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On the topic of having a CD player in the dash.. Why?

Why not just use a wireless hub and the EvoX dashboard? FTP music/DivX/Vcd to the harddrive and then use either MXM or XboxMediaplayer.

Very nice idea though, I don't go on long enough drives to take advange of having all that gear in my car. Prefer to keep all on the lounge room floor.

Good luck with the work.

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yep you sure could, obviously you'll need a burner but yep there is no reason why not...

just remember the drive doesnt have shock protection so thats up to you, and if you skip on a dvd your gunna miss a shit load of data compared to a CDDA.... and for the price of a HDD why not just put a 250GB in and fill that?

so here the carbon fibre bonnet plan once the box is in :)

http://coppermine.e-clips.com.au/displayim...?album=20&pos=1

oh and the interior :D

http://coppermine.e-clips.com.au/displayim...?album=20&pos=0

thanx fattdex for pimping the p/s work and milk for letting me 'burrow' your interior :)

Hey,

After a big night last night I eventually made it to the shops by about 4pm.

I have purchased the following:

300W inverter from Dick Smiths - $128 !!

30A Relay for power on/off from Jaycar with grovy adapter thing - $10

And yes, I caved in and I got the logitech wireless controller - don't laugh at my cyric! - it was just too tempting :P - $ridiculous

I also got the A/V pack and an additional generic power cord (is just the standard twin roundpin one) available from any Dick Smiths etc. This way I can just unplug the xbox inside and put it in the car without entire rewiring everything.

Already had cabling for power and high quality RCA's.

I will post some pics once I have it all installed - which will happen tonight/tomorrow ;)

logitech.... :S man you are impatient... for everybody who is wondering they were $139.95 at EB, but you can order then from lik-sang for $56.... heheh, i think ill be getting 4 extension leads and running them to the front panel in the ashtray!!!

just a guess but hal's relay is for turning on/off the power circuit between the distribution block and the inverter, obviously if the inverter is connected directly to the block then it will be powered up all the time - thus draining juice... so you just use the remote amp turn on wire from the HU to trigger the relay which will turn on the inverter.... now he has to modify the power switch so that as soon as the xbox's PSU receives power it boots up :P

im gunna do my setup very similar, except im putting the relay in between the battery and the distribution block, since the amps are going to be connected to the block they may as well power on at the same time as the xbox, so as soon as the HU powers up so does everything in the boot... might get a 40A just in case, dont wanna blow the boot up just yet!.... maybe should get an extinguisher as well!!!

here is a link to the relay to point u in the right direction http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cf...roduct_ID=15175

Yep you were right cyric.. :)

The headunit trigers the relay which supplies power to the inverter. The inverter is permanently on and the xbox has been modified to permanently stay on..

When you turn accesories on.. the lcd displays and you hear the xbox starting up sound.. the boom boom noise.. ehe :P

I have a photo of it installed in the boot:

http://hal.ooix.net/images/displayimage.ph...?album=5&pos=30

and other photos:

http://hal.ooix.net/images/thumbnails.php?...?album=5&page=3

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