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Talik · 05-30-2003, 11:26 AM

Red, of course.. ^_^ although I might get a new paint job one of these days, so I'm not sure what color I'll go to. Maybe silver.

Last night I took apart my dash, glove box, console, and just about everything else that I could take apart in an evening. There not much space in the console, or behind the current cd player. There is quite a bit of room(relatively) behind the glove box, though. I think I could fit a motherboard back there(without any cards, for sure, not sure if I could fit it with a sound card). It wouldn't have much of an enclosure, just some padding to keep it from shorting out on stuff. I was also hoping to allow the hdd to be removeable, which makes rubber bands kind of tricky to work with, but not impossible, I'll look into that gel pack thing, that might be the best way to go.

You are probably thinking of the SSI Neo 35, Jaydee. Top item shown here: http://www.mp3car.com/hardwarecats.asp?Type=C
It's a removeable hdd bay that has a little lcd display and buttons so you can play mp3s off of the hdd. I don't particularly care for the interface. plus the cost seems a little steep, at $350(not including hdd) I could get a mobo w onboard vid, proc, 10" lcd, snd crd, have money to spare, and be able to que stuff up in winamp, use one of those many driving direction/map programs, watch divx, get wireless internet,... etc.. What kind of sound card did you hook up to your car? Are there any mobos with good onboard sound?

I was thinking of using this display, removing the case, and mounting it so it drops down with the glove box door.

05-30-2003, 11:26 AM	#4
Talik Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Portland Or Posts: 95	Red, of course.. ^_^ although I might get a new paint job one of these days, so I'm not sure what color I'll go to. Maybe silver. Last night I took apart my dash, glove box, console, and just about everything else that I could take apart in an evening. There not much space in the console, or behind the current cd player. There is quite a bit of room(relatively) behind the glove box, though. I think I could fit a motherboard back there(without any cards, for sure, not sure if I could fit it with a sound card). It wouldn't have much of an enclosure, just some padding to keep it from shorting out on stuff. I was also hoping to allow the hdd to be removeable, which makes rubber bands kind of tricky to work with, but not impossible, I'll look into that gel pack thing, that might be the best way to go. You are probably thinking of the SSI Neo 35, Jaydee. Top item shown here: http://www.mp3car.com/hardwarecats.asp?Type=C It's a removeable hdd bay that has a little lcd display and buttons so you can play mp3s off of the hdd. I don't particularly care for the interface. plus the cost seems a little steep, at $350(not including hdd) I could get a mobo w onboard vid, proc, 10" lcd, snd crd, have money to spare, and be able to que stuff up in winamp, use one of those many driving direction/map programs, watch divx, get wireless internet,... etc.. What kind of sound card did you hook up to your car? Are there any mobos with good onboard sound? I was thinking of using this display, removing the case, and mounting it so it drops down with the glove box door. __________________ Reality is nothing more than the delusions of the masses.