Icpc & Ice

[n13l pm]

Just a update on my in car pc project, Iv set up the pc in my house with my alpine 4 channel amp to two sets of 16.5cm speakers:




Im planning to run it in the house for a few weeks before installing it in the car. So far no problems and it works GREAT, the sound is unbelievable. The setup includes:

LinITX 8" touchscreen lcd
VIA EPIA M10000 Nehemiah Mainboard
1GB Ram
60GB hard disk
leadtek gps receiver
dvd slot loader
M2-ATX power supply
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS

As for the audio itself I got the following:

Apline 4 Channel Amp MRV-F540
JL Audio VR650-CSI Front Components
Kicker R6C Mid Range Rear Speakers
Rockford Fosgate FNX2401X Rear Tweeters

For bass I also have the following (which I made a box for last weekend):

2 x Pioneer 12" Sub TS-W3004SPL Max 3.000w, Nominal 1.000 Watt 4ohm.
2 x Directed Mono Amplifier D2400 running at 2 ohm 800W RMS each.

To power all this I got two yellow top batteries, one in the front and one in the rear, all connected using a spilt charge kit so the alternator only charges one battery at any time.

Iv also taken the inside of the roof off in order to mount my flip down screen, im planning to cut the shape of the screen out of the roof card in order to have the screen flush when closed. Iv got pvc leather look material in black to cover the roof card with so that it will match my black leather seats, sumthing iv havent seen done yet and think will look good!

[n13l pm]

Oh yeah and the front 8" touchscreen and DVD slot loader will be mounted on my console iv made from a old console (Primered up and needs to be sprayed):



The two holes at the bottom are for two small pc fans to pump air to the lcd monitor and i guess it will look kool.


finally as I was gonna have to spray that I decided to mod the gear surround and add a USB input on it:

[Wodjno]

Looks Schweeeeet

I take it Sound and Vision is your thing then

[BraindG]

Looking good, and sounding very interesting.. looking forwards (well up actually) to seeing how the roof will look

[n13l pm]

yeah im looking forward to how the roof looks too, I forgot to say the flip down screen is a 17" widescreen!

[djb160]

17 !!!!! holy crap !!! why not just mount a projector. A 17 drop down sceen is sooo ridiculously cool

[CANDEE]

Looking good dude!! Some of my mates over here have been looking into the car PC side of things but nothing has really happened..

Be careful with those speakers running without an enclosure..

[n13l pm]

Be careful with those speakers running without an enclosure..

Yeah im aware of it mate, i havnt been kaning them. Thanks for the warning anyways

[CANDEE]

Yeah im aware of it mate, i havnt been kaning them. Thanks for the warning anyways

No worries dude.. Ive seen/heard of a few people do that.. oops

Let us know how it all goes when you get it in the car..

[d i c k i e s]

looks mean bro

[OSiRiS]

**** that puts my setup to shame

Good stuff

[Wodjno]

KIN AWESOME

Me next

[n13l pm]

OSiRiS your set up looks solid aswell mate. I see you went full out on the screens, I was thinking about having a few screens too but I ended up getting a 17" for fairly cheap.

forgot to say; im making my own custom install in the boot. I finished building my box for the subs last weekend and hopefully if it doesnt rain this weekend im looking to create mounts on the box to bolt it down the the car and also make a battery tray. The plan is to finish the install off with the pvc black leather look material, the same stuff im using for my roof.

[n13l pm]

Anyone see any problems with mounting the sub box to the rear shocks? I planning to make some metal mounts which bolt on to one of the three nuts which bolt the shocks down on each side.

[Nick Mann]

Nah - bolt it between both and get a strut brace into the bargain!!

[n13l pm]

yeah that was the idea mate.. to bolt each side of the box to each shock and il probly bolt it to the floor of the boot

[n13l pm]

Just a update; This weekend me and my cousin hooked up the car PC with all the amps and subs for the first time. Hes building the same setup but for this IS200. As we only had space for setting up one ICPC, we did his, seeing it was his house. The bass from the subs was just unreal! It shook his room hard and most of the house aswell. I think it must of taken about 2mins of loud volume before the neighbours came knocking!! Some pics of the set up:

[d i c k i e s]

**** that looks mean too! and its not even in the car yet!... hahaha

[n13l pm]

Yeah its looking and sounding really good. We added a EQ with built in line driver last night, which has made a fairly big difference, the bass is a lot cleaner and a lot louder:

ICPC1
ICPC2
ICPC3
ICPC4
ICPC5
ICPC6

[WildCards]

Streuth, what does that lot weigh?

Looks good BTW