much what with it driving on the road most of the time. But its great for Mp3s .. double din sized touch screen makes it easy to control also (bit hard to read in sunlight is the only problem).

Just using a usb GPS thing (sirfIII) that sits on my dash. Gets the signal reasonably quickly. I use mapmonkey for my on road driving and have played with oziexplorer for offroad but i dont do much of that in my b4.

It can be a pita though as if its going to stuff up its when you need it and you end up having to pull the computer out from under the seat and plug stuff in and out to make it go again. (usb weirdness)

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:26 am

I bought a Asus EEE PC ( 8" solid state laptop ) which I'm looking to put GPS onto and see how it goes as a Carputer. Was $500.

SUBYDAZZ · Post by **SUBYDAZZ** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:26 pm

Get a cheap laptop, a USB GPS receiver and a stereo unit with audio-in.

tassyraider · Post by **tassyraider** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:14 pm

hi
i got a gps 550$ LG LN500 via h/norman on a mobile 20$ plan susposedly free <i hope so>
but just compleated TAS ben lomond trip and can not fault it, but as we went on logging tracks there was some time no tracks on the screen but the compass worked which helped.
im from nw tas and a garage sale junki,on sat morning in launceston i did some G/SALES and i went to streets iv never belived i ever would go to ,i would check out gps for going to other areas you are not comfortable with or on a long trip .
as i got mine for such a reason in the coming year
cheerz mick

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:20 am

well just got scotts all installed, it came up bloody good!

toshiba Celeron 1.8ghz laptop with screen removed
7" touchscreen LCD
BU-303 USB GPS
Jaycar DC-DC Laptop power supply
Running:
WinXP Home
Roadrunner frontend
GPSgate
Shutcontrol
Autronic ECUTALK
Freedrive GPS

10GB of mp3 on it for starters and he is a very happy camper

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:17 pm

So what do you recommend I do? What should I buy?

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:49 pm

i was wondering when you were going to hassle me about this

I will talk to you when i come up to grab those strut tops

mattl200 · Post by **mattl200** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:09 pm

i have a pda with inbuilt gps hp ipaq 6515
i was using in the car with oziexplorer ce and the program worked well
and btw ozi maps are fairly expensive

the pda tended to crash a bit and dosent have enough memory to store lots of mp3s
never bothered my as i use my ipod for music

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:11 pm

I am not going to worry about it before this trip now. I have bought a hand held GPS and am just going to get an iPod for the music. I am taking the laptop to download pics to as well. So I won't really need it this time.