C6 Android Tablet Stereo In-Dash Install

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Oct 2, 2012 | 07:04 PM

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Awesome job! I'm interested in doing this with my Camaro, but I'm stuck on one thing: how are you controlling the volume?

Im controlling the volume through the touchscreen. Basically I have a volume app installed that always sits on top. You can always hook up a manual **** to control the volume like this one:

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Oct 2, 2012 | 10:51 PM

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Very nice job. It looks clean and neatly tucked away.

Oct 3, 2012 | 12:29 AM

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This is by far one of the most neatly and professionally done mods to a dash I have seen in quite some time. Great work!

Oct 3, 2012 | 07:50 PM

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Amazing job. Really, I have thought about doing something like this for a while but you took it to a whole other level. In fact, it is so nice that I might just have to copy you.

Oct 4, 2012 | 05:52 PM

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Hard to tell how much light there truly is but how is visibility of the screen in direct sunlight? any issues with that?

Oct 4, 2012 | 06:52 PM

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Hard to tell how much light there truly is but how is visibility of the screen in direct sunlight? any issues with that?

i would think itd be similar to a phone... probably not any worse than my z130

Oct 7, 2012 | 05:58 PM

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how do u cope with the heat, both my ipad and my amazon kindle fire have tendencies to give me over heat warnings when left in the car

Oct 7, 2012 | 06:38 PM

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how do u cope with the heat, both my ipad and my amazon kindle fire have tendencies to give me over heat warnings when left in the car

ive never gotten an overheating warning on anything running android, and i've had previous phones pretty damn hot from overclocking the processor... I don't think it'd be a problem, but I may be wrong.

If it did, you could possibly run a different (lower voltage) kernel and have it run a little cooler, although that wouldn't really keep the tablet from getting hot while its not running

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Oct 7, 2012 | 08:12 PM

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granted I am here in florida, but yeah i have opened my car and had issues with tablets and phones running ios/android/windows phone give me temp warning from sitting in the hot car

http://cdn.thenextweb.com/apple/file...x2_1036c7a.jpg

Oct 7, 2012 | 09:32 PM

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yeah, ive seen it on my iphone back in the day, just never on anything android. not saying it doesnt exist though. I'm in texas so it gets pretty warm but I also don't have a tablet or phone that stays in my car during the day..

Nov 22, 2012 | 03:49 AM

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Im controlling the volume through the touchscreen. Basically I have a volume app installed that always sits on top. You can always hook up a manual **** to control the volume like this one: http://www.amazon.com/PAC-Remote-Amp...volume+control

REVIVING THE THREAD.

What volume app is that you found? I found an App called "Auto Screen On" that will let you wave your hand in front of the proximity sensor to wake the screen, as a way to get around needing to use the physical buttons.

Dec 2, 2012 | 07:42 PM

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any vids of this system in action...

Jan 28, 2013 | 10:02 PM

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any vids of this system in action...

I made a few videos of my install, which was performed in parallel with blazinblue. Check it out!

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Jan 29, 2013 | 12:41 AM

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Here is the rest:

1. There is an app called Tasker, It will be used to perform specific actions when the car is turned on/off: turns on the display, shuts off display automatically, ), as well as much more.

So when you turn the car on this app turns the screen on? Do you then have to unlock it? I suppose you can change the settings not to lock. Do you have the settings so it doesn't turn the screen back off?

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