Useing and mounting a laptop??

[Macca177]

Hey all i just scored my mates tosihba laptop!!!!so my question is wot uses can it have in the 4by??

im thinkin for naviagation and just general entertainment:)
im guissin its possible to montor eninge vitals as wel??? pending on the engine?

is there any other usefulness for a laptop ...or is this just a waste of time?


i did do a search and found a previous thread for sum ideas. but not exaxtly wot i was after!
thanks all

[bogged]

you can run mobile maps with oziexplorer.
www.oziexplorer.com and a GPS.

but to me its too slow...

[spazbot]

you wont be able to monitor anything to do with the engine in your lux with the lappy, prolly only good for some mp3's, gps and porn
but mounting it so its secure will be a real pita aswell esp in a hilux

[RaginRover]

Ummm heaps of things you can do,

1. MP3 sound output for the stereo, can be run of an external num pad
2. Get a data cable and use your phone to dial up to the net with it
3. Video clips etc if your lappy is powerful enough
4. Load an mp3 encoding program so you can rip tracks off your mates cds when you are out and about

Good fun, and you can ususally power it off 12V pretty easily so no need for an inverter to charge it

[PRZOOK]

I use mine for GPS/OziExplorer mapping, MP3s straight into speakers (although I have an MP3 stereo, mainly just for larger selection/storage), Videos when camping, Dash mounted web cam to record timelapse movies of trips, digital camera uploading for longer trips and emails/net surfing via mobile, for quick updates to friends (Rarely now due to CDMA phone).

[ausyota]

This is how the guys from www.exploroz.com mounted theirs for navigation in their cruiser.
I thought it looked pretty neat except that the driver cant see the screen.
Paul.

[Screwy]

One of my Mates has his in a set of draws in the back of his cruiser and uses it mainly for MP3's in link with his stereo, thats about all id use it for, and of course the ocassional bit of porn as mentioned above.

Screwy

[Rainbow Warrior]

Ummm heaps of things you can do,

1. MP3 sound output for the stereo, can be run of an external num pad
2. Get a data cable and use your phone to dial up to the net with it
3. Video clips etc if your lappy is powerful enough
4. Load an mp3 encoding program so you can rip tracks off your mates cds when you are out and about

Good fun, and you can ususally power it off 12V pretty easily so no need for an inverter to charge it

What program would you use with the num pad, I had to hack up an old keyboard to use Winamp

[Macca177]

yeah soudns usefull but not a neserciry thing... will look at mountin it from the middle of the wall behind the seats in liek a tv wall arm thing:)

wot power source would u use ?? just a supercheap auto adapetr out of cigerate lighter?

[antt]

a bloke in the uk has set one up to run mapping software



check out www.k9rdj.co.uk then click on the 'NEW Garmin etrex GPS & Fugawi Mapping s/w' link

[Bitsamissin]

Yeah I've got a laptop with only Oziexplorer/Trax and the Magellan software plus a shitload of Vicmaps. Great navvy tool...............
I made up some right angle aluminium plate and clamp it to the jesus bar above the glovebox in the Poojabber. The laptop is held down by velcro strips so far has worked extremely well.

[bogged]

Went out with a few Exploroz dudes to Pyrenees, and one had mobile maps GPS and shit in his Rodeo Ute, we were travelling at about 5kph so he could read the screen. Or Travel few 100mtrs and stop.

Fuckin useless I reckon!

a bloke in the uk has set one up to run mapping software



check out www.k9rdj.co.uk then click on the 'NEW Garmin etrex GPS & Fugawi Mapping s/w' link

[RaginRover]

Ummm heaps of things you can do,

1. MP3 sound output for the stereo, can be run of an external num pad
2. Get a data cable and use your phone to dial up to the net with it
3. Video clips etc if your lappy is powerful enough
4. Load an mp3 encoding program so you can rip tracks off your mates cds when you are out and about

Good fun, and you can ususally power it off 12V pretty easily so no need for an inverter to charge it

What program would you use with the num pad, I had to hack up an old keyboard to use Winamp

winamp and you can buy a separate num pad made by belkin I think for about $40 (jaycar also sell them) run off usb or serial. Winamp has the num pad functionality built in

[RaginRover]

yeah soudns usefull but not a neserciry thing... will look at mountin it from the middle of the wall behind the seats in liek a tv wall arm thing:)

wot power source would u use ?? just a supercheap auto adapetr out of cigerate lighter?

Cheap inverter is much more useful 300W jaycar job run all sorts of battery chargers. Some laptops also can come with 12V adaptors