Car PC hacks : tips and tools for geeking your ride / Damien Stolarz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stolarz, Damien.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automotive computers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Automotive computers.

Video games--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Video games.

Home video systems--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Home video systems.

Mobile computing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Mobile computing.

Portable computers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Portable computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Car personal computer hacks

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California ; Farnham : O'Reilly Media, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

Car PC Hacks; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari Enabled; How to Contact Us; Got a Hack?; 1. Car Power Basics; 1. Understand Car Electrical Systems; 1.2.2. Car Voltages; 1.2.3. The Key to Car Power: Off, Accessory, On/Ignition, and Crank; 1.2.4. Discovering if Your Car Power Outlet Is Switched; 1.2.5. The Hack: Making a 12V Power Supply for Indoors; 2. Prevent Electrical Fires; 1.3.2. Fuses; 1.3.3. Protecting Your Devices with Fuses; 3. Gauge Your Wires

1.4.2. The Hack: Powering Everything4. Connect Your Wires; 1.5.1.2. Solder and shrink.; 1.5.1.3. Crimp and save.; 5. Calculate Your Car&s Battery Life; 1.6.2. Battery Capacity; 1.6.3. The Hack: Calculating Battery Drain; 1.6.3.2. Method two: Amp meter.; 1.6.4. Testing Drain; 6. Upgrade Your Car Battery; 1.7.2. The Hack: Installing a Deep-Cycle Battery; 7. Add New Power Connectors Throughout Your Car; 1.8.2. Drilling Holes; 1.8.3. Switched or Unswitched Outlets?; 1.8.4. Installing the Power Outlets; 8. Use a Huge Capacitor to Sustain Power; 1.9.2. Car PC Capacitor Use

9. Upgrade Your Car&s Alternator10. Add a Second Car Battery; 1.11.2. Dual-Output Alternators; 1.11.3. Conventional Versus Deep-Cycle Batteries; 1.11.4. Battery Fumes; 11. Put Home Power Outlets in Your Car; 1.12.2. Choosing an Inverter; 1.12.3. Powering High-Amperage Inverters; 1.12.4. The Hack: Wall Outlets in Your Car; 1.12.5. Hacking High Voltages Safely; 2. Automotive Audio Entertainment; 12. Get a Headful About Your Car Audio; 2.2.2. Amplifiers; 2.2.3. Cabling; 2.2.4. The Hack: Remove Your Head Unit; 13. Install a New Head Unit; 2.3.2. Adapters for Mounting

2.3.3. Proprietary Bus Connectors2.3.4. Caveats; 14. Get Computer Audio into Your Head Unit; 2.4.2. FM Modulators; 2.4.3. Auxiliary-in Adapters; 2.4.4. Aftermarket Head Units; 2.4.5. Digital Inputs; 2.4.6. Adjusting Input Volume; 2.4.7. Choosing Your Adapter; 2.4.8. Multiplexing Your Inputs; 15. Amp Up Your Computer Audio; 2.5.2. Bypassing Your Head Unit; 2.5.2.2. PC pass-through.; 2.5.2.3. Eliminating the head unit.; 16. Make a Very Cheap AUX-in; 17. Reduce Your Audio System&s Noise; 2.7.2. Install Shorter Wires; 2.7.3. Use a Better Power Supply; 2.7.4. Upgrade the Sound Card

2.7.5. Eliminate Short Circuits2.7.6. Use Electronic Noise Filters; 2.7.7. Eliminate Ground Loops; 2.7.8. Use an Audio Isolator/Decoupler; 2.7.9. Use Better Connectors; 2.7.10. Use Better Power Inverters; 2.7.11. Segregate Cabling; 2.7.12. Add Shielding; 18. Control Your iPod with Your Car Stereo Knobs; 19. Tune Your PC for Radio Reception; 2.9.2. Problems with PC Radios; 2.9.3. The Hack: Getting Radio to Your Car PC; 2.9.4. PC XM Radio; 20. Record Radio Shows; 21. Listen to Email, Weblogs, and RSS Feeds on the Road; 2.11.2. Reading RSS Feeds and Weblogs

22. Find Out What Was Playing on the Radio

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 27, 2013).

ISBN:

9781306816267

1306816262

9780596153168

0596153163

9780596553128

0596553129

OCLC:

609841445

Publisher Number:

0596008716 (pbk.)