my NEXUS 7 (formerly kindle fire) 'headunit' COMPLETE - Page 4

rotian28 · 12-12-2012, 01:53 PM

The things that stops me from directly placing my n7 into the dash are these.

1. tethering (iphone:n7) certain apps don't recognize the Bluetooth tether mainly pandora radio app. which is my go to app for music in the car. it does play spotify radio, have not tried other apps yet.

2. Hot/Cold. I live in the northeast where temps can range inside the car from 120+ to -20 very easily. I dont think the n7 will be able to handle the extreme cold or heat. especially the heat.

i love n7 and this setup.

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luan87us · 12-12-2012, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcolomde

I'll have to find out if ALL the settings get saved on to the ecu.

It is saved on the ECU once you flashed it. There is no need to keep the AP plugged into the OBD gate all the time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rotian28

The things that stops me from directly placing my n7 into the dash are these.

1. tethering (iphone:n7) certain apps don't recognize the Bluetooth tether mainly pandora radio app. which is my go to app for music in the car. it does play spotify radio, have not tried other apps yet.

2. Hot/Cold. I live in the northeast where temps can range inside the car from 120+ to -20 very easily. I dont think the n7 will be able to handle the extreme cold or heat. especially the heat.

i love n7 and this setup.

If you go on youtube and look up a show call "Amplified". They have some cool idea to mount tablets into the dash without it staying there permanently.

semiv6 · 12-12-2012, 09:01 PM

awesomeeeeeeee

ElectroFetish · 12-13-2012, 04:23 PM

This is so cool. Never would've thought of that! I'm guessing you just have all your music stored on your nexus? Or are you tethering a connection of some sort and using google play? what if you need to take the tablet out? easily removable? this is great, kudos.

black thunder · 12-15-2012, 01:21 PM

sorry havent been keeping up with this thread

watchespn app ftw?

Quote:

Originally Posted by konradlip

I love this post. I'm going to do something similar to this. I really don't want to use a radio since it will be an extra battery drainage. I found that a Clarion Equalizer does the job even better than a radio since it have 7v outputs and I don't even use the radio. A good place to mount it will be where the cup holder is. Also to make it look more fancy i would trim the radio bezel so you can see the whole black glass screen of the nexus. This would also bring it closer. I do have a question about the wiring tho. How it the battery holding up? Did the nexus die on you yet?

battery will last a good 4-5 days on normal everyday usage (to and from work) which usually means tethering for music. but as of lately ive stored songs on my tablet through spotify

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcolomde

Is that app accurate? how does it get the readings?

from my experience the app is not that accurate especially with the slow refresh rate. kind of cool to show people but i prefer real gauges. it uses a bluetooth obd2 adapter.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElectroFetish

This is so cool. Never would've thought of that! I'm guessing you just have all your music stored on your nexus? Or are you tethering a connection of some sort and using google play? what if you need to take the tablet out? easily removable? this is great, kudos.

spotify is all stored on the nexus. everything else is streamed and tethered to my phone. tablet is pretty easy to take out. takes like 10 sec

Quote:

Originally Posted by rotian28

The things that stops me from directly placing my n7 into the dash are these.

1. tethering (iphone:n7) certain apps don't recognize the Bluetooth tether mainly pandora radio app. which is my go to app for music in the car. it does play spotify radio, have not tried other apps yet.

2. Hot/Cold. I live in the northeast where temps can range inside the car from 120+ to -20 very easily. I dont think the n7 will be able to handle the extreme cold or heat. especially the heat.

i love n7 and this setup.

i think the nexus will fair pretty well in extreme temps. i used to have a ipod mounted permanently in my car and it used to face some really extreme cold and hot weather conditions (as much as VA would allow) and it never skipped a beat. i hope the nexus will do the same but im in southern california now so i think ill be ok

Chunks · 12-20-2012, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by black thunder

sorry havent been keeping up with this thread

from my experience the app is not that accurate especially with the slow refresh rate. kind of cool to show people but i prefer real gauges. it uses a bluetooth obd2 adapter.

The app is getting data from the ECU.... it's accurate, however it has a refresh rate of around 300ms.

To say it is inaccurate is simply not true.

black thunder · 12-20-2012, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chunks

The app is getting data from the ECU.... it's accurate, however it has a refresh rate of around 300ms.

To say it is inaccurate is simply not true.

thats what i meant. either way its cool but not worth depending on

gundamz2001 · 12-20-2012, 09:40 PM

Do you leave the OBD reader plugged in ? I just got one, was gonna plug/unplug it everytime, but I don't want to ruin the connector.

black thunder · 12-20-2012, 11:27 PM

yea. doesnt get in the way, for me at least.

luan87us · 12-21-2012, 04:09 PM

wow even the Bluetooth OBD II dongle still takes that long? I was expecting delays but 300ms is a very long delay lol. I was hoping somethign in the double digit at the most.

brasstacks · 12-30-2012, 01:32 AM

Hmm.. Is there anyway to move the N7 down at all? The position it is in now would bug me to no end!

