In car monitor for laptop

You could try the usual places like Tricky Dickies/Tandies but don't like your chances. Have a look at eBay.
Bob Cheers

Hi George, I went through this exercise about 12 months ago without any luck. Apparenty all the dealers in this type of equipment are either in the Eastern States or on the internet. Ended up getting one on eBay. Cheers.

Hi George. Check out car stereo city. 15 Teddington rd vic park ph94704233.
See them at the 4wd show last year I think. He had them on display. Can't
remember the prices. Hope it helps Brian

Hi George,

I will check with a mate, he spotted them somewhere in the West earlier this year when travelling through, but after checking prices got me to get him one and send it to him when he arrived at Broome, seems it was about $150 more than i could get it for, but I will ask where he spotted them.

George - give this guy a ring..he may be able to help..(but I am not sure)

Paul Ryan
RYCOM Technology
18 Howe Street
Osborne Park WA 6017
Ph (08) 9204 5811
Fax (08) 9204 5833
Mobile 0427 192 735
www.rycom.com.au

Cheers
Greg

George

Jaycar Electronic which are located at 326 Newcastle St in Northbridge advertise these sort of screens. Not sure if they have any in stock but worth a call.

Cheers

There are more and more places popping up with this sort of gear. A couple are:

The 12 Volt Shop
cnr Kewdale & Orrong Rds

Brian Wallis Autotainment
Can't remember his address, but he'll be at the show next week.

George,

Pilbara Wayne above is spot on. Jaycar has them.

Jaycar - TFT Screens

They also stock a 7" Touch Screen, although this is not yet shown in the Catalogue or online search.

Hi Beatit,

Practical? I hope so, that's why I bought it. My Wife doesn't like the encumbrance of a Laptop sitting on her lap.

The 7" screen gives a good sized definition for reading maps. Anything much smaller and you lose definition. Anything much bigger and you may as well use the laptop's screen.

My original thoughts were to mount the whole laptop above the centre console, but the cost of a laptop holder was an additional US$200 and doubled the delivery costs.

My intention is to use it to run Oziexplorer and at present, DiscoverAus and or Great Desert Tracks.

The 7" Touchscreen also comes with a little plastic pointer tool to activate individual menu items that are too small to touch individually with a finger.

I am still in the process of setting it up and intend using it "in anger" this coming weekend.

I haven't personally seen the size of definition available from a PDA that some forumites use, but would guess the 7" screen is better. (bigger)

The one I purchased from Jaycar was $549 complete. Not cheap, but comparable in price to the Lilliput screens obtainable from overseas, when you factor in the delivery costs. At least with this one, we have an Australian distributor with a local warranty should it be required.

The Touchscreen also has an additional input port for a rearview camera or similar, but if I was mounting one of these, I think I would prefer the screen to be in place of the rear view mirror. Time will tell.

Thanks to everyone for their input. I will be out this morning checking the various monitors. Sounds like the 7" touch screen is the way to go. When I have selected the monitor most suitable, installed and tested it, I will post a report on it's practicality and set up

Cheers

Howdy, JAYCAR have a very nice 7" 12v Touch Screen TFT advertised in their November Birthday Sale flier. Priced at $549.00 Looks like it comes with a swivel base that could easily be used for a satisfactory installation in a 4wd etc. Go to this site JayCar Electronics
p.s. I am NOT affiliated with JayCar in any way - JUST another happy customer