What would it Take to make a Windows mobile Car Stereo

[mattyv]

So I would kill to have a windows mobile based car stereo all around - one that can benefit from regular rom updates and software made avialable for the platform. Example would be, say all the features of say the touch pro/ATT FUZE, with a built in amp and maybe dvd player attached to a 7" touchscreen...

It's not hard to get a screen that matches the resolution of the newer Touch pros at WVGA. The audio can be routed through a small amp - GPS is already built, so is mp3, attach bluetooth keyboard, bluetooth OBDII, FM Radio, etc etc. Not sure how the DVD would be wired in though

The core of my question is, do the touch screens used in cars like this one have the capability to work in this application

http://www.lilliputweb.net/ts629.html

It has a 4 wire resistive touch screen and wvga resolution...

Is it possible to somehow (even if dissassembly and hard wiring were an option) to get the output from the TP main board onto this display. I would imagine the signal strength from the TP is kinda low compared to the output from a computer so that might pose a problem, but i want to believe that at some point the required inputs of this screen for display are similar to those on the TP vga and the output from the TP display for touch screen functionality is similar to the out of the LCD display for touch screen functionality?

What do you guys think.

 

[splxtreme]

So I would kill to have a windows mobile based car stereo all around - one that can benefit from regular rom updates and software made avialable for the platform. Example would be, say all the features of say the touch pro/ATT FUZE, with a built in amp and maybe dvd player attached to a 7" touchscreen...

It's not hard to get a screen that matches the resolution of the newer Touch pros at WVGA. The audio can be routed through a small amp - GPS is already built, so is mp3, attach bluetooth keyboard, bluetooth OBDII, FM Radio, etc etc. Not sure how the DVD would be wired in though

The core of my question is, do the touch screens used in cars like this one have the capability to work in this application

http://www.lilliputweb.net/ts629.html

It has a 4 wire resistive touch screen and wvga resolution...

Is it possible to somehow (even if dissassembly and hard wiring were an option) to get the output from the TP main board onto this display. I would imagine the signal strength from the TP is kinda low compared to the output from a computer so that might pose a problem, but i want to believe that at some point the required inputs of this screen for display are similar to those on the TP vga and the output from the TP display for touch screen functionality is similar to the out of the LCD display for touch screen functionality?

What do you guys think.

Check out this site if you haven't already. I have been looking to do this for a LONG time.
http://store.mp3car.com/

 

[jonyboy27]

Having a touch screen in-dash video screen which could connect to a windows phone, and somehow "tap into" the touch-sensitive controls of the phone would be a dream. I currently use a touch pro and I have a pioneer in-dash dvd/cd player which is a touch screen. I also have the video out cable for the touch pro and use it to watch slingbox in the car as well as use the phones gps. I constantly find myself touching the screen to control the phones functions with no success as the cable only sends the video and audio into the composite input, it’s such a hard habit to break! I’m sure eventually the phone will be fully integrated, I guess until then all we can do is dream.

 

[prochobo]

No way to do it without a carputer. No way to hook a touch screen display directly to the TP.

Even with a carputer, the closest you'll get to touch screen capability is using MyMobiler (or similar) and it will be laggy as hell. You could connect the video/audio from the TP to the monitor, but there's no way to get touch screen working.

If you want to use the phone as stereo, just get 3.5mm -> RCA adapters and hook it into your CD player's AUX input.

Using a TP in the manner the OP stated is way over complicating things. Just get a carputer and be done with it.

 

[splxtreme]

re:

Most of the features will work through PAN, so you wouldn't have to touch the phone at all.

The idea I had, was to have wireless in the carputer and just transfer the songs I wanted from my pc to the car. I would have wake on lan enabled, so the pc wasn't running all the time. Plus, there are soft, shutdown modules if the voltage gets too low.

There is a ton of possibilites, and if you are good at programming, microsoft has the sdk available for sync.

 

[splxtreme]

Also, I have a lot of internal contacts for stereo equipment, for high-end. Usually 40%-60% off retail.

Imagine getting a better subwoofer than the JL audio W7 for half the price