407 Android Tablet Multimedia Install

[JazzJPH]

Ahh right cheers mate, thanks for the heads up! Shame there isn't an easier way! I think I'm going to stray from the pillar pod idea, and maybe stick the gauges in the centre, above the MFD. Either way I will have to craft something...

Where are you located? I might just hire you to do it

[trem1]

Originally Posted by JazzJPH

Ahh right cheers mate, thanks for the heads up! Shame there isn't an easier way! I think I'm going to stray from the pillar pod idea, and maybe stick the gauges in the centre, above the MFD. Either way I will have to craft something...

Where are you located? I might just hire you to do it

Jazz i know these arent exactly right but 5 mins on ebay should maybe find the right ones


TWIN 2 GAUGE PILLAR MOUNT POD VAUXHALL ASTRA MK4 G | eBay

[chance2020]

Originally Posted by JazzJPH

Ahh right cheers mate, thanks for the heads up! Shame there isn't an easier way! I think I'm going to stray from the pillar pod idea, and maybe stick the gauges in the centre, above the MFD. Either way I will have to craft something...

Where are you located? I might just hire you to do it

Just found this one on ebay bit steep but shows they are available for the mk6

vauxhall astra h pillar pod | eBay

also
a universal one from demontweeks is a good place to start for a minimum mod job

Gauge Mounting Pods & Plates | Gauges & Instrumentation | Motorsport | Home | Demon Tweeks

and finally txautosport do some nice trick bits for the mk6 astra

http://www.txautosport.co.uk/gauges-27-c.asp



P.S. just be aware of any pillar airbags before you fix anything, I've seen folk drill straight through the airbag before

[JazzJPH]

Aye, the airbag is actually a curtain one up the side, so that's not a problem. I am thinking of putting them somewhere else. It's just so hard to decide!

[tb205gti]

Interesting.

An idea for the power button, use on of the empty buttons near the esp and locking/alarm buttons. You just need to rewire the switch down to the area.

Do you use automute with it? Then you can listen to radio while driving, and the have it mute for navigation.

As for the power off issue, can you not use locale with a power plugin? If power is lost, power off the screen, once power is back - turn on the screen.

edit: This locale plugin might do the trick:

http://www.androidzoom.com/android_a...ugin_flhs.html

edit2: I just tried locale on my Incredible S.

trigger: Battery -> power disconnected.
Action: Bluetooth off, wifi tethering off, sound off, screen timeout 10 seconds

and the other trigger

trigger: Batetry -> Power conencted
Action: Bluetooth on, Wifi tethering on, Sound on, volume 100%, screen timeout never

..And works like a charm, the downside is that the display is on for 10 seconds when you disconnect the power.

[chance2020]

Originally Posted by tb205gti

Interesting.

An idea for the power button, use on of the empty buttons near the esp and locking/alarm buttons. You just need to rewire the switch down to the area.

Do you use automute with it? Then you can listen to radio while driving, and the have it mute for navigation.

As for the power off issue, can you not use locale with a power plugin? If power is lost, power off the screen, once power is back - turn on the screen.

edit: This locale plugin might do the trick:

Locale Power Source Plugin - Android

edit2: I just tried locale on my Incredible S.

trigger: Battery -> power disconnected.
Action: Bluetooth off, wifi tethering off, sound off, screen timeout 10 seconds

and the other trigger

trigger: Batetry -> Power conencted
Action: Bluetooth on, Wifi tethering on, Sound on, volume 100%, screen timeout never

..And works like a charm, the downside is that the display is on for 10 seconds when you disconnect the power.

Thought about hardwiring the power button but I wanted an install that could be put back to standard easily if needed, also the tablet is untouched and can be removed and used as a tablet again, opted for a simple plastic push lever that operates the power button from the front.

[chance2020]

Quick update: been using the tablet for a week or so and everything has been working well no bugs or issues so far, the screen timeout is set at never so I have to switch the screen off when parking with the screen off app.
I only turn the tablet on and off (boot up and shut down) first thing in the morning and last thing at night, during the day I just press the screen off app when parking and all goes dark, as soon as I start the ignition the tablet comes back on, sorted
Satnav works great, the inbuilt gps is quick better than my old tomtom, the music and media library is a fantastic thing to have, no messing with cd's anymore got 6000 songs to choose from and when I'm sat in the car waiting for the missus there's a few films and tv series to watch to pass the time, but surprisingly one of the features I'm using most is the internet, It's really usable unlike my smartphone which was ok in an emergency, it's just like having my home computer with me at all times, it's been getting some hammer at work with everyone downloading drawings and searching for information, just thinking now about installing a small bluetooth printer in the boot

[carlowguy74]

that looks the business, would love to try something like that myself

[Ognjeni407]

i LOVE YOU MAN ...i have been searching for montsh how to instal fabric multimedia system..then when i found out that is not possible..i have been searching for months for universal double din multimedia solutions ( i saw online some people successeded in that )....

i have one important question ...is it possible in anyway to connect rear camera with tablet ? One of the features i wanted with multimedia system was rear camera...so is it possible ? ( with some other tablet maybe ? )

also one question...if you have peugeot information on tablet like petrol consumation and other things..why did you kept using that small display insteed of the lighter swithc on bottom ?

or maybe android can't read such information, like climate control, average consumation ?


one more question is your controls on steering wheel still working ?

[chance2020]

Originally Posted by Ognjeni407

i LOVE YOU MAN ...i have been searching for montsh how to instal fabric multimedia system..then when i found out that is not possible..i have been searching for months for universal double din multimedia solutions ( i saw online some people successeded in that )....

i have one important question ...is it possible in anyway to connect rear camera with tablet ? One of the features i wanted with multimedia system was rear camera...so is it possible ? ( with some other tablet maybe ? )

also one question...if you have peugeot information on tablet like petrol consumation and other things..why did you kept using that small display insteed of the lighter swithc on bottom ?

or maybe android can't read such information, like climate control, average consumation ?




one more question is your controls on steering wheel still working ?

The tablet I used has no input for an external camera in fact the usb is purely for power only, saying that it may be possible to get a bluetooth camera to work with it if such a thing exists ?? my 407 has parking sensors so it's not something I looked into.

The Torque app uses a bluetooth device plugged into the OBD port and reads engine data direct from the ECU and displays it in realtime on the tablet, so fuel consumption, revs,MAF,etc it can read pretty much every sensor on the engine and display it, but that's all it does (engine only) so I still needed the multifunction display for the climate control, radio display, source selection and CD display.

Steering wheel controls are unchanged and work as they should, the tablet is touch screen and the volume is controlled with the steering controls
Hope this helped