Well I have begun a new project on my 2002 X5 E53. I have had the car for a month now and have been searching for an iPod integration solution. The only options that I have found were 2 options. one being the Intravee II which would have cost me around $500-600 AUD, or the second being he Dice mediabridge. Looking on youtube I came to the conclusion that neither looked all that flash, I have come from a 7" pioneer DIN DVD player, with the intravee looking the better of the two. So with the price so high I have begun to think outside the box. What I have come up with is mounting an auxiliary battery and inverter, then installing a Mac mini computer. After purchasing everything I have now spent about $900, which is a bit more, but it will be a fully functioning computer running off its own battery. I will be posting photos of the whole install and hopefully a video for youtube for everyone who is interested in how it all works out.
My shopping list has included:
TV in motion - toysinyourcar.com
Av input/output lead - toysinyourcar.com
1 Dry cell battery - A good mate donated
1 pure sine wave inverter - eBay
1 Mac mini - eBay
1 dryarc solenoid - eBay
VGA to RCA cable - eBay
Just waiting for it all to drive in the post so I can get started on the install.