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Anode and cathode connections for the backlight.
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The LCD is just about half an inch thick.
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A nice mess of wires, solder and heat-shrink.
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I soldered a 16-pin header onto the board...
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...so I could easily connect/disconnect it, using this connector from a PC gameport.
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I'm using this power inverter to run the PC in my car.
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It works very well, even though it's highly inefficient to convert DC to AC to DC.
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Optional backlight intensity adjustment module sold separately.
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Retro, no? It's a 25-ohm potentiometer with an old-school knob.
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Backlight at "full tilt."
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Backlight turned all the way down (it's not really that dark, the lighting was just really bad on this photo).
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I cut out 1/4 of each corner, because that made the LCD fit perfectly (virtually locking into place) in my car's 2nd DIN bay.
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wires
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and wires
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and knobs.
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This is the removable drive tray that the hard drive lives in.
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It's a standard IDE drive; that connector is just for ease of docking into the drive bay.
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He's a little notebook hard drive. Well, not little... 40 gigabytes.
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I needed this $2 or $3 adapter to connect the notebook drive to a normal (desktop) IDE cable.
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Oh, that's my hi-tech rubber band suspension system.
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This tiny Gyration keyboard is perfect for the car.
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tiny,
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tiny,
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tiny.
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Mmmm wireless radio equipment :) makes my life easy.
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It's a USB keyboard... dems make Linux use an extra 3 or 4 seconds at boot time :(
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I ran an extra set of RCAs up to the head unit, because I want to run the musicbox through it so I can use its volume and bass/treble controls.
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That's the round CD changer plug that I'm going to use as an aux input to the head unit.
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I need to find something to make into a rectangular surround piece.
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MP3 count.
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With the backlight turned up.
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The inconspicuously positioned backlight adjustment knob.
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Some ls output... did I mention I put a shell prompt into my musicbox script?
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My hatch is WAY too crowded.
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I need to acquire or build a smaller case for this PC.
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Not much plugged in here... power, LCD power/data cable, audio signal (yes, it's an Audigy :), and USB radio keyboard.
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What a mess.
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Kicker ZR120 powering Infinity Kappa separates up front (the head unit isn't driving anything)...
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Rockford Fosgate Punch 250 a^2 powering the subwoofer...
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Ahh, the Kicker Solobaric 12-inch. This thing is a beast. You can throw rocks at it, it's so tough. I've had it for almost 5 years now.
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Heading up front: 2 pairs of signal cables, 2 pairs of speaker cables, and a 25-conductor PC data cable :)
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The keyboard fits nicely between the seats, but it goes wherever it wants to, being untethered and all...
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Some night shots.
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Volkswagens are the best.
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