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| stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35530  
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crikey , you're a clever git matt.. |
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9th Mar 2011 6:01pm |
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... please keep us updated on your progress. 
| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 25 Mar 2007 Location: Somewhere between here and there, if not then I'm all at sea or at home in Scotland Posts: 2181 
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I don't know what the touch screen graphics look like on pre 2010MY cars but you also appear to be running 2010MY touch screen and dash graphics on the carputer 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes |
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9th Mar 2011 6:02pm |
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| mattstevenson2005 Member Since: 01 Jan 2011 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 737 
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Thats correct i recreated the graphics in photoshop, each of the screens I have re-created from looking at photos and videos of the 2010 system. Matt |
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9th Mar 2011 6:16pm |
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| elpeede Member Since: 09 Mar 2010 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 713  
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Have you looked at Car-x ? Daveo and I went this route some time back... probably this time last year. Carx allowed the control of the computer from the dashboard inputs.
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9th Mar 2011 6:35pm |
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| elpeede Member Since: 09 Mar 2010 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 713
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Impressive |
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9th Mar 2011 6:47pm |
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| daveo Member Since: 21 Oct 2009 Location: london Posts: 2307
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matt, did you use the bmw aux lead,i think a chap sells them on ebay, stil looking for a touch screen for you but they dont come up often damaged but one will turn up.i tink you will have to double up on the usb cctv interface if you want to use more then 4 cameras as they only come as 4 channel max, what was the brightness on that screen you was going to order.
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9th Mar 2011 7:49pm |
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| mattstevenson2005 Member Since: 01 Jan 2011 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 737
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Hi Dave Yer i did the BM54 radio module upgrade to get the AUX in mode on the sound system. I found this to work on the camera system, it allows you to put 8 cameras in the car http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/J8A-new-8-channel-cc...2180wt_907 These are the 2 screens i am debating over: http://www.carcomputer.co.uk/shop/monitors...en-monitor OR http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12031 Matt |
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9th Mar 2011 8:10pm |
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| daveo Member Since: 21 Oct 2009 Location: london Posts: 2307
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hi matt, will that card fit in a micro pc,would be great to have 8 cameras, the first screen is quite dear but i am sure you get what you pay for..do you have any more info on the aux upgrade as i was told it was not possible on the early bm54 units V8 facelift Range Rover Autobiography 22" wheels.
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9th Mar 2011 8:53pm |
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| mattstevenson2005 Member Since: 01 Jan 2011 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 737
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you are correct it is not possible to do the AUX upgrade on the early BM54 units, i replaced my Land Rover BM54 unit with a BMW BM54 unit (they are different) got mine from here, but im sure you could find a BMW BM54 unit somewhere in the UK http://www.bimmernav.com/store/catalog/bmw...m-125.html Once you have the BMW BM54 unit you need the AUX cable http://www.bimmernav.com/store/catalog/bmw...m-156.html this connects into the wiring harness that connects to the radio module and gives you the AUX mode on the radio Works and sounds really good! Matt |
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9th Mar 2011 9:25pm |
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| daveo Member Since: 21 Oct 2009 Location: london Posts: 2307
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right, i thought you must have had the later unit... i used the tape input on my carpc , but i think your bm54 supports cd text as well.
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9th Mar 2011 9:47pm |
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| SteveMFr Site Sponsor Member Since: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Strasbourg, France Posts: 1641 |
The BMW BM54 supports aux-in as of a production date of week (KW in German) 09, 2002 and ID3 tags as of week 35, 2005.
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11th Mar 2011 9:23am |
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| SteveMFr Site Sponsor Member Since: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Strasbourg, France Posts: 1641 |
Hi Matt, I would think the LinITX screen is more than enough - why would you need IP65 (that's nearly waterproof!). Have you seen these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-4-Channel-DV...3a601568a0 ? Also much less expensive and you don't need a PCI slot. Great work on the skin! Looks really, really good! 
RRC 2Dr, RRC 4Dr, P38, and 2 L322s (wife thinks I'm nuts - prob right, too) |
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11th Mar 2011 9:35am |
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| mattstevenson2005 Member Since: 01 Jan 2011 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 737
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Hi mate, it's not the IP65 feature that was drawing me to the other screen, in fact I will be removing which ever screen I buy from it's housing, it's the actual brightness and sun light readability that I am most concerned with. With regards to the USB DVR device, these devices only have one video capture chip in them, this means that if the one chip supports 30 frames per second this has to be devided between the 4 inputs meaning only a 5-7 frames per second per camera input which is no good for real time video viewing for off roading cams. With the PCI card these cards have one 30 frames per second chip per camera input meaning a total of 200-240 fps in total. Also when it comes to writing software to access the multi streams of live video it is much easier with the 1 chip per input as the cards with only 1 chip for multiple video streams accessing the video streams requires different filters because basically all 4 cameras share the same stream and you have to use cross over filters to access these streams which is much harder than the multi chip cards thar have one video stream per camera input. Glad you like the skin, it's coming on really well. Matt |
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11th Mar 2011 11:46am |
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