I know that there may be some high end machines out there in the marketplace that already have what I am thinking about.
Is there anyone that has made an all-in-one touch screen that can do the climate control, stereo, and navigation? If not then it will be a matter of time.
Some of you have shown the computer/DVD/navigation combo but what would make life grand is to have the climate control in it as well.

 

i know someone who is working on one for his car, an integra, if ur interested, PM me your number. This guy knows what hes doing, ive seen his work. He just opened up shop near me selling carputers.

 

Ive seen them all except the climate control. That sounds like an option that would have to come from the factory.

 

I was thinking about this more last night. In my industry (oil/gas engineering), the control panel used on the surface is a touch screen. At least on the project that we are working on it is.
The screen is a blank screen until the programmers are told what buttons to create and where to put them. Why should climate control be any different? It is a button that sends a signal to a servo that opens or closes the doors to the AC/heater ducts.

 

I dont know about the speed (left) or direction (right) *****, but the temperature (middle) **** is mechanical. Its not electrical like in most newer cars. It would be a bit more custom work.

 

i talked to my contact about it, he said that with our cars, we have vaccumm AC's. He said u would need to get a servo and ALOT of extra work to make it work. Cars with electrical AC's are VERY simple to integrate, using servos isnt.

 

Bummer. It seemed like it would have been a cool thing to have.
Thanks for the input.

 

Everything but the climate control.

Go for the pioneer Avic-n1.

I just missed buying it when I bought my dvd-7500 from them. It's a sweet peice too but no nav.