using laptop as a jutbox

[kev7017]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif Can somebody Help me figure this one out?

I'm thinking about installing a laptop in my cars trunk,

so that i can play my Mp3 files through my car stereo system, But I don't know where to start.

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[mrray13 10+ year member]

not to be an azz or anything but wouldn't it be easier to get a new h/u that plays mp3? maybe even an easier install? just a thought.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[kev7017]

Originally posted by mrray13 not to be an azz or anything but wouldn't it be easier to get a new h/u that plays mp3? maybe even an easier install? just a thought.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

What is a H/U?

 

[jaylee]

H/U = Head Unit

 

[kev7017]

Originally posted by jaylee H/U = Head Unit

dose this head unit play files or CDs with mp3s burned on it.

Because with a Laptop you can shake it, bump it, and even drop it and the music still keeps playing. Can this be said about the Head Unit?

 

[Jeff]

Go to http://www.crutchfield.com to have a lot of your questions answered...

 

[zane 10+ year member]

The laptop is a totally feasible idea. You will need a power inverter to run it, and also a source unit (HU) with an external input on it. There are more and more competitors doing this now, simple reason- you can hold roughly 1000 songs in something about the size of a notebook as opposed to several hundreds of CD'd free-floating throughout the car.-- stealth!!

take it easy,

-zane

 

[BassiK_LowZ]

I agree with Zane. Not only can the CPU be used for MP3's but you can get into tuning and SPL/DB measuring aspects of the sytem with a CPU integrated into the system. The MP3 decks just allows for use of MP3 formatted CD's to be played. It works just as any other HU does. A quality deck will not skip on you. (USUALLY) Either way is a good way to go on the account that it makes music, and CD storage more manageable. Some Head units have connections designed for direct connects with Laptops. Or they have optional adapters. Lata

 

[dereklovejoy 10+ year member]

i would definatley make sure that it is secured pretty well with some kind of padding. Cause with a pc if you are bouncing it around you are asking for trouble, especially with it running.