GWSteppin
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- 97 Sport 4wd OHV M5
Here is a video I did of the 'radio' project in my dearly departed Excursion. I apologize profusely for the nauseating detail.
With the X sitting in my garage harboring a dead 7.3, I've decided to pull the guts of the sound system out and put them in my Explorer. I'm going a slightly different route this time - instead of the Nexus 7 tablet, I'm going to use a Raspberry Pi and Android Auto.
Here is what the radio opening looks like at the moment. Notice the knob in place of the cigar lighter:
A close up of the knob:
This knob is the gain control which will be connected to a JL Audio TWK D8 digital system processor.
Fits in there pretty nicely, and almost looks OEM.
Here is the plan - my phone will be connected to the Raspberry Pi, which will be emulating the phone display on a larger 7" screen in the double-DIN hole where the radio once resided. With Android Auto, I get music, phone, nav, and I'll even have a backup camera.
The audio from the Raspberry PI will be sent to the DSP where the knob already installed will control volume. From the DSP, the audio will be sent to an Alpine amp and then out to the speakers.
It's really quite simple and almost elegant.
I'll post more as I go along if anyone cares to see it
With the X sitting in my garage harboring a dead 7.3, I've decided to pull the guts of the sound system out and put them in my Explorer. I'm going a slightly different route this time - instead of the Nexus 7 tablet, I'm going to use a Raspberry Pi and Android Auto.
Here is what the radio opening looks like at the moment. Notice the knob in place of the cigar lighter:
A close up of the knob:
This knob is the gain control which will be connected to a JL Audio TWK D8 digital system processor.
Fits in there pretty nicely, and almost looks OEM.
Here is the plan - my phone will be connected to the Raspberry Pi, which will be emulating the phone display on a larger 7" screen in the double-DIN hole where the radio once resided. With Android Auto, I get music, phone, nav, and I'll even have a backup camera.
The audio from the Raspberry PI will be sent to the DSP where the knob already installed will control volume. From the DSP, the audio will be sent to an Alpine amp and then out to the speakers.
It's really quite simple and almost elegant.
I'll post more as I go along if anyone cares to see it