megadivers said:
I have a total of $758.00 invested so far.
I don't think this is a bad investment considering I was looking at buying the Lowrance 500c GPS/MP3 unit for somewhere around $650.00 shipped. I have an earthmate GPS receiver and a wifi card as well that I will be using with it. I chose the goose mount for the monitor so that I could easily get the screen out of the way if I needed to. I also like the way it looks when mounted.(Very Police-ish...) I could easily take this system with me if I had to trade my MO for a newer model as well. Zebelkhan, is frodoplayer touchscreen friendly and easy to setup? I was looking into mediaengine for the shear looks of it. The software seems to be the hardest part for me so far.....There are sooooo many choices. Which GPS software to use, etc.....
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That is a very good price. I used the same reasoning to justify putting a carputer in. That plus the challenge of doing a good job of it when I did not know anything about electronics! But I think it is coming along just fine...
You need to post a picture when you are ready. I like to see what your goose mount screen looks like. Sounds great though!
Froodo player is one of the oldest and easiest front ends to setup, is easy on resources and very touch screen friendly. It also has XM support if you ever wanted to put that in. Media engine is good too except it does not have support any more so it lacks features and if you encounter bugs, you will be on your own. If you like media engine though, then I recommend Road Runner front end. Road Runner was created based on Media Engine but it is supported by its creator. It also has nice skins, and if you are good with software, comes with a program so you can design your own skin. I have both Frodo Player and Road Runner installed but primarily use Frodo because one of its skins has orange and wood tone that goes extremely well with the rest of the gauges in the Murano, especially at night.
For GPS, the best PC based software out there for in car use, in my opinion, is iGuidance. Be it Routis 2004 (iguidance 1.1) or the newest version, iGuidance 2.1.1, it is touch screen friendly and has lot's of features. It also has good popularity which has led many of its users to find ways to "hack" it and customise it. Where it is lacking, there are many add-on software, also designed by iGudance users, to make it better. My version of iGuidance has customized roads, both color and width, zoom, has my daughter's voice giving directions, and I can use voice control to run it!