Last time we said the guy's guy put the Ying Weida Plate to the Great Cherno Kni of the 97-year, and he also made himself with the original multimedia system, no virtuality.
When I was a child, my family first had a 84-year Dodious Karawan, and later replaced it into 98 big Carrawan. I have been very eager to have the air-conditioned air outlets in the back row and some entertainment activities in the car. However, every time I have a Walkman or Walkman. In that year, although the backshoot entertainment system is very simple (cathode ray tube display TV or video recorder), it is still a special product belonging to some high-end models. For my childhood, I am a luxury dream.
However, due to a variety of reasons, the number of hours of driving together for a long time is not much, so every time I listened to the mixed magnetic band, I looked at the window. It became my normal.
Of course, now you can also buy a new car with a backshoot entertainment system, but their prices are not cheap. For example, Chrysler Pacifica (the successor of Grand Dragon) is the latest family car with a full entertainment system, including Blu-ray disc player, a touch screen of double game, and a HDMI interface that supports PS, XBOX. . However, this system has to increase price of $ 2,000 and can only be optional on top-bearing version (from $ 43,000). This price looks really too expensive, especially you can use some tablets to achieve similar features through your own modifications, and cost is only one-third of this system.
When I started planning to open my 97 Grand Cherokee, when I was traveling with the whole family, my two were 3 years and 5 years old daughter playing? I don't want them to wear headphones to listen to songs like me before, and there is no other entertainment in the long way. Therefore, like the previously modified center console, I am going to join the two Android tablets to provide entertainment functions in the rear seat.
Yingda SHIELD tablet is suitable for rear seat entertainment
In fact, as long as you like, whether Android or iPad can, depending on the performance of the tablet you want and what can be done. I chose two British Weida SHIELD K1 tablets. This tablet can support a lot of games, such as Running Kodi, Netflix, Crossy Road, etc.
In addition to the most basic video playback, this tablet can also be configured to run SCUMMVM. This software can be equipped with some classic games. Since my own childhood is in the 1990s, some games played at the time of elementary school, such as Putt-Putt Goes to the moon, I also think that my children can go to experience, understand what their dad is playing? game.
Humongous Entertainment This company has some games in the 1990s, including PUTT-PUTT series, spy Focus, etc., re-matching the package after Google's Android game mall, single game price of $ 4.99. This series of games matched 19 models in Android, all of which were purchased near $ 100. But I found that there is a 19 game on Steam, just selling $ 40, hehe.
Since the SCUMMVM that can run Steam, everything related to running software can be installed through the Windows installation directory. And I found a script on Reddit, which can automatically copy the desired Steam file to SCUMMVM to run the game, is getting more convenient.
Security problem with installation
In fact, I am most concerned about the installation location of the tablet, because this is directly related to personal safety issues. It is true that the shield tablet is less than one pound, but it is an unexpected occurrence. It is a potential projectile. There are some devices for only $ 15 only on the Internet, which can be mounted to the pillow of the front seats, as if it is the original screen of the original. But I looked at it, and their structures were too fragile, I still worried.
In the principle of having a problem, I ran to the RAM of Seattle to seek a solution. RAM is a company that produces notebooks, tablets, and mobile phone brackets, many of which are applied in law enforcement, emergency ambulances, and other professional fields. Using this bracket, I can also rest assured to the life safety of two daughters in my post.
The entire installation solution is a iron substrate produced by a RAM, a 6-inch bracket and a spring snap. On average, each set of materials and installation costs are around $ 70, which is not expensive than a mobile phone (remember this in the United States). 6 inch long brackets allow children to take it close. Although the spring buckle is designed for Google's Nexus 7 tablet, it still allows the Ying Weida Tablet's perfect adaptation to the bracket, and the installation is very fast and convenient.
Power wiring
Just like the center consolidated table plate, I also use the same right angle Micro-USB charger to provide power. I have to disassemble the seat cover to the line, and even the headrest. However, because most cars have a zipper, it is actually not very difficult, but you have to have some patients to arrange the way.
If you want to simply point, you can buy a cigarette lighter to convert the head, just I prefer to take electricity from the car wire and hide the wiring. The power adapter directly connects to the switch power supply of the car. In this way, only when the car is started, there will be electricity, and does not take the electric charge of the car battery.
Audio solution
Although SHIELD K1 tablet has a front speaker, it is very suitable for watching movies and playing, but I don't want to come back to Lego movies or supermario's voice when driving, this may make me unable to focus when I drive. So Dad, I will definitely be equipped with two little daughters. I am now using a wired headset, but this will make the wiring become very chaotic, especially the back row or two trick ghosts, each time the packages are enough to drink a pot. So this is currently just a temporary program because my ultimate solution is Bluetooth headset.
I have always been very good to the Outlier series of Bluetooth headset from Creative Labs, and their size is relatively small, suitable for children's small ears, and the outer casing can also replace the color. Although this goods need to be charged, the battery life is not bad.
The first trip after modification
Now my big Cherokee is still able to transform the direction of long-distance travel, so I decided to take a seven hours of road trip to test my central control system and the back row of entertainment system. So we packed your luggage and put on the roof box, pulled a pop-up camping trailer to Washington Aloi. This is a small town along the Poundley River, 30 miles from Canada.
This is the first time I opened this Jeep for a long-distance trip, and I only had two hours drive from Portland. On the way, I found some problems with SHIELD tablet on the center console, especially after I installed the Satech Bluetooth media button and OBDII Bluetooth adapter. The sound quality is relieved, and there is no way to enjoy music. And it is no way to connect the hotspots sent by my Samsung Gench 7. I believe that the latest SHIELD 4.2 software updates should be able to solve these problems, but this version does not support US LTE communication formats.
But I didn't have time to brush it into an international version of the firmware before the trip.
The two little guys are cool, my 5-year-old daughter has been playing the game, and the movie will be seen occasionally. And my 3-year-old little daughter fell asleep directly after reading a few movies, mom.
Installing a tablet on a car is an extremely time and effort, but if you really want to do it, it is another thing. In the final analysis, this is just because of my generous feelings, even if this solution is not low. If you have completely purchased a complete, you will get a $ 900 down. But if you have a AUX auxiliary input port on your car, you don't mind the suckable tablet bracket, the cost will compress a lot.
I spent $ 900 purely to modify a tablet for the car? In fact, it is not, after all, my Yingwei Dha Table has been playing at home, this is also a waste reuse? And now my wife get off at the store to buy something, I can play "Destruction Warrior 3", "Border" and classic Sega Olympic games in the car, I feel that my forces are still quite high. Haha. As for the entertainment system of the rear seat, I spent $ 600 to complete the purchase and installation of the material. I think this is very worthless, especially to those simple racks online. Not just because it is cheaper than those of the two thousand dollars, but the system is more excellent than the options provided by those manufacturers, and its only shortcomings are probably less than one is not very important HDMI interface. Bar.
Due to the province of a big money, I even suddenly want to put the alien R2 computer in the tail box, and then projected the picture to the car in the car to play games through the streaming media? A new plan is slowly generated in my mind ...
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