My Android build - Gen 4 Legacy

Hay all, just wanted to share my little project with you!

I am not a professional installer or an electrical engineer. This project is not perfect but in my opinion good for an armature. I hope you all enjoy.

Tablet is a Nexus 7 32gb 4G.

Fist off the car is a Gen 4, 3.0R B-Spec Auto. And yes you bet the interior is as beige as your nanas house.

https://flic.kr/p/r3TZod

The old satnav is a dog, not in English and poor screen quality. So with out hesitation I ripped it out.

Here is a picture of the satnav panel and my nexus 7 tablet.

https://flic.kr/p/r271W8

As you can see it wont fit.... so a little cutting and fabrication is required.

Using a heat gun, MDF spacer, body fill bog, a lot of sand paper I ended up with this:

https://flic.kr/p/r271Wi Not bad for a furniture salesman!

Now before I could install it I needed to make some changes to the tablet.

1. Install "Element X" kernal that unlocks 'Fast charge mode, OBD2 and touch to turn on'.

2. Program the app 'Tasker' to turn the device on when power is present and to flick it into 'aeroplane mode' when the car is off.

These changes are just a quick summery. Taker is also programed to do a number of other things to personalize it to my car.

Then I need a PSU. I found a little gem on Trademe. 3amps 12 - 5V usb PSU ($12). I wired this to the sig lighter.

To interface with my McIntosh Head unit I used an adaptor:

https://flic.kr/p/r271XR

The final result looks like this:

https://flic.kr/p/rkqrCg

https://flic.kr/p/r3T8uU

https://flic.kr/p/r41d26

Total cost about $400

I hope you enjoyed that. If you have any questions im always keen to chat.

P.s I will post detailed fabrication pictures when I find them. (Iv temporally lost them.)

Looks good. I would even say from the photos it looks pretty factory looking. I take it total cost included the tablet.

 SpeedySub said:

Looks good. I would even say from the photos it looks pretty factory looking. I take it total cost included the tablet.

Yip! Tablet included.

Looks good dude! What app are you using to play music with? And how does it sound? I was thinking of building a raspberry pi for mine but that idea was short lived.

How do you think it would compare with one of these? I'm looking into one of these rather than trying the mod route. Sick of the stock stereo with the dodgy band expander

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Universal-2-Two-Din-Android-Car-DVD-Player-for-Toyota-Kia-Nissan-Tiida-Qashqai-Sunny-X/225273_1349700249.html

specs seem reasonable

General Information

Operation System Pure Android 4.4.2

CPU & Frequency RK3188, Cortex A9 Quad Core, 1.6-1.8GHz

RAM DDR 3 1G/2G(Optional)

 killervq30de said:

How do you think it would compare with one of these? I'm looking into one of these rather than trying the mod route. Sick of the stock stereo with the dodgy band expander

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Universal-2-Two-Din-Android-Car-DVD-Player-for-Toyota-Kia-Nissan-Tiida-Qashqai-Sunny-X/225273_1349700249.html

specs seem reasonable

General Information

Operation System Pure Android 4.4.2

CPU & Frequency RK3188, Cortex A9 Quad Core, 1.6-1.8GHz

RAM DDR 3 1G/2G(Optional)

It would work well I imagine. 100% easier option! but I love the nexus. Screen is super crisp and the cpu is snappy. I also wanted to keep my McIntosh head, so the tablet was the way to go for me. But it takes hours of fabrication, beer and emotional breakdowns to make it happen. Haha.

that looks awesome man, never actually thought of doing that as a solution