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17th April 2014, 01:11 PM
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What's In Your AV's?
I'm about to order some AV input cables off ebay and currently deciding what to put in them.
In my A4 I had a AV Media box plugged next to the Tuner, extended the IR receiver and LED to the front of the car with a power switch. Before that I had a Raspberry Pi which was very good but a bit much for watching films or TV when I'm waiting for the Mrs to come out of work. I'm not keen on going that far again with the 8 and currently looking for ideas and other ways of doing. What have you guys got and can you control it from the front of the car easy enough enough?
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17th April 2014, 07:31 PM
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Blackberry bluetooth gateway in one to get internet radio from iPhone and a RasberryPi, but the Pi's not useful as I have found it very fragile and buggy. Will get one of those cheap SD card/USB video players later.
Last edited by snapdragon; 17th April 2014 at 09:01 PM.
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19th April 2014, 09:17 PM
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I had that orignally in the 4 and moved to the SD/USB players but the downside with them is that you have to move the IR receiver to the front of the car or have it in a position that you can point the remove at it.
I want to do away with that really. The wireless mouse/keyboard for the Pi worked really well. I wonder if I can get one them for the SD/USB player.
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[center] 06 3.0TDI Quattro: Options: Soft close Doors & Boot, Electric Blinds, Keyless Entry & Start, Bluetooth HandFree, Quad Zone Climate, APS+, 3 Spoke Sports Tiptronic Multi Function Steering Wheel, Heated Seats All Round, Black Leather Comfort Seats, AMI, Sunroof, Drivers & Passenger Electric Memory Seats, Auto Dimming Mirrors, Bi-Xenons AFS2, Dab, Digital TV, Reversing Camera, AV Inputs, Fridge, Solar Roof, TPMS, facelift rear lights, 3G, remote boot closure, Tow Bar.
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20th April 2014, 11:29 AM
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20th April 2014, 02:16 PM
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I extended the IR 'eye' to hang out the lower corner of the glovebox (as that was where DVD player was). That would be more difficult on the A8. The Raspberry Pi would be good, but frequently gets corrupted and OpenELEC and RaspBMC have awkward interfaces. I couldn't get the iOS remote app to work at all over WIFI, it just hung. So at the moment I have nothing. Maybe I will get one of these... http://www.aliexpress.com/item/high-...980133704.html when they're back in stock. Annoyed as it was £37 a couple of weeks ago.
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22nd April 2014, 07:37 AM
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Raspberry Pi is a no go I think and thing that requires IR is also a no go, unless you want to run IR cables over your A8.
Audifin, I might look into that Android box. That seems like a better option.
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[center] 06 3.0TDI Quattro: Options: Soft close Doors & Boot, Electric Blinds, Keyless Entry & Start, Bluetooth HandFree, Quad Zone Climate, APS+, 3 Spoke Sports Tiptronic Multi Function Steering Wheel, Heated Seats All Round, Black Leather Comfort Seats, AMI, Sunroof, Drivers & Passenger Electric Memory Seats, Auto Dimming Mirrors, Bi-Xenons AFS2, Dab, Digital TV, Reversing Camera, AV Inputs, Fridge, Solar Roof, TPMS, facelift rear lights, 3G, remote boot closure, Tow Bar.
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