XR6t.mercury Member 17 Member For: 20y 11d Gender: Male Location: melbourne Posted 19/12/07 06:11 AM Posted 19/12/07 06:11 AM Hey guys bring some stuff up from the grave - great site by the way. I am looking to media up my mercury XR6T and was wondering whether to go for the xbox or carputer. The XBOX would be the cheaper deal but I am keen to run some OBDII displays on the ICC. My question is can it be done through the XBOX media centre??? Any info would be great.
XF Falcon <put funny sh*t here> Member 3,365 Member For: 19y 10m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth, NOR Posted 19/12/07 06:15 AM Posted 19/12/07 06:15 AM I got no idea, so I don't even want to speculate but it would be a cool idea as my xbox is getting installed as soon as the DC PSU arrives in the mail.I'd say someone would have to create the software first to run on xbox and then its just a matter of running that software perhaps? I'm sure you could use the controller ports (USB) as input to the xbox for all the info somehow? Not sure!
XR6t.mercury Member 17 Member For: 20y 11d Gender: Male Location: melbourne Posted 19/12/07 06:18 AM Author Posted 19/12/07 06:18 AM I'd say someone would have to create the software first to run on xbox and then its just a matter of running that software perhaps? I'm sure you could use the controller ports (USB) as input to the xbox for all the info somehow? Not sure!that's cool thanks for the reply .. it's looking like it may have to be the carputer.
XR6t.mercury Member 17 Member For: 20y 11d Gender: Male Location: melbourne Posted 27/12/07 01:59 PM Author Posted 27/12/07 01:59 PM Not alot of luck on responses to the OBD to the XBOX - New question??Does anyone know of any OBD software that won't cost an arm and leg (Downloadable??) or even better a place to buy a OBD that will leave the misses talking to me the next morning ??? +
mrdamo Legacy Donating Member 94 Member For: 19y 6m 24d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 27/12/07 06:50 PM Posted 27/12/07 06:50 PM Ill tell you what I know about this. I want to do the same thing because I all ready have an XBOX with a chip installed. First of all you need to install Linux on your xbox. You can do this and still be able to use your other XBOX programs and stuff. Info can be found by googleing XBOX LINUX. or PM me and ill give you a bit more info. I have not got it running yet though and still have a fair bit of work to do on it. Once you have Linux stable you will be able to download a program called LINUX ICE(IN CAR ENTERTAINMENT) from www.linuxice.comFrom what I have read about Linux ICE you can use it for all your in car needs. GPS NAV, OBD, Music, Movies, Web Access and a few other things. There is a fair bit of info on the MP3CAR forums about it. that's most of what I know about it. I want to have my XBOX installed by mid next year so will have all the details about it then. But if it all gets to hard ill just build a mini computer and run everything off that.Hope this helps a bit mate.Damo
XR6t.mercury Member 17 Member For: 20y 11d Gender: Male Location: melbourne Posted 27/12/07 07:52 PM Author Posted 27/12/07 07:52 PM You are a champion! Thanks for the info, gonna get right on it.
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 20y 3m 13d Gender: Male Posted 27/12/07 08:43 PM Posted 27/12/07 08:43 PM mp3car will help you out alot too!
mrdamo Legacy Donating Member 94 Member For: 19y 6m 24d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/12/07 05:59 AM Posted 28/12/07 05:59 AM mp3car will help you out alot too!Yeah there is a heap of info on there about this sort of stuff. Comes in handy sometimes.
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