Look at my elite trashcan car mp3 player! Completed

WinkOsmosis · May 19, 2003

http://www.tortoisehead.com/trashcan

All I have done so far is the powersupply.... mounting a harddrive, psu, and motherboard in a cramped cylinder is not easy.

MistaTastyCakes · May 19, 2003

You could put that thing on the tailpipe of your car and be all the ricers' envy

Swanny · May 19, 2003

Originally posted by: MistaTastyCakes
You could put that thing on the tailpipe of your car and be all the ricers' envy

NutBucket · May 19, 2003

That's gonna be pretty cool when you finish it

Demon-Xanth · May 19, 2003

Tip #1:
Mount the motherboard first.
Tip #2:
Hard drives can usually be mounted in any orientation.
Tip #3:
Cut AFTER you fit.
Tip #4:
Find long screws.
You can make them shorter, but you can't make screws longer.

<-- learned this while making a system out of a Baby AT board fit in a case as long as a baby at board, as wide as a baby at board, and as tall as a Soundblaster AWE64, (plus half an inch for the external itself 9x10x6" total), and then shoving it into a 12" monochrome monitor after adding features.

WinkOsmosis · May 19, 2003

I have everything planned. Right now I'm cutting the plexiglass to mount the motherboard on.

Geekbabe · May 19, 2003

definately post pics when you're finished.

notfred · May 19, 2003

You know you can buy an in-dash MP3/Cd player for like $179, right?

FrustratedUser · May 19, 2003

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
http://www.tortoisehead.com/trashcan

All I have done so far is the powersupply.... mounting a harddrive, psu, and motherboard in a cramped cylinder is not easy.

LOL! That's great.

Demon-Xanth · May 19, 2003

But they don't look cool like this.

(yeah, I got a JVC KD-SH99 in my car though)

WinkOsmosis · May 19, 2003

Here is a pic of the motherboard set up how I'm going to mount it. http://www.tortoisehead.com/trashcan/trashcan4.jpg
It's angled like that so that the hard drive has room to protrude, which it has to do because of the foam mounted on the bottom of the trash can. If the motherboard was mounted on the same plane as the PSU, the PSU wires would make it impossible to plug it in.

That is a piece of plexiglass the mobo is sitting on. I'll glue the studs to it with epoxy.

WinkOsmosis · May 20, 2003

It's finished! The pictures are in the same directory, labelled c1.jpg, c2.jpg, etc etc.

Pilsnerpete · May 20, 2003

That's pretty sweet! But where do you get the 110v AC to plug into the psu? Please don't tell me you bought one of those AC/DC converter jobbies for this.:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Luden · May 20, 2003

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
But they don't look cool like this.

(yeah, I got a JVC KD-SH99 in my car though)

Now that is sweet! Does the key function as power?

Anubis · May 20, 2003

thats cool as sh!t. but how are you going to power it?

TallBill · May 20, 2003

what are you doing to change songs?

TheCorm · May 20, 2003

Originally posted by: Tyler
You know you can buy an in-dash MP3/Cd player for like $179, right?

Yeah but this is different and cool....how many people have something like this...not many....how many people have this exact model...you!

Jamie

WinkOsmosis · May 20, 2003

I'm powering it with a 200W DC-AC inverter. It works fine. If it's good enough for someone with a website on the subject, it's good enough for me.

Originally posted by: TallBill
what are you doing to change songs?

Do what now?

Actually I'm using a gamepad. Works decently, but it would be better if I could change playlists with the gamepad. My friend is supposed to be working on a Winamp plugin that allows that

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Someday, it will have a touchscreen.

Demon-Xanth · May 20, 2003

You can use a gamepad, but I didn't find a plugin that worked the way I wanted it to so I just used a keypad made for a laptop. It only cost $6.

WinkOsmosis · May 20, 2003

Originally posted by: TheCorm

Originally posted by: Tyler
You know you can buy an in-dash MP3/Cd player for like $179, right?

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Yeah but this is different and cool....how many people have something like this...not many....how many people have this exact model...you!

Jamie

Also, it's a fully functioning computer with an 80gb hard drive and limited gaming ability.

notfred · May 20, 2003

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: TheCorm

Originally posted by: Tyler
You know you can buy an in-dash MP3/Cd player for like $179, right?

Click to expand...

Yeah but this is different and cool....how many people have something like this...not many....how many people have this exact model...you!

Jamie

Click to expand...

Also, it's a fully functioning computer with an 80gb hard drive and limited gaming ability.

So you can play games and download movies while you drive?

Also, why circular? The thing's going to be rolling all over the place whenever you go around a turn, unless you bolt it down or something.

WinkOsmosis · May 20, 2003

Originally posted by: Tyler

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: TheCorm

Originally posted by: Tyler
You know you can buy an in-dash MP3/Cd player for like $179, right?

Click to expand...

Yeah but this is different and cool....how many people have something like this...not many....how many people have this exact model...you!

Jamie

Click to expand...

Also, it's a fully functioning computer with an 80gb hard drive and limited gaming ability.

Click to expand...

So you can play games and download movies while you drive?

Also, why circular? The thing's going to be rolling all over the place whenever you go around a turn, unless you bolt it down or something.

I'm going to take it out of the car to play games and download movies. It's circular because it's a trash can.

notfred · May 20, 2003

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I'm going to take it out of the car to play games and download movies. It's circular because it's a trash can.

What's the point of a computer in your car if you have to take it out to use it?

And "It's circular because it's a trash can" is about the dumbest response to a question I've seen lately. Are you just going to let it roll around in the trunk because it's a trash can?

WinkOsmosis · May 20, 2003

Originally posted by: Tyler

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I'm going to take it out of the car to play games and download movies. It's circular because it's a trash can.

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What's the point of a computer in your car if you have to take it out to use it?

And "It's circular because it's a trash can" is about the dumbest response to a question I've seen lately. Are you just going to let it roll around in the trunk because it's a trash can?

The point is that it plays mp3s and is in a trash can. It's about the bling bling factor.

It's not going to roll around... I'm going to put some bolts though those perforations to prevent rolling.

bonk102 · May 20, 2003

Originally posted by: Geekbabe
definately post pics when you're finished.

i agree, that looks pretty cool

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