2001 Honda Accord Stereo Upgrades
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UPDATE - I abanonded the CarPC for a hacked XBOX running XBMC.
$20 wireless controller, $90 xbox, inverter, 20GB notebook disk. Who could ask for more?
Instant power off without worries. It's the perfect mobile solution!!


For my mobile entertainment and control setup I have chosen to use a Via Mini-ITX system in my car. I plan to use the Mini-ITX motherboard with the following:

Optibase VideoPlex Xpress PCI MPEG1/2 decoder card
Generic GPS decoder module (RS232 output)
Custom parallel port interface to ground effect lights
Composite console output to front LCD input #1
MPEG1/2 decoder output to video AMP, to all 3 LCDs
wireless IR keyboard, modified receiver module
Learning remote programmed from keyboard
USB devices (Joypad, PCMCIA, CF cards, etc)
100gb hard drive (3.5")
mobile power supply (NO INVERTER)

Software:
Debian Linux
Some sorta menu systemi (mm-0.1 from sourceforge!)
gpsdrive for GPS
Video playback via Optibase
Kismet / Dsniff / etc
Apache
Custom stuff for VDOT camera (more info later)
Web browser / ssh
read only, 600mb filesystem

Here are pictures of the system in testing


Music video being output from Optibase hardware decoder



Listing of music videos in a directory



Listing of video directories



Main menu of functions



Via ITX board on the desk, will use right angle adaptor for PCI card