thinking of using a tablet as my radio

[blacqjak]

i seen on youtube a while back someone used a ipad as radio in a prