XBOX Media Center Project Complete! (Mazda 3)
After almost 4 nights off the boards.... I finally got the xbox project done. it's in my car and f'n awesome. Pics tonight!
- Softmodded the XBOX - 80 GB Hard Drive - XBMC (XBOX Media Center) - Edited original theme for a blueish feel and used Mazda Logo on splash screen (also zoom zoom intro sound) - Music, Movies, SNES/N64/Playstation/Arcade Emulation - Connects to Xenarc Monitor and auxmod for sound - Two wireless mini controllers used to navigate XBMC and play games Future plans: MOD the CASE PICTURES XBOX UNDER SEAT (it'll be pushed back further underneath the seat once i reroute some wires underneath) http://www.bpr-solutions.net/CIMG0760.JPG On main screen while highlighted over "Pictures" button: http://www.bpr-solutions.net/xbmc2.JPG Main screen when an audio file is playing: http://www.bpr-solutions.net/xbmc6.JPG Whole center console at night: http://www.bpr-solutions.net/xbmc5.JPG During the day: http://www.bpr-solutions.net/xbmc7.JPG Another picture during the day: http://www.bpr-solutions.net/xbmc8.JPG Hard to see, but Mario 64 is currently playing on the screen http://www.bpr-solutions.net/xbmc3.JPG The mini wireless controllers: http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/cellngame...BOX-G8086M.jpg VIDEOS CAR ON AND XBOX BOOTING UP MAIN MENU AND WATCHING VIDEOS MUSIC FIRST IN FULL VISUALIZATION AND THEN ON MAIN MENU EMULATION: HONORING THE GOODIES OF YESTER-YEAR Update: THE NEW UPDATES: ZOOM ZOOM INTRO SOUND AND AUTOPLAY OF MUSIC Critique away! |
very impressive. How difficult was it to tap into the stock Nav wiring for this?
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niiiiiiice
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the wireless controllers connect ok to it? even though the receiver is behind you?
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thats pretty awesome man..
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Originally Posted by Hyperion
(Post 397038)
the wireless controllers connect ok to it? even though the receiver is behind you?
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Rod,
Actually that's not the stock navi you see there. It's a Xenarc Touchscreen Monitor mounted to a Mazda Japan OEM nav mount that they sell to do just that.. mount your own monitor in there. Looks OEM though ;-) The wireless controllers are 2.4 ghz, so it's just like your normal household wireless network, connects from any angle. I rarely use the controllers though for daily driving because it automatically plays music when i turn it on, which is its main purpose .... ton's of mp3's. Thanks all for your comments! |
sounds great. Looks even better.
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thats badd ass i wanted to do that with my 1.6 hardmodded box.
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thats awesome, i'll have to give that a shot. but, in the mean time, what i'm most interested at the moment though is your factory HU display. it has the mazda symbol and zoom~zoom!! Is that somewhere on the board? i'll have to search around for it. or is that not a mod and something that is just on earlier models that us later adoptors have missed out on.
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Originally Posted by lordtygr
(Post 397287)
thats awesome, i'll have to give that a shot. but, in the mean time, what i'm most interested at the moment though is your factory HU display. it has the mazda symbol and zoom~zoom!! Is that somewhere on the board? i'll have to search around for it. or is that not a mod and something that is just on earlier models that us later adoptors have missed out on.
... on another note i installed a clarion 7" in dash with my ps2 in my mazda when i first bought it....i freakin loved it its a priceless mod...i loved playing it while in drive thru lines at fast food places the chicks in the window love it!!!!! |
Originally Posted by jzoomer
(Post 397295)
i think its a sticker??? but if im wrong let me know how to do it!!!!
lol yeah it's a graphic i made on transparant overlay paper... thanks for the compliments! |
hey night rider have mixed xbmc's milkdrop visisualizations with hallucinogens? thats some mad stuff when running @720p
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lol, cool, thanks for the idea. i dont have the auto a/c so there is a huge blank space between the amb temp and the text. now i can get all custom on it, haha.
also on your xbmc, does it automatically turn on/off with the car? what are you using for power? just an inverter or one of those dc-dc power supplies like on a carpc. i was looking into the carpc route, but this seems much cheaper and more fun |
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