Acer a100 tablet as a head unit Options

[yellowchinaman]

I was looking in another direction of buying a GPS sat nav specific android tablet which is cheaper and does the job too but the spec isn't as high.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251076209058?ssP...984.m1423.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140759378563?ssP...9#ht_4787wt_913
no to mention that the home and return buttons are usually along the bottom not on the side outside the screens.

[b22ri22an]

500 its a drop in the bucket for most people here...

apparently i'm not most people.... $500 is months of saving above my bills. saving $200 to buy the tablet took 3 weeks.

[kurt95gt]

500 its a drop in the bucket for most people here...

apparently i'm not most people.... $500 is months of saving above my bills. saving $200 to buy the tablet took 3 weeks.

Same here man. 500 takes time lol

[njccmd2002]

lol, JK.

the most i paid for a radio was 300, and thats the current one i have, no intention to change it sooner, a tablet would be ok, i just dont drive the celica that much.

so................

woud 200 be drop in the bucket?

[b22ri22an]

lol, JK.

the most i paid for a radio was 300, and thats the current one i have, no intention to change it sooner, a tablet would be ok, i just dont drive the celica that much.

so................

woud 200 be drop in the bucket?

$0.25 would be a drop in the bucket anything over $50 requires planning

[JPATTT]

^agreed

[masr1979]

I'm running the same setup, but I haven't really haven't mounted the tab. I've been waiting to find a bezel to play around with, but have had no luck, so in the mean time I'm just using the tab and placing it on my lap, I have a stereo bluetooth adapter hooked up to the amp, and automateit set to open Apollo (media player) as soon as it connects to the BT adapter. Sound is good, but I need to get another amp and an external volume control... plus I need to mount the tab, but I'm also going to probably wait 'til I get a nexus tab, or the new kindle fire which I much rather use just because I'm not a fan of Nvidia... of course, if amazon doesn't have either a) sdcard slot, or b) usb host functionality, then they are out of luck.

I just wish I could mount it outside so that I can remove the tab when I get out of the car, but at least with the A100 there's no way to do it so it looks clean, at least none that I can think of. I bought one of those sleeves for the tab, thinking I could slap something like fiberglass on it to harden it to make a cradle, but the tab is a wee bit too wide to fit properly.

*EDIT* I almost forgot, I also set the tab to say "Hello Manny" when it connected to the BT adapter. I freaked out a friend one time since I set up a 5 sentence conversation between me and the car, for a sec I had him thinking I was called Michael Knight *EDIT*

This post has been edited by masr1979: Jul 10, 2012 - 6:40 PM

[toyota123]

B22ri22an. I have a question for you . I know some who can custom make me a tablet to almost what ever specs I want for pretty cheap because he owes me a favor. I have a couple of ideas in mind he says usb host support isn't a problem to install so no issues with storage space luckily .I really want something with Beats Audio on it (love the sound enhancement it offers) which he says is also no problem buy it Dosent work with a Bluetooth out connection so finally I get to my question. If I have him hard wire an audio in can I run the head unit through the tablet to make it work or better yet he tested another option and says he can get a tablet to run 2 different Bluetooth modules at the same time. Can the head units Bluetooth module be used to broadcast a signal out instead of just in. The reason I prefer this route is I won't have to disconnect from Bluetooth OBD2 adapter. Do you have any ideas on the success of either of these two options. Or any ideas you can offer.up to help

[b22ri22an]

B22ri22an. I have a question for you . I know some who can custom make me a tablet to almost what ever specs I want for pretty cheap because he owes me a favor. I have a couple of ideas in mind he says usb host support isn't a problem to install so no issues with storage space luckily .I really want something with Beats Audio on it (love the sound enhancement it offers) which he says is also no problem buy it Dosent work with a Bluetooth out connection so finally I get to my question. If I have him hard wire an audio in can I run the head unit through the tablet to make it work or better yet he tested another option and says he can get a tablet to run 2 different Bluetooth modules at the same time. Can the head units Bluetooth module be used to broadcast a signal out instead of just in. The reason I prefer this route is I won't have to disconnect from Bluetooth OBD2 adapter. Do you have any ideas on the success of either of these two options. Or any ideas you can offer.up to help

sorry haven't been on in a few days, the head unit idea wont bluetooth wise because no head unit broadcasts bluetooth only receives, you can have your tablet audio over a head unit but not the other way around, if you have a tablet with an audio in you would be able to get sound from your head unit into the tablet but without a data port connection you wouldn't be able to control the head unit from the tablet, and even if you did manage the data connection for control custom software would have to be written for the control and ui. most tablets can handle more then 1 bluetooth connection at a time example i am running bluetooth audio and tablet talk via bluettoth to my phone and have no issues so i dont think you need 2 bluetooth adapters in the tablet. hope that was helpful

[toyota123]

It was thank you I want to hard wire head unit through tablet because a) I need to have a radio sometimes and B) Beats Audio won't enhance athe sound through a Bluetooth only hard waited connections. I'll let you know how it turns out when I'm done I.may be attempting a dash fab for the project so it may take a while though

[yellowchinaman]

just bought my self this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230695517570?ssP...#ht_2064wt_1097

and this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140759378563?ssP...9#ht_4787wt_902

I think that's everything I'm going to need