Oziexplorer linked to a dash mounted screen

Chris, I have been wanting to do the same, using one of these monitors. Can't find anywhere to get them in Oz. You can get screens for watching DVDs, etc from car audio shops, but not high enough resolution to display your typical Oziexplorer maps. I have been waiting for the cost of them to come down as they are about $800 at the moment with svga & s-video in, or $700 with svga in only. These are only 7 inch, but the resolution is supposed to be awesome. A 15 inch LCD screen is much cheaper, but takes up too much room and needs 240v. Anyway, I need new tyres first.

[ View Image]

http://www.xenarc.com/product/700y.html
http://www.dynadirect.com/tv-700yv.html

Cheers,
Wazza
----------------------

What you are trying to achieve is possible. Most of the small in car screens have a VGA input. If your laptop has the vga out socket, your set.

Samsung do a screen that will suit your needs. My mate has one fitted to his boat. He runs his laptop via the screen which he has mounted on the dash.

Jason

If you can find the right screen, then you can now buy a awesome tiny pc instead of a laptop to hook it to. They run off 12v and use much less power than a standard pc - and I beleive they are upgradable unlike a laptop.

Check it out at http://www.casetronic.com/Product/Barebone/Mini-Checkercube/minicheck.html

Unfortunately not aussie distributor yet, but only around $100 to get one shipped from the US.

Yes Chris, I did this with a Toshiba laptop and it worked brilliantly. I've posted details not so long ago. I used a Samsung 15 display ($540) and a Toshiba laptop. I used a 400W Jaycar inverter to run both ($200) although you could get a monitor that runs on 12V and a DC power adaptor for your laptop. The only mod needed was to snip the little button off the laptop that puts it to sleep when the screen is folded shut. Once you've used OziExp on the bigscreen you will never go back to the laptops screen, or a PDA's miniscreen for that matter. I have a photo if you are interested.

Further to Bob's post, depending on the operating system the laptop is running (and possibly the laptop itself), you can set it not to do anything when the screen is closed. I am running Windows XP on my Dell Precision M50 and I have this option available to me. Just saves modifying the laptop if you dont have to.

Next time you walk past a police car in nsw stick your head
in and have a look at the Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) set up.
It fits in very nicely. 15inch screen I think.

Jason

Test to see if .gif is attached.