kevinb721 · 01-03-2013, 03:36 PM

i dont think you can charge and use a usb otg cable for external storage at the same time...its one or the other (unfortunatly). i have a 1TB external drive i would love to use along with this idea. ive been trying to do something like this for a long time. started out with an old laptop running android and a single din flip out VGA screen...was a messy install didnt look professional. love this idea, might start it in the spring. thanks for the thread

Andrew025 · 01-03-2013, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevinb721

i dont think you can charge and use a usb otg cable for external storage at the same time...its one or the other (unfortunatly). i have a 1TB external drive i would love to use along with this idea. ive been trying to do something like this for a long time. started out with an old laptop running android and a single din flip out VGA screen...was a messy install didnt look professional. love this idea, might start it in the spring. thanks for the thread

Certain kernels support charging and otg.

davetsbass · 02-13-2013, 12:08 PM

Awesome install. I literally just did the same thing with a Kindle Fire using tetherGPS. My HU is in the glovebox like yours, but I'm looking to mount it somewhere else in the near future as my glovebox handle has been broken for years and it takes two hands to open the glove box.

What are you using for profiles in tasker to save battery? Have you found it possible to control the on/off state of the kindle when charging? I lose about 6% battery overnight with the following settings, but I imagine that someone has come up with a better battery management profile.

When my kindle sees power it turns on wifi and connects to my phones network, GPS, turns the screen on and volume up and opens maps.

When my kindle loses power it turns the screen blackout to 7 seconds, turns off wifi, GPS and quits tetherGPS.

12-13-2012, 04:23 PM	#79
ElectroFetish Scooby Newbie Member#: 340533 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Pittsburgh Vehicle: 2013 Impreza Sport Pearl white	awesome! This is so cool. Never would've thought of that! I'm guessing you just have all your music stored on your nexus? Or are you tethering a connection of some sort and using google play? what if you need to take the tablet out? easily removable? this is great, kudos.

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12-12-2012, 01:53 PM	#76
rotian28 Scooby Newbie Member#: 259164 Join Date: Sep 2010 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Fenwick Island DE Vehicle: 2003 WRX Wagon silver	The things that stops me from directly placing my n7 into the dash are these. 1. tethering (iphone:n7) certain apps don't recognize the Bluetooth tether mainly pandora radio app. which is my go to app for music in the car. it does play spotify radio, have not tried other apps yet. 2. Hot/Cold. I live in the northeast where temps can range inside the car from 120+ to -20 very easily. I dont think the n7 will be able to handle the extreme cold or heat. especially the heat. i love n7 and this setup. * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

12-12-2012, 09:01 PM	#78
semiv6 Scooby Newbie Member#: 340346 Join Date: Dec 2012 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Vehicle: 2002 wrx rally blue	awesomeeeeeeee

12-20-2012, 09:40 PM	#83
gundamz2001 Scooby Newbie Member#: 341198 Join Date: Dec 2012	Do you leave the OBD reader plugged in ? I just got one, was gonna plug/unplug it everytime, but I don't want to ruin the connector.

12-20-2012, 11:27 PM	#84
black thunder Scooby Newbie Member#: 210047 Join Date: Apr 2009 Vehicle: im a scooby guru really	yea. doesnt get in the way, for me at least.

12-21-2012, 04:09 PM	#85
luan87us Scooby Specialist Member#: 335013 Join Date: Oct 2012 Chapter/Region: RMIC Location: SL,UT Vehicle: 2013 Premium WRX 5dr WRB	wow even the Bluetooth OBD II dongle still takes that long? I was expecting delays but 300ms is a very long delay lol. I was hoping somethign in the double digit at the most.

12-30-2012, 01:32 AM	#86
brasstacks Scooby Newbie Member#: 321391 Join Date: May 2012	Hmm.. Is there anyway to move the N7 down at all? The position it is in now would bug me to no end!

01-03-2013, 03:36 PM	#87
kevinb721 Scooby Newbie Member#: 188314 Join Date: Sep 2008 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: m4sshole Vehicle: 04 wrb	i dont think you can charge and use a usb otg cable for external storage at the same time...its one or the other (unfortunatly). i have a 1TB external drive i would love to use along with this idea. ive been trying to do something like this for a long time. started out with an old laptop running android and a single din flip out VGA screen...was a messy install didnt look professional. love this idea, might start it in the spring. thanks for the thread

02-13-2013, 12:08 PM	#89
davetsbass Scooby Newbie Member#: 169729 Join Date: Jan 2008 Chapter/Region: RMIC Location: noco Vehicle: 2002 ts	Awesome install. I literally just did the same thing with a Kindle Fire using tetherGPS. My HU is in the glovebox like yours, but I'm looking to mount it somewhere else in the near future as my glovebox handle has been broken for years and it takes two hands to open the glove box. What are you using for profiles in tasker to save battery? Have you found it possible to control the on/off state of the kindle when charging? I lose about 6% battery overnight with the following settings, but I imagine that someone has come up with a better battery management profile. When my kindle sees power it turns on wifi and connects to my phones network, GPS, turns the screen on and volume up and opens maps. When my kindle loses power it turns the screen blackout to 7 seconds, turns off wifi, GPS and quits tetherGPS.