Honda CRV 2004 4x4 Edition
purchased May 2004
My project is to power the multimedia system of the car with windows xp and mediaengine.org
the following equipment complete the list:
1.) Alpine CDA-7998 headunit with RCA in as AUX
2.) Casonic in-dash TV with 4 RCA inputs and 1 video and audio out.
(this will be the unit to control all inputs to headunit, so its audio out is dedicated to the headunit RCA in)
specs:
IN-DASH TV
- 7" Wide TFT LCD Color Monitor
- Motorized Fully Automatic In/Out Mechanism
- Eletronic Control for 5 Viewing Angel Position
- Eletronic Control for Slide Position
- Adjustable Right/Left Viewing Angel
- Last Position Memory
- Automatic Power Off Return
- VHF/UHF TV Tuner with 4 Channel Diversity
- High Density Screen (336,960 Pixels)
- High Luminance-Low Refletive Display
- 2(RCA) Audio/Video Inputs&2(RCA) Video Inputs
- 1(RCA) Video Output
- CD Changer Control
- Built In Speaker & Amplifier
- Built IN FM Transmitter(88.3MHZ~90.3MHZ)
- Full Function Remote Control
- Made in Korea
- Made by the same manufacturer of NECVOX
3.) Lilliput 7" usb touchscreen
(this unit will be used to control/display the
XP mini-PC via VGA cable and usb, the casonic in-dash TV will be an "extended desktop" so i can drag programs from the lilliput VGA monitor touchscreen to the Casonic in-dash TV. and have separate programs running on each screen independently. not clone image.
4.) Mini-PC
- specs are:
Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz
512 RAM
60 Gig
Video and S-video out (this is where the casonic in-dash TV will connect to)
VGA out (this is where the lilliput VGA touchscreen monitor will connect to)
4 usb
2 firewire
mouse and printer port
usb Wi-fi networking (to download music from my wifi network in garage)
2 LAN ports
1 DVD-CDRW drive
serial port
modem
lots more crazy port galore...
-it even has a PCMCIA port for a GPRS PC Card so I can stay connected on MSN or Yahoo messenger all day via globe/smart gprs service. Charges only apply when data is sent (P0.25 per KB)
- usb GPS is only a purchase away!
One incredible device!
***Size is equal to a CD player! believe it!***
- Also Bought a rare CHEAP find in virra its a windows remote! I've got two options for input now, either the touchscreen or IR remote. This way even passengers at the back can control the system and view the screens thru additional LCD's installed into the headrests (to be added later on). Best of all, NO DRIVERS or Software installation required! all buttons are mapped already by windows default as well.
XP knows this device already in prep I guess for the media center edition remotes.
check it out:
Click here to see website
5.) MediaEngine.org Software
- This software sits on top of windows xp to simplify the multimedia touchscreen experience.
- NOTE: Extremely SKINNABLE!
check it out:
Click here to see user made Skins
May 29,2004
- did wiring on the console to prepare
for the lilliput 7" touchscreen and
spare RCA input/outputs for mini-CPU.
- Stock Headunit (occupied 2 DINs) was removed and replaced with the Alpine headunit and casonic in-dash TV).
Mini-CPU and Lilliput touchscreen will be arriving on wednesday! cant wait!
Mini-CPU will be able to use the
touchcreen as monitor and also do a
video out via RCA to primary in-dash TV.
- Stock speakers were also removed and New infinity Kappa Perfect 5.1 speakers were installed. My old sub tube was also installed. As well as the alpine v12 amp and soundstream sub amp. Whole installation took 7 hrs. (9am till 4pm straight, no break)
June 2,2004
- The Mini-PC and Lilliput Touchscreens finally Arrived! the long wait is over!
June 3,2004
- Didnt waste anytime installing the units and cleaning/hiding up the wires.
Here are some rough quick shots of the setup under bad lighting! will post better ones soon. Btw, I also had a spare freestanding Lilliput 7" LCD TV laying around so I used a rare find bracket accessory from virra to mount it behind one of the headrests. The video output to the added TV behind the headrest is coming from the in-dash casonic TV. When the MiniPC is powered up on the VGA monitor, it also outputs the RCA signals to the in-dash casonic TV then in turn the built-in video/audio output of the casonic also passes the signal on to the lcd behind the headrest.
Legend for Image on right:
1.) In-dash Casonic LCD TV with 4 AV IN and 1 AV OUT
2.) Lilliput 7" USB Touchscreen
3.) Lilliput 7" LCD TV with 1 AV IN
4.) 4-PORT USB HUB
(for joysticks/usb Wifi/Mass storage/Card readers/Infrared Remote Control/External USB DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
5.) External USB DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive
6.) Location of Mini-PC hidden in a tray below the front passenger seat.
* Below 4&5 is where the Power inverter is, as well as the power adapter of the Mini-PC.
