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Who's done it???

i drive sometimes with a laptop... does that count?

plug my gps into it and using a few mapping s/w...

play some MP3s from it.

PM Poboy....he had one in his already.

I started it:
http://www.midiwall.com/4Runner/pc.html

But bailed because of a number of issues that I didn't have the wanna to overcome like where to mount the screen and not be obnoxious; running a magnifier app on Windows to be able to see; etc.

What are your goals? MP3/WMA playback is the most common.


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There's a site dedicated to doing this. Check out http://www.mp3car.com.


Search the forum here, the topic's come up before.

I just took mine out for upgrades. mp3car.com is the site.

I have the same user name there also.

I put a micro-atx pIII 866mhz mobo with 128mb, 20gb hd, cd-rw/dvd, 9200se pci, soundblaster pci under the drivers seat. I ran my usb gps receiver out to the roof and had a touchpad mouse mounted above my emergency brake. I mounted a 7" lilliput touchscreen vga monitor in front of the ashtray and ran it all off a 400w inverter. It was great but I only had it in for a month and a half to test it out. The gps and 2000 mp3's were great to have. Didnt use the dvd much but I didnt go on many trips over that time. If you have any questions email or pm me.

What do you want to do with it and what ya want to know? I had 3 different computers in my old 4Runner. Started out with a midsize tower, then a book pc, and then an Ez-go. Kept getting smaller and smaller. It's pretty easy to get one installed with just a power inverter...but the whole screen thing is a PITA on a low budget.

As everyone else said...http://www.mp3car.com is where its at!