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Here are a couple of photos of my setup. A fourth grader could do it, and it doesn't entail any modifications whatsoever to the car. If you have an old tablet PC lying around gathering dust, give it a shot -- to my mind, it's a hell of a lot better than installing a Chinese aftermarket unit in your dash, especially if it requires cutting things. Plus you can easily swap it out for successive model iPads as they become available, if you're one of those folks.
One thing that I find just GREAT about this setup is that at night, you can click the iPad off, and have no excess light. But it will still play your audio (whether streamed in or resident on the iPad) and the GPS will interrupt it as appropriate (I find that many times, just the verbal directions from the GPS lady are perfectly sufficient!). Note that even if the iPad screen is turned off, if you're playing iTunes or Pandora, the title of the track that's currently playing will magically appear at the bottom of your instrument cluster. I have no idea how this works, but it works.
The iPad really doesn't take up an inordinate amount of room, and the functionality is just awesome. Can't see how the Dynavin or Hualingen thing could come close -- maybe on their Android version, but I am guessing that would take a ton of work.
(You could of course just use an iPhone for all this. I prefer to keep my iPhone in my pocket; it's just easier to dial, etc., even if you use the hands-free. Plus the buttons are really tiny; with the iPad they are easy to select.)
Anyhow, here are some pics from my phone:
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12-12-2011, 02:57 PM
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