HOW TO: Galaxy 7" Pad Install - Stereo, Gauges, GPS, and more....
#26
I'd like to do this with a nexus 7, but then I would lose the spots for my boost gauge and temps as I dont want to center speaker mount them or use the A pillar mounts.
It would be nice to have google maps in the car though with bluetooth engine management. The good thing about the nexus is you can get them for under $200 and they have the pogo pins.
It would be nice to have google maps in the car though with bluetooth engine management. The good thing about the nexus is you can get them for under $200 and they have the pogo pins.
I am doing a single PLX gauge mounted on the column as well. With Andy's recent integration of the PLX gauge with the Adaptronic ECU, it too can scroll metrics the ECU is reading.
I used to have an array of Defi gauges on my A-pillar and center speaker. With all the separate sensors and having to look all over the cabin to see what my engine was doing, it just became too much. With the single PLX gauge directly below my line of sight, I can glance down as I'm trying to keep her straight.
#27
Well fortunately, this only your personal opinion. For the most of us, the point is not to preserve something in time. That is simply useless. You cannot take it with you when you die. The point of owning and further experiencing new technology in our FDs is not only enjoying our hobby, but it's about improving yourself on different plains. Josh now has possibly one the most versatile, and creative minds I have encountered on the club. I know because I talk to him everyday. Time capsuling a car ? really ? Sounds boring.
Josh, excellent write up. Will be joining you on this one. Super clean job. Looks like "Mazda should have intended this." hahaha.
Josh, excellent write up. Will be joining you on this one. Super clean job. Looks like "Mazda should have intended this." hahaha.
As I'm learning and exploring it more, there are definitely more robust ways of doing the install.
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I have looked at Carputers, and could have done one just the same. Of course, it would have been more involved. What attracted me to the Pad was the Android Adaptive Tuner App. Not to mention that the tablet install was far less work, inexpensive and relatively flexible. It also had all the features a double DIN navigation stereo had, which was something I had planned on doing.
Thanks for sharing.
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PLX setup
In the Adaptronic section as well...
https://www.rx7club.com/adaptronic-e...ation-1031595/
#33
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nice work. instead of slotting the panel, have you thought about maybe making something like a bump tab? something that sticks out and you flick it up and it would hit the power switch. like a see saw motion. i think you would be able to make something that wouldnt be to in the way and wont bother with the install and removal of the tab.
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nice work. instead of slotting the panel, have you thought about maybe making something like a bump tab? something that sticks out and you flick it up and it would hit the power switch. like a see saw motion. i think you would be able to make something that wouldnt be to in the way and wont bother with the install and removal of the tab.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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Well fortunately, this only your personal opinion. For the most of us, the point is not to preserve something in time. That is simply useless. You cannot take it with you when you die. The point of owning and further experiencing new technology in our FDs is not only enjoying our hobby, but it's about improving yourself on different plains. Josh now has possibly one the most versatile, and creative minds I have encountered on the club. I know because I talk to him everyday. Time capsuling a car ? really ? Sounds boring.
Josh, excellent write up. Will be joining you on this one. Super clean job. Looks like "Mazda should have intended this." hahaha.
Josh, excellent write up. Will be joining you on this one. Super clean job. Looks like "Mazda should have intended this." hahaha.
Look I get what you are saying about new technology, and the FD is dated. But you make it sound like the chassis is an unpleasant necessity you have to endure so you can strap your technology to something. If technology and notable performance is your answer go get a C6R, or a GTR or a 911. Go buy any of a laundry list of newer cars with better engineered systems. They will do exactly what you are looking for. What part of there not being any cars like the FD (or the MKIV supra, Z32, E30 M3, C4 S4, etc.) before or since do you not understand? It was a weird little period of automotive history when cars had maximum performance and minimum BULLSHIT. There was a raw honesty there. I like the chassis for it's natural character, not some act it in can be convinced into performing.
Unless you have some fetishistic attachment to the FD there is no ultimate point in modernizing it. If you want to go fast build it into a mid 90s style GT2 or GT1 car (Its where I want my FD to end up). But don't put in LCDs (or is the tablet in question OLED?) and computers that were never intended to be part of the driving experience. It is the best of the old school, keep it in the spirit of old school, or don't drive old school. You really want tuning to become part of the daily ownership experience? Really? There is a whole world out there the FD can allow you to experience in a unique way, but you rather be preoccupied by a 7" screen. You can't take your tuning parameters with you when you die.
