Super Unique interior mods!

Jayhovah · 01-17-2017, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

You could probably pick up a Nexus tablet the last gen was a 7", have one at home and my wife uses just to watch our Nest Cams. There was some discussion on tablet use on the forum awhile back about loading a custom ROM and a few apps you could use that allows the same functions as the buttons. This way the bezel could cover them and no need to do any extra mods.

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Originally Posted by ChaseZ

That would be sweet. I don't know squat about Android or custom noms but I'm sure there is a solution in there somewhere. Heck, as long as it will power on and automatically pick up the bluetooth from my Kiwi I'd be happy. Better of course if it would start up in the DC app.

Bonus points for being able to wire it to use the stock USB port in the centre console - without sacrificing charging of course.

I'll explore this a bit further. I know there are a bunch of threads on tablets in that cubby but this seems to be the simplest solution by a good margin.

I did some research into this a while back when I considered ditching the stereo to go full tablet integration... The Nexus 7 is the tablet to have for something like this because someone created a custom ROM for it that will allow the USB port to power/charge the tablet while also functioning as a USB host for accessories. With most other tablets you will find this to be an annoying barrier to tablet integration (you either get to power/charge the tablet or connect USB accessories, but not both). You could then use the USB host capability to integrate buttons (or even interface to your steering wheel buttons!), cameras, OBDII, external sensors, etc etc etc.

For something like this, it would probably be perfect. For completely replacing the stereo, I did not think it would be viable for two reasons:
1) Bluetooth calling - the tab can not connect to a phone to act as a hands-free device for calling... which sucks because it has all the necessary hardware (bluetooth transceiver, audio out jack, integrated microphone) . It's a limitation within android at the moment.
2) The custom ROM was only made for the Nexus 7, and I wanted to replace both the stereo and cubby with a 10" tablet.

Hope that knowledge dump helps someone.

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