screen in cubby hole, what to hook up?
 

i will be installing a 7" monitor in my cubby hole, it has 2 (i'm assuming) regular a/v connections. i would like to be able to hook up an xbox 360 to it possibly. what are some other cool things i could hook into it?

I would put a spot for a "MYFI" or another wireless broadband network. That way you can play 360 while driving & can check webmail..

I have one for my car.. 50 Bucks I think

Just a thought

Playing xbox while driving sounds safe.

you can do a carpc... like mac mini or something

The car has two seats. Settle down!

I just made an observation. You said play while driving. I was also just bustin your balls so YOU settle down lol :tup:

TOUCHE! Now i feel like a real hater. My apologies sir, I should of clarified.

"370z Concept Car W/3rd Row Seat for Xbox Gaming"--- Photoshop Project for someone on here?

No worries bud glad we cleared that up :tiphat:

All the aftermarket screens I've seen installed in the cubby look wierd IMO. The only way it looks right is if its recessed back like the factory Nav. screen. To me, the only acceptable use for that screen would be for navigation or on something that shows vehicle telemetry data. Leave the x-box at home... Fast and Furious cars don't even have them any more.

i did mine myself..I went for the recessed look..I use mine for a nav and car PC....Cost me about $30 in material and alot of scratchn my head...By turned out decent....

Not bad looking...trying to figure out what to do with my 370.

I have been looking around to see what I can do in mine. And I came upon this thing for the iPhone

Mimics

You could probably buy the module and get a modify a monitor and put it in the cubby hole...

But I have an android and I am not switching, so this is not an option for me...

I don't understand how you got Garmin navigation on that upper screen. Does your HU have Garmin with video out that allows the nav to be routed to a different screen? Or is that an actual Garmin GPS that you have in there? Or is that some kind of Garmin software that you have running on a Car PC, and if so, how did you do all of this for $30? More info needed! I'm looking for a way to get Garmin nav in my cubby area.

Been wondering what to put in there myself, somehow having it holding my sunglasses feels wrong.

I put both my shades in the cubby :tup:

Iwan..go buy Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1...and do like me..hehe

http://www.the370z.com/members/zen-a...n-assure-u.jpg

Item needed :-

1. Cheapo black casing ~ 15 bucks
2. Cut all leather on that booktype leather casing
3. Buy velcro (with double side tape on it), put it at the back of the casing
4. Take another velcro 2 each and wrap snuggly around your cubby lid. You can remove this velcro anytime or just leave it there like me. NO NEED TO GLUE IT TO CUBBY !!
5. Stick your galaxy tab and try push it downward, that should give it abit of assurance.
6. Buy a bluetooth headset with audio jack out and put into AUX or hardwire into your amp if you have it. Then pair both, mine play stereo via A2DP.

I listen to acoustic music all day long (Had a long list of music vids from Boyce Avenue) and damn it sounds good. I've been driving around with the tab on my car for past 1 month, it doesnt move at all even with my hard spirited driving :D. Best thing is, i can remove the tab within a minute, just unhook wire and pull from top.

wow that sure looks good! thumbs up for picking samsung :tup:

i've a hard time deciding ipad 2 or galaxy tab 10.1.. which one is better on your opinion?

choices choices choices :shakes head: :roflpuke2:

TAB for me as i have my ipod touch...i'm bored already with ipad and the interface, love my new Samsung Tab...WIFI/BLUETOOTH/HDMI OUT/3G..everything under one hood..the screen is gorgeous !! Now looking for OBD2 plx bluetooth interface so i can pair it :D...With the tab, i tend to park my car more and watch movie on it..10.1 FTW !!

Haiyaa if you said like that, i guess i'll have to go to samsung's retailer and try them out lol. how do they response to the touch? fast and responsive like ipad's?

good luck with your search for OBD2 bro :tup:

I did simular thing using the 7 inch tablet... 10 was just to big i dont like how that sticks out but to each their own.

