Nexus 7 in my car's Dash vid...

[Shinare]

I finally got some time and mounted my nexus 7 in my car's dash. I shot a short vid of it. Not much talking cuz I hate the way I sound.

Once I clean everything up I'll shoot another short one of the install particulars, how the tablet removes, the amp, etc...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkJpn_oej7Y

PICS:


All Done!

Bezel Removed:

Held on with Magnets

Mounting Plate:

Inside:

Where I grounded the ground loop isolator for the power socket:

The ground loop isolator:

 

[leyvatron]

Looks nice. Just thumbs up and left a comment.

Is it removeable?

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[CasualStarlord]

Very clean install looks great, was it difficult to install the torque hardware?

 

[Shinare]

Looks nice. Just thumbs up and left a comment.

Is it removeable?

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Thanks! It is, it is held in with neodymium magnets, but currently I have to remove the bezel to free up the plugs. I have future plans to modify the bezel to allow it to be lifted and pulled out with removing it.

 

[Shinare]

Very clean install looks great, was it difficult to install the torque hardware?

Thanks! I just ordered the cheapest Bluetooth ODB2 plug on amazon. It would have been super easy but the odb2 plug on my car was downward facing so the giant wireless odb2 transmitter was hanging down and interfering with my legs. I unscrewed the odb2 plug and relocated it. I then plugged in an odb2 extension cable and routed it under the center console down to the parking brake area so I can see all the blinking lights, heh.

The Torque software was a breeze to link up to the bluetooth transmitter, and setting up the car information was easy too.

Used this adapter (or one that looks exactly like it heh)

 

[blackhemi4x4]

Good job. Very clean looking.

Did the N7 unlock itself when you started it? How?
Right now, I'm just using 3 clips that holds mine over my stock unit but seeing more and more dash installs, I may be ordering me a spare bezel soon!

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[Shinare]

Good job. Very clean looking.

Did the N7 unlock itself when you started it? How?
Right now, I'm just using 3 clips that holds mine over my stock unit but seeing more and more dash installs, I may be ordering me a spare bezel soon!

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I purchased an app called "Tasker" that performs configurable "tasks" when events happen. I configured it so that when AC or USB power is connected to bring up the tablet, set timeout to 23 hours 59 minutes, turn on wifi, and some other things I want to happen. I also set it so that when power is disconnected, it sleeps after 7 seconds, turns off wifi and bluetooth, and some other things.

 

[Shinare]

Next thing is to get some kind of anti-glare screen deal... i like it clean like this, but the glare is bad sometimes.

 

[maek_it_happen]

Nice ....

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[Shinare]

Nice ....

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Thanks, Yours too!

 

[Shinare]

I didn't think I was going to need to root my 7 but my "Tasker" app isn't killing the apps I want killed when I turn off the car. You can use root to kill them but only if you have a rooted device, of course. So I'll probably take care of that tonight. Going to have to read up on how to do that.

 

[jorgerangel159]

I didn't think I was going to need to root my 7 but my "Tasker" app isn't killing the apps I want killed when I turn off the car. You can use root to kill them but only if you have a rooted device, of course. So I'll probably take care of that tonight. Going to have to read up on how to do that.

Is really easy to root
Go to nexus7root.com follow the video and it shouldn't take you that long. Though everything will get deleted once you unlock the bootloader. That's the downside

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[Blackdave22]

What's the equaliser app please ?

Looks good by the way

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[kilometers4]

What's the equaliser app please ?

Looks good by the way

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer

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[Shinare]

I've updated the description on YouTube with the list of stuff I used and links to examples. I've also added some Apps that I thought were particularly useful for this project.

 

[Shinare]

Is really easy to root
Go to nexus7root.com follow the video and it shouldn't take you that long. Though everything will get deleted once you unlock the bootloader. That's the downside

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Thanks! Will do.

 

[Major_Sarcasm]

Nice job.

I keep threatening myself with doing something similar but it's bugging me as to how to hold the Nexus in place. I have a 2003 Impreza and although it's double-DIN, it's just a gaping hole, nothing to mount it against.

 

[Shinare]

Nice job.

I keep threatening myself with doing something similar but it's bugging me as to how to hold the Nexus in place. I have a 2003 Impreza and although it's double-DIN, it's just a gaping hole, nothing to mount it against.

Thats kinda how any of them are. I'll take some pics tonight and post them of how I mounted it. Basically I took the double din kit I bought and, using a dremil with a cut-off disk, sliced off all the stuff down to the basic bracket that holds the kit to the car's dash. I then cut off two pieces of paint stirring sticks (the free wooden ones you get from home depot) to go across the bracket and epoxy'ed them onto the bracket. I then drilled 4 holes the size of the magnets and epoxy'ed them in place. Then I epoxy'ed three strips of hobby metal strips with holes in them (you get them at Lowes where all the bins of nuts and bolts are) to the back of the nexus 7.

 

[jmolhava]

any plans for bluetooth handfree phone calls?

I recently got a Nexus 7 also and plan to do an in-dash install. After looking at a number of projects like this around the web there is one thing I cannot find a really good solution for: hands free Bluetooth for my phone.

Ideally I would like to use the tablet to make and receive calls via Bluetooth through my phone just like you can with many Bluetooth enabled in dash decks.

I have looked at a couple apps to aid in this like: Tablet Talk, and GrooveIP
While these could possibly provide the feature the remaining problem would be the microphone built in to the tablet.

Have you thought about this for your install? If not, does anyone else know of a setup that would provide an ideal hands-free Bluetooth experience for making and receiving calls?

 

[Dennelly]

This looks good..I'm hoping to do something like this once I buy a car..