Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:47:14 -0400
Reply-To: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@openmarket.com>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@openmarket.com>
Subject: Re: Engineering a LCD screen for my camper
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Dear Sean,
Easiest thing would be to get a laptop with a decent graphics board and a
DVD drive (internal or external) with DVD player software -- and you'd be
all set.
I will eventually do this for my camper as I want to have:
- GPS navigation
- Electronic Bentley manuals - Jetta TDI & Vanagon
- EKTA parts manual (PDF format)
- DVD player playing through my stereo
- OBD2 software for my TDI ECU
- cheap, small, portable inkjet printer
there are also VERY SMALL pc motherboards that you could "build in" to your
cabinets somewhere to do the same thing.
cheers,
MJS
http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/TDI
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Garrett [mailto:seangar@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 2:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Engineering a LCD screen for my camper
Im looking for advice from engineers in the list (or other knowledgable
folks) about how I could buy a LCD screen and adapt it to take a feed from
DVD player or VCR deck, then I could mount it in a custom cabinet into my 80
Vanagon Westy for the kids to watch while travelling (vanagon content).
So I want to make a very cheap LCD screen TV (DVD/VCR) player for my van
with a flat panel screen. Just like the car stereo shops sell but for a
absorbent price.
I can most likely buy the parts I need fairly cheap at electronics stores:
1. laptop screen from a salvage place (old laptop)or buy new screen by
itself.
2. DC power supply.
3. Some type of signal device to transfer signals coming from a household
DVD/VCR deck to the screen.
4. A "system" (?) board to mount the signal device electronics on and jacks
for plugging in the DVD/VCR players.
Soliciting comments from those who might have some idea how to do this.
Remember Im thinking of buying the DVD/VCR deck from Circuit city or the
like and building the output device (flatpanel screen).
Thaks in advance
SeanG
80 Westy
95 EVC
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