Josh may have a versatile mind but it lacks consciousness, he reminds me of many brilliant computer programmers I worth with that don't get why anybody would EVER go out in the woods on a breezy day and enjoy the wind disturbing the branches. They ask what do you get from it? what is the point? If you like trees so much why not plant one in your yard and stare at it when you feel the need?
I'm sorry I am going to stick to my guns, there is a certain excellentness in the FD, adding a tablet to it only serves to marginalize this. This car is either one of the best drivers car's ever produced or it is just another sports car you happen to fancy. We all know which seats we sit in.
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Installing a tablet in an FD isn't an act of passion, it is an act of boredom (or maybe compulsion). Before I begin, I have likely recorded far more hours at high speeds than you have. It changes you. It makes you realize that a car isn't an end in itself but a provider of an discrete experience unique to the individual chassis. If you have a reasonably well sorted car, head out to your favorite back-road in the middle of the night, turn the gauge illumination to naught and drive your heart out. You are welcome to come back here and tell me your car would have been perfect if only there had been a bloody tablet installed in the dash.
Look I get what you are saying about new technology, and the FD is dated. But you make it sound like the chassis is an unpleasant necessity you have to endure so you can strap your technology to something. If technology and notable performance is your answer go get a C6R, or a GTR or a 911. Go buy any of a laundry list of newer cars with better engineered systems. They will do exactly what you are looking for. What part of there not being any cars like the FD (or the MKIV supra, Z32, E30 M3, C4 S4, etc.) before or since do you not understand? It was a weird little period of automotive history when cars had maximum performance and minimum BULLSHIT. There was a raw honesty there. I like the chassis for it's natural character, not some act it in can be convinced into performing.
Unless you have some fetishistic attachment to the FD there is no ultimate point in modernizing it. If you want to go fast build it into a mid 90s style GT2 or GT1 car (Its where I want my FD to end up). But don't put in LCDs (or is the tablet in question OLED?) and computers that were never intended to be part of the driving experience. It is the best of the old school, keep it in the spirit of old school, or don't drive old school. You really want tuning to become part of the daily ownership experience? Really? There is a whole world out there the FD can allow you to experience in a unique way, but you rather be preoccupied by a 7" screen. You can't take your tuning parameters with you when you die.
Josh may have a versatile mind but it lacks consciousness, he reminds me of many brilliant computer programmers I worth with that don't get why anybody would EVER go out in the woods on a breezy day and enjoy the wind disturbing the branches. They ask what do you get from it? what is the point? If you like trees so much why not plant one in your yard and stare at it when you feel the need?
I'm sorry I am going to stick to my guns, there is a certain excellentness in the FD, adding a tablet to it only serves to marginalize this. This car is either one of the best drivers car's ever produced or it is just another sports car you happen to fancy. We all know which seats we sit in.
Look I get what you are saying about new technology, and the FD is dated. But you make it sound like the chassis is an unpleasant necessity you have to endure so you can strap your technology to something. If technology and notable performance is your answer go get a C6R, or a GTR or a 911. Go buy any of a laundry list of newer cars with better engineered systems. They will do exactly what you are looking for. What part of there not being any cars like the FD (or the MKIV supra, Z32, E30 M3, C4 S4, etc.) before or since do you not understand? It was a weird little period of automotive history when cars had maximum performance and minimum BULLSHIT. There was a raw honesty there. I like the chassis for it's natural character, not some act it in can be convinced into performing.
Unless you have some fetishistic attachment to the FD there is no ultimate point in modernizing it. If you want to go fast build it into a mid 90s style GT2 or GT1 car (Its where I want my FD to end up). But don't put in LCDs (or is the tablet in question OLED?) and computers that were never intended to be part of the driving experience. It is the best of the old school, keep it in the spirit of old school, or don't drive old school. You really want tuning to become part of the daily ownership experience? Really? There is a whole world out there the FD can allow you to experience in a unique way, but you rather be preoccupied by a 7" screen. You can't take your tuning parameters with you when you die.
Josh may have a versatile mind but it lacks consciousness, he reminds me of many brilliant computer programmers I worth with that don't get why anybody would EVER go out in the woods on a breezy day and enjoy the wind disturbing the branches. They ask what do you get from it? what is the point? If you like trees so much why not plant one in your yard and stare at it when you feel the need?
