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Looks good, you should cover up the Samsung with nikko pen or tape it up and make it look less like you've duct taped a tablet into your car dashboard, also how do you get 4 channel sound wouldn't it be crappy 2 channel audio from a headphone jack on a tablet? Love to see the quality audio that puts out
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Looks good mate
gotta get there one day :)
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Thanks guys :)
It's just using 2 channel audio at the moment, although somebody mentioned using a USB DAC. But I don't know if I will be able to get one working with it.
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A USB DAC would be the way to go!
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Looks great mate! What you can do is dismantle a genuine Samsung car dock and you will have a slim power connector with a ribbon cable and a line out.

@SilverGPX I have my tablet plugged into the AUX port of my $1000 head unit, which is tucked behind the tablet. Sound quality is excellent.
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Most tablets don't allow you to use a USB device and charge the tablet at the same time.
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Yea, that's my worry...
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Sorry for being harsh lol, I love you man.
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Hmm... Would it be safe to wire the tablet charger to the constant 12V...
I'm wondering if it would drain the battery overnight, or if it would be fine...
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I wouldn't, I would wire it to acc 12V, it sucks when your Batt goes flat.
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+1 Just wire it up to Acc. and set up a profile in Tasker to turn everything off and go into a battery saving mode when it is not powered.
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It's wired to ACC at the moment, but it's not getting enough time to charge as at the moment it's only trickle charging until my new charger arrives.
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Still better than a flat battery. Take it out at night and charge it from PC or socket for now.
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I'd rather not risk breaking my surround any more :)
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Charge it overnight incar with a 12v car trickle charger connected to your FTO battery.
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Don't have one :(
I will just leave it for now, it will hopefully keep enough charge to last until the new charger arrives.
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Used pvc tape around the top of the headlight.
Seems the seal on the drivers light has suddently failed as moisture was present this morning. :evil:
sh*t timing, can't fix till next year, and it'll just get worse by then. :roll:
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Technikhaus wrote:Got it installed :)
I'm not too sure if it's going to charge well or not, thanks to samsung's weird way of doing things...

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That's looking brilliant!

So yours a 7 inch as well right? How did you manage to place it over the eonon?
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Looks good
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3 in dump pipe installed, ecu re- flashed. WoWWW!!!
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