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Car PC Hacks
Tips & Tools for Geeking Your Ride
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- Contents
- + Credits
- + Preface
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Car Power Basics
- + Understand Car Electrical Systems
- + Prevent Electrical Fires
- + Gauge Your Wires
- + Connect Your Wires
- + Calculate Your Car’s Battery Life
- + Upgrade Your Car Battery
- + Add New Power Connectors Throughout YourCar
- + Use a Huge Capacitor to Sustain Power
- Upgrade Your Car’s Alternator
- + Add a Second Car Battery
- + Put Home Power Outlets in Your Car
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Automotive Audio Entertainment
- + Get a Headful About Your Car Audio
- + Install a New Head Unit
- + Get Computer Audio into Your Head Unit
- + Amp Up Your Computer Audio
- Make a Very Cheap AUX-in
- + Reduce Your Audio System’s Noise
- Control Your iPod with Your Car Stereo Knobs
- + Tune Your PC for Radio Reception
- + Record Radio Shows
- + Listen to Email, Weblogs, and RSS Feeds onthe Road
- + Find Out What Was Playing on the Radio
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Automotive Video Entertainment
- + Understand Video Connectors
- + Choose Your Screens
- + Install a Headrest Screen
- + Install a VGA Touchscreen in Your Dashboard
- Install a Sun Visor Screen
- Install a Motorized Fold-out Screen
- + Install a Fold-Down Ceiling-Mounted Screen
- Supersize Your Fold-Down LCD Screen
- + Turn Your Laptop into a Fold-Down orDashboard Screen
- + Connect a Car PC to Your Factory Screen
- + Install a Rearview Mirror Screen and Camera
- Boost Your Video Signal for Multiple Screens
- + Customize Each Passenger’s Video
- Tune in TV in the Car
- Receive Satellite TV While Driving
- + Play DVDs with Your in-Car Computer
- + Put Multi-Channel DVD Surround Sound inYour Car
- + Install a Video Game Console Computer inYour Car
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In-Car Computers
- + Choose an in-Car PC Hardware Platform
- + Power Your Car PC
- + Start Up and Shut Down Your Car PC
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Reduce the Boot Time of Your in-Car Computer
- + Keep Your Computer on During Engine Cranking
- + Turn On Your Car Computer Before You Start Your Car
- + Boot Your Car Computer on a Schedule
- + Choose an in-Car PC Software Platform
- + Install Windows on a CompactFlash Card
- + Power Your Portable Devices in the Car
- + Install USB Ports in Your Car
- + Build an in-Car PC
- + Build an in-Car Macintosh
- + Install a Mac Mini in Your Car
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Car PC Interface Options
- + Control Your Car PC with a Keyboard andMouse
- + Control Your Car PC with a Handheld Remote
- + Control Your Car PC with a Touchscreen
- + Car-Enable Clunky Applications
- + Listen to What Your Car Computer Is Saying
- + Control Your Car PC with Voice Recognition
- + Find More Ways to Control Your in-Car Computer
- + Wireless Connectivity andinCar Internet
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In-Car Applications
- + Plug into Your Car’s Built-in Computer
- + Put a Video Jukebox in Your Car Theater
- Choose Your in-Car Navigation Software
- + Play Thousands of Games by Emulating Video Game Consoles
- + Use CENTRAFUSE as Your Car PC Frontend
- + Use Neocar Media Center as Your Car PC Frontend
- + Use FrodoPlayer as Your Car PC Frontend
- Index
A car PC or carputer is a car tricked-out with electronics for playing radio, music and DVD movies, connecting to the Internet, navigating and tracking with satellite, taking photos, and any electronic gadget a person wants in a car. All these devices are managed and controlled through a single screen or interface. The only place car PC enthusiasts can go for advice, tips and tools is a handful of hard-to-find Web sites--until now. Car PC Hacks is your guide into the car PC revolution.
Packing MP3 players, handheld devices, computers and video-on-demand systems gives you a pile too heavy to carry. But add a car and put them together, you've got a powerful and mobile multimedia center requiring no lifting. The next time you give kids a lift, you won't hear, "Are we there yet?" Instead, expect "We're there already?" as they won't want to leave the car while playing video games from multiple consoles.
Car PC Hacks is the first book available to introduce and entrench you into this hot new market. You can count on the book because it hails from O'Reilly, a trusted resource for technical books. Expect innovation, useful tools, and fun experiments that you've come to expect from O'Reilly's Hacks Series.
Maybe you've hacked computers and gadgets, and now you're ready to take it to your car. If hacking is new and you would like to mix cars and computers, this book gets you started with its introduction to the basics of car electrical systems. Even when you're unclear on the difference between amps and watts, expect a clear explanation along with real-life examples to get on track. Whether you're venturing into car PC for the first time or an experienced hobbyist, hop in the book for a joy ride.
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Publication year : 2005
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 2,447
