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[jollyeskimo]

Howdy.

Here's my 93' 850 GLT... pretty much stock to the bone, with the exception of a 1.3Ghz mini-itx PC system installed inside. Hence the name 850itx... someday I'm gonna get a badge that says itx and replace the GLT on the back

The system serves up 80GB's of mp3's and movies, not to mention voice guiding GPS navigation, and wireless internet.

Features touchscreen control, at-your-fingertips control like the BMW iDrive, and battery life of more than 15 hours on the car's battery alone.

[Figawi]

wow thats a neat setup. how did you mount the screen?

[UberV70]

nice another Ontarian!!! Cool setup!

[fastboy]

I wish I was smart enough to figure that thing out. Nice setup!!

[dragon17]

x 100

I have never seen a setup like this before. This is incredible! You have a USB drive in your center console! If I had this, I would be able to do college work on my way to school. Amazing!

[V Tuning 850]

Welcome to the board, nice setup.

[KS_R]

haha weird, just finished doing that set up in my friends SI, except without the cool little knob thing

[yangotang]

Mmmm, carPC

[viperman135]

WOW that is cool...I want one. The usb slot is just to cool. About how much does one of those set you back?

[HPTDoh]

Saaaweet!! Any audio upgrades to compliment the big music library?

[the underlørd]

wow, Impressed I am.

[T5BRICK]

those VIA Epia boards aren't too expensive. i bet the most expensive part was the display.

[BtownVolvo]

Good grief that is CLEAN!!! Mad props

[mikie]

I always get lost, I need a navigation system.
Very cool, I like the USB port a lot too!

[jollyeskimo]

Thanks for warm welcomes and everything guys... not sure why I haven't found this board earlier, but this place rocks.

how did you mount the screen?

Believe it or not, the LCD is just kind of ziptied to the two center vents... I thought about doing a custom fabbed enclosure on the double din space for the radio, but I needed the radio for one thing, and it's much easier to reach and read the screen at the level that it's at now.

About how much does one of those set you back?

Well the whole system plus accessories was around $500-600 CAD by itself (without LCD), and the screen was around $300 CAD used. It probably cost me more in the time that I took to research and learn everything, than the actual equipment itself.

Any audio upgrades to compliment the big music library?

Erm.... I was thinking of getting blitzsafe adapter for an aux-in to the deck that I stole out of the old man's 850 wagon since my tape adapter refuses to work in the cold (keeps just flipping itself over and over again). But that's about it....I'm pretty cheap, so I haven't really got any serious audio upgrade plans.

[Serge]

Looks good man. I'm waiting to get my 7" touch screen LCD so I can finish up my carputer setup. It will be replacing the stock deck (will hollow out a duplicate deck). I am using a EPIA M10000 for my mobo and an M1-ATX PSU.

[96DTM850]

Wait, how does the knob thing work? That's a crazy setup!!!! Two Thumbs Up!!!!

[the underlørd]

can you imagine if kevin or I had wireless net in our cars?

We'd die in a week.

dude, brian had a connection in Sacramento for almost 2 minutes..

postin from the freeway...

"where you guys at?"

"mile marker 564......543......562..."


hahahah

[Serge]

Wait, how does the knob thing work? That's a crazy setup!!!! Two Thumbs Up!!!!

It's the Griffin PowerMate knob. Allows you to scroll and push.