Acer a100 tablet as a head unit Options

[b22ri22an]

earlier i attempted to make a custom phone dock to replace my stereo head unit, but my fabrication skills were lacking. I wanted something cleaner and a little bigger screen size. I bought a acer a100 7" tablet and permantly installed in my dash and so far I love it.



first order of business was using a razor blade to remove plastic ribs and the 2 clips that were preventing the tablet from sitting flush



checking the fit to make sure I could get the whole screen visible within the double din opening

the using some double sided mounting tape around the edges of the inside bezel I pressed the tablet into place, hooked up the charger and the headphone jack to the factory amp




finished product, I should have been a little more careful with the mounting tape, was too close to the edge and is visible, tomorrow I will pull it back out and have the mounting tape a little further from the edge so that it isn't seen

better pic in daylight with toyota wallpaper


Update to include parts list
1x Acer A100 Tablet
1x Acer A100 Vehicle Charger
1x 12V Accessory Socket
1x 90 degree 3.5mm to RCA jacks
2x Male to Female RCA 2 way splitter
1x Wiring Harness Adapter for 6 speaker stock amp
1x Volume Control
1x 3M double sided automotive mounting tape

This post has been edited by b22ri22an: May 19, 2012 - 4:24 AM

[b22ri22an]

I too was thining of doing this but needed to think about how to wire it to the speakers?
Also finding a btablet which fits in the double dinns slot like this.

So my questions:
Whats the measurements of the Acer a100? And visable screen size?
How do you turn it on? Isnt the power button on the end which is now inside the dash?
Also how did you wire it to the car audio? Phono to amp>speakers? Can you not use an amp with remote volume controller wired to dash?

dimensions are 195 x 117 x 13.1 mm with a 7" diagonal viewable screen size, screen fills top to bottom but has about 5mm of bezel on either left and right sides when centered, however that extra bezel allows the front camera and home button to be accesible
I never turn the tablet off it runs on internal battery while sleeping with the car off, when the car is on it turns on the charger and brings the tablet out of sleep, i use an app called automate it to change the sleep states triggered by charger connection charger on = display never sleep charger off = 5 seconds till sleep
3.5mm stereo to rca female adapter plugged into headphones jack, male to 2 female rca splitter for both left and right channels plugged into the audio adapter and the scoshe aftermarket radio connector that connects to the cars stock amp. i currently use an app widget to control volume but a gain control is recommended for volume control, i have bought one just haven't decided where to mount it yet. of course you don't have to use the stock amp, you can use a separate amp, but the stock amp was good enough for me