game conosole in car, pros and cons Options

[TJH4EVA]

i am thinking about puttin a xbox in my 96 celica... i am gettin a motorized flip out monitor.. i already have a optima yellow top battery... i am also get a power inverter... i was just tryna find out what everyone else though about it b4 i did it because yall might know something i dont know and i dont want to waste my money getting all the stuff and something goes wrong... so let me know, i am open to any advice and ideas

[CelicaST_CALI]

Where are u gona mount it?Is the celi ur daily driver?How many miles on the engine?

[TJH4EVA]

i was thinking about doing a custom glove box but if i dnt do that i wil probably mount it under the hatch... right now it is driven daily and has less than 80k miles

[CelicaST_CALI]

well i know jaws put a Nintendo 64 in his glove box,go to the members rides and search"xbox" under modifications

[tonytutino]

if you're going to do it, do it right.

SNES all the way!!!!!

[DEATH]

I've thought about it before and the only system that will easily fit is the slimmer PS2 and that thing is a POS.

[goferris]

whatever you do don't do a 360. any bump will scratch the hell out of your desk. i would say a ps2 slim would work the best and i would just mount it in the trunk/hatch cargo area.

[cnelson]

it really doesn't require much money if you already a ps2/xbox or whatever.. as long as your headunit as an AUX input you could run it like that. I was going to put a n64 in mine, but never got around to it.

[SeverX13]

Yea i wouldnt go with a 360 because overheating will be a factor. you should probably go old school like SNES, 64, NES, or a genisis. those consoles lasts forever

[Celica power]

build a car pc and you got more options
I gone place next mont a car pc whit touch screen

[Zimluura]

if you do a 360, know allot about electronics, and are willing to void the warranty, you could maybe:

take the 360's psu out and hook it up with direct current. no inverter. that should be much more efficient and it'll cut down one of the heat sources.

edit: never looked into it seriously, but it sounds like it will work.

This post has been edited by Zimluura: Jan 3, 2008 - 5:55 PM

[jason]

if you havent done it yet, its not that hard depending on your head unit, some head units require a video controller box type of setup to process teh signal, others take the input straight from the xbox and can display it, thats the trickiest part. other than that, just get an inverter, i would hard wire it to a switch, then run it into the back and mount it somewhere, and do the same with the xbox- mind you will have to get out of the car, or go through a hassle to change games, turn on etc

i usually just leave it on the back seat on long trips n let who ever is riding tiwth me go to town. not a very practical thing to have, but makes long trips more fun (and longer cuz then ya gatta stop to show up their high score's)

[Jaws4God]

I have an N64 in the glove box.

This post has been edited by Jaws4God: Feb 16, 2008 - 10:23 PM

[hongkongnerdboy]

yep, my setup:



I didn't want to spend money on a new PS2 or 360 so I just used my old N64... lots of people like it cuz its old school.

but it does require a lot of cutting and custom mounting to get it to fit.

I got a tiny power inverter from walmart to plug into cigarette lighter.

the flip up DVD player I have has the 3 rca inputs so super easy to hook up.

that is awesomee

[MaskedMan]

I had a PS2 set up in my car. I have the old bulky model PS2 because this was before the slim version came out. It did not fit in the glove box so I had to remove the glove box and mount the PS2 where the glove box is supposed to be. The only problems which I had with my set up are the wires for the controllers were annoying so i would suggest wireless controllers for sure. Oh and it bothered me one time when i was playing games sitting in my passenger seat, and then my friend started my engine, which turned off the PS2 and i was just about to win a Boss race in Tokyo Extreme Racer . Also, my screen wasn't very visible in the sunlight, so it was very difficult to play games during the day, but that problem was just due to a cheap LCD screen. I have a new one now which doesn't seem to have that same problem.

[Cutrara]

I second the CarPC idea. I've had mine for a year now. It is more practical (mp3s, gps) and it's a bigger wow-factor.

[Celica power]

I second the CarPC idea. I've had mine for a year now. It is more practical (mp3s, gps) and it's a bigger wow-factor.

offtopic Cutrara do you have apicture of your setup
i will post the mine next month

[Cutrara]

I second the CarPC idea. I've had mine for a year now. It is more practical (mp3s, gps) and it's a bigger wow-factor.

offtopic Cutrara do you have apicture of your setup
i will post the mine next month

back to topic

[TJH4EVA]

how much did you spend on the car pc and where did you get it

[dagreat1]

yea.. i have an extra lap top and was thinking about making it a car pc.. but don't know what to do

[Celica power]

yea.. i have an extra lap top and was thinking about making it a car pc.. but don't know what to do

here is a good site for you to read al about it Carpc

here is my carpc I spend over 450 euro incl touchscreen but if you have a laptop you only need a touchscreen and powersuply

[95st-celica]

i just threw a ps2 in my glove box last weekend...it was kinda a pain in the @$$ caus you have to get one of those large power converters...so what i did was...went to best buy and picked one up....i dont like pluggin stuff into my cig lighter outlet caus it looks cheap in my oppinion.....so i spliced into my pos. and neg wires comming out of my head unit....i ran those wires to the plug on the power converter..and instead of just cutting the end off i wraped one wire around the one side of it(as the negative) and the positive i wraped around the top....taped it up with some electrical tape real good so they would not come off...plugged the ps2 into the Power conv. and i was good to go....i have the slim ps2 so i put tha in the glove...ran the wires up and in back of the glove....down behind the carpet...and into the center concol where i have the power conv....as for the controlers...i did the same thing but i went along side of the CC so they would come out right below/next to the seat....pulled out about as much cord as was needed to hold the controler when you are sitting in the seat then wrapped them up and put them on the little step there alsomt like it was made for a ps2 controler...lol...same thing on the driver side but i cant remember if it has that same little "step" for the controler...if not i'll just put in on the floor as close to the CC as i can....it really doesnt get in the way....i'll post pics tomorrow though for sure to give you a better idea of how everything is routed/looks and what not...in the process i kicked my sub out some how so i got fustrated and it was gettin dark so i just gave up on it....i think it might just be as simple as a fuse so i'll look into it tomorrow and post some pics as well.....def. worth doin thoguh if you have a game consol layin around your not useing and a flip out in your car....












This post has been edited by 95st-celica: Jan 25, 2008 - 1:42 PM