I'm sorry I am going to stick to my guns, there is a certain excellentness in the FD, adding a tablet to it only serves to marginalize this. This car is either one of the best drivers car's ever produced or it is just another sports car you happen to fancy. We all know which seats we sit in.
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I have a small piece of input on the device Josh. Clearly none pertaining the Adaptronic tuning but the cool little possibilities with using an android.
Since it will be a while before I'm back up to see your install in person and hear the sound quality (which I am sure is pretty rockin) I wondered if you had considered a graphic equalizer App to get some depth. Since on my droid phone at least, I don't have the ability to adjust sound quality, I downloaded this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...qualizer&hl=en
It makes a world of difference.
I'm also excited about tethering service from phone networks to the device to for GPS... for those who enjoy road tripping the 7's as much I want to road trip my FB.
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Agreed. I would think common courtesy on the club would suffice.
I have a small piece of input on the device Josh. Clearly none pertaining the Adaptronic tuning but the cool little possibilities with using an android.
Since it will be a while before I'm back up to see your install in person and hear the sound quality (which I am sure is pretty rockin) I wondered if you had considered a graphic equalizer App to get some depth. Since on my droid phone at least, I don't have the ability to adjust sound quality, I downloaded this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...qualizer&hl=en
It makes a world of difference.
I'm also excited about tethering service from phone networks to the device to for GPS... for those who enjoy road tripping the 7's as much I want to road trip my FB.
I have a small piece of input on the device Josh. Clearly none pertaining the Adaptronic tuning but the cool little possibilities with using an android.
Since it will be a while before I'm back up to see your install in person and hear the sound quality (which I am sure is pretty rockin) I wondered if you had considered a graphic equalizer App to get some depth. Since on my droid phone at least, I don't have the ability to adjust sound quality, I downloaded this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...qualizer&hl=en
It makes a world of difference.
I'm also excited about tethering service from phone networks to the device to for GPS... for those who enjoy road tripping the 7's as much I want to road trip my FB.
Loose your phone? No, I lost my car. Whether stolen, or in a large parking lot, there are many "device" locating Apps that use the GPS. Not quite LowJack, but nifty nonetheless.
Motion sensing Apps for security. Using Tasker, you could trigger the App to text your phone if it sensed vibration or camera movement in the interior upon a particular event.
7" Tablets only grow in power and capability. As the install ages, it can easily be swapped with a new design.
The possibilities get pretty ridiculous. Of course, these will all be side projects as I finally get my car off 4 jackstands.
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This thread helped out a lot, I finally have sound again in my FD. I did things slightly different so I can have Bluetooth in the car and make it easier to remove my tablet. I'm still fabricating a bracket to hold the tablet and make it removable while still looking close to factory as possible...we'll see how that turns out lol. Thanks for creating this thread.
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Little off-topic, but I saw this item last week, car pc. Looks pretty slick but need to have an internet dongle, kind of sucks. Also, I'm naturally assuming it draws a lot more power than a tablet.
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Little off-topic, but I saw this item last week, car pc. Looks pretty slick but need to have an internet dongle, kind of sucks. Also, I'm naturally assuming it draws a lot more power than a tablet.
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Stopping in for some updates.
^Correct, I was using an Adaptronic ECU and the Android App "Adaptive Tuner".
Since going LS, I am using the Holley HP EFI. I am looking at either doing a Windows 8 tablet to run the full Holley software or Hollies new LCD dash.
I am glad this write-up has helped a few folks! Take care all.
^Correct, I was using an Adaptronic ECU and the Android App "Adaptive Tuner".
Since going LS, I am using the Holley HP EFI. I am looking at either doing a Windows 8 tablet to run the full Holley software or Hollies new LCD dash.
I am glad this write-up has helped a few folks! Take care all.
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So does your tablet fit perfectly inside the plastic frame, or is it behind it?
What galaxy tab did you use? I'm looking at a galaxy tab4 7" but the dimensions are 7.36x4.25. As far as I know, a double din opening is 7x4.
An 8" galaxy tab4 measures 6.9x4.87...how much room for play do we have here?
I appreciate any help, I'm far from my car right now so I can't just go out and measure.
What galaxy tab did you use? I'm looking at a galaxy tab4 7" but the dimensions are 7.36x4.25. As far as I know, a double din opening is 7x4.
An 8" galaxy tab4 measures 6.9x4.87...how much room for play do we have here?
I appreciate any help, I'm far from my car right now so I can't just go out and measure.
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