Nice screen !!..Poor cubby lid :D

kholy- that actually looks pretty good! :D

That is ******* sick. Do u have pictures and instruction for the install

I've got a similar desire to put some sort of useful screen in that cubby. I had pondered a Nexus 7.. a car pc.. or some sort of dedicated obd2 interface (seen a couple). I'm liking the ideas from this thread. Please keep the ideas coming!

Nexus 7 is now the best thing for it... at 200 dollars your local car audio place could prob fab your cubby for around 150 at MOST.... so total 350 and you have badass screen with navi? AWESOME!

im actually going to be changing mine from galaxy 7 to nexus 7 hopefully soon

Thats sweet! Looks to be my next project, not bad for a total of $350.00

I did the dedicated OBD2 system and went a step further and bought the OEM navigation piece. This is a bit more than $150 since it is through Nissan, but I had the custom built option for awhile and wanted something cleaner/OEM looking. Ended up with this:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...512/Teaser.JPG

What are you going to do about the hole where the oem nav controls would go? I love the idea of putting a screen up in the cubby, but I just haven't seen it pulled off quite right. There's always "something" that turns me away...

find a machine shop in your area that does custom work and have them make you a plate that can fit in the oem nav controls spot. :tup:

I have a piece of painted plastic which covers the OEM nav controls.
Most people think what I have is OEM, I have had people ask if I could put a 5" touch screen in that spot which could control things, or if you have a carPC it can control the PC.

Can you post a pic of what it looks like now with the control location covered?

The picture above has the location covered, it is not flush with the cover making a smooth transition. We could not get it to look properly without spending a lot more time and money so it is mounted below.

I got you. No offense, but that would just drive me nuts! Don't get me wrong, the screen part looks great, but that hole for the buttons would just bug the hell out of me.

This is another picture I have, this is as close to driver position I could get.
The 'hole' you see around the edge is not really a hole just shadow. The OEM nav pieces bow slightly so bending the plastic is not perfect. If I could have gotten the OEM buttons for cheap (they are overpriced even at dealer price level) I would have tested them and see if I could have wired them to be functional with my HKS camp2.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-r...A0ABAEB6B9.JPG

How smooth is the transition between the dash kit around your Headunit and the oem nav bezel around your screen? That would be another issue for me..

They ended up using an OEM lower piece with the Kenwood head unit which you are not suppose to do so there was a gap on the left/right sides. It was filled, but I just need to buy an aftermarket one and it will all be flush with no filler.
With the lower piece what we did was cut the top to make if flat (it curves normally) and then shaved a little off the bottom just above the buttons to bring the head unit down so I had access to the DVD/CD slot if needed. Did not have to do this part but it gave me easier access to the slot.

Here is another one done in Houston by a friend. He cut the OEM nav control piece out completely so he could use the OEM lower face with no cutting required. I do not have the final picture after he covered it up though.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/IMG_1625.jpg

I love the set up Dreamer. I currently am finishing up mine and waiting in anticipation for my Nav Bezel unit (entire piece) to come so I can swap it all out. I am really thinking hard as to what I want to do with the empty space, and think that for now, just cover it up. Once the TT setup is done maybe boost gauge, or even a mousepad as touched upon in a few other threads.

I think the touchpad would be nice if once could be found to fit the different diameter of it.

you can pick up the stock nav keypad off ebay from g37's etc.... but lowest I saw them are about $150...... unless you run a computer, would be tough to program the keys...

got my 370 yesterday and Im realy interested in replacing my head unit with an alpine deck doesnt have to be touch screen and also place a GPS unit on the "chubby" anybody got suggestions?!

Currently whats in the chubby now is an Sirius head unit connected to the radio and I want to take it out.

Mounting a full head unit in the upper cubby is going to be hard, so far no unit I am aware of is small enough to fit without sticking out a lot. You can do a new head unit in the lower area and an additional screen in the top. I know some head units support external monitors to do multiple things. :tup: