••••••Finally - Mac Mini In Is300!!•••••• - my.IS

Just IS · 02-21-2005, 12:02 PM

Well some of you know a project I have been working on and finally finished for the Orlando meet. Well Here are some picts for the ones who couldn't make it.

It has WiFi and Blutooth Connection. Wireless Keyboard and Mouse and USB 2.0 and Firewire Hub. Also can hook up up to 8 webcams a record at the same time. Besides all the other cool Mac Apps.

INSTALL BY: AUDIO ELITE
12823 SW. 134Th Court
MIAMI, FL 33186

PH# 305-378-6690 ask for David

Lexus IS300 Mac Mini Side Shot:

Another Lexus IS300 Mac Mini Side Shot:

Lexus IS300 Mac Mini In Glove Box:

Lexus IS300 Mac Mini OS X Screen:

Lexus IS300 Mac Mini iTunes Screen:

Jsmply · 02-21-2005, 12:05 PM

Looks nice!!! Amazing finish on the job! You could probably lease yourself out to other IS300 owners =).

1QWKLEX · 02-21-2005, 12:20 PM

sweet! good job! so, u watch DVD's? Itunes? pick up wireless networks and surf the web?

lexusboi · 02-21-2005, 12:28 PM

nice.....pretty nice....just curious how much it all cost you to hook it up

Yino · 02-21-2005, 01:44 PM

also do you know what they did about powering the mac mini? whether they just went with an ac inverter or whether they actually went with a straight dc solution.

thanks

azzurro · 02-21-2005, 06:32 PM

Very nice, very clean...

Is your mini connected directly to your amp, or is it an auxilary input into a head unit (I'm not familiar with that pioneer unit... is it a head unit or just a screen)?

Do you plan on using the mini for navigation at all? I noticed the factory nav, just curious if you know of any good software for the mac.

Once again, very nice.

**METEORO** · 02-21-2005, 07:49 PM

very nice set up, really clean. They are like 5 mins away from my house

Just IS · 02-21-2005, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 1QWKLEX

sweet! good job! so, u watch DVD's? Itunes? pick up wireless networks and surf the web?

Thanks and yes all of the above.

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Originally Posted by Yino

also do you know what they did about powering the mac mini? whether they just went with an ac inverter or whether they actually went with a straight dc solution.
thanks

Its hard wired through an ac/dc converter w/option to turn off and on

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Originally Posted by azzurro

Very nice, very clean...

Is your mini connected directly to your amp, or is it an auxilary input into a head unit (I'm not familiar with that pioneer unit... is it a head unit or just a screen)?

Do you plan on using the mini for navigation at all? I noticed the factory nav, just curious if you know of any good software for the mac.

Once again, very nice.

No I connected it to my audio/video inputs on the back of my Pioneer brain (the 9000r I believe it is). The screen is seperate w/ a built in CD player. I play the dvd's through the Mac Mini. Besides watching dvd's my favorite part is watching the iTunes graphic display. It rocks! The navigation I'll stay with the factory one. What kind of software are you looking for? A Nav one or something else? I have software for just about everything. LOL

Thanks for the complements.

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Originally Posted by METEORO

very nice set up, really clean. They are like 5 mins away from my house

Thanks, I really happy with it. I have many other ideas that I would like to do, so we will see what happens. If your thing about doing this give them a call they are good people.

Yino · 02-21-2005, 10:36 PM

trying to figure out what a fair price for this kind of install is, I'm in so cal so don't wanna waste their time by getting a quote from them, do you have a rough estimate of what the cost was?

vlad_a · 02-22-2005, 08:13 AM

Clean install.

For those looking to do something similar, you may want to get a Xenarc screen instead. This way, you'll be able to get touchscreen support and decent resolution.

splinter1 · 02-22-2005, 08:14 AM

Congrats!!!! I'm glad to see you were able to pull it off!

"Do what you can, and not what people tell you you cant"

Congrats!!!

vlad_a · 02-22-2005, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by splinter1

"Do what you can, and not what people tell you you cant"

True that. Do what you can, not what you can't.

planetside · 02-23-2005, 12:29 PM

Very nice install. I was poking around on the 'net looking for some Mac mini car installations for my website www.macminichat.com, and yours was the first one I found. Very nice!

vlad_a · 02-23-2005, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by planetside

Very nice install. I was poking around on the 'net looking for some Mac mini car installations for my website www.macminichat.com, and yours was the first one I found. Very nice!

PMd you where to look.

altezzagita · 02-23-2005, 01:12 PM

very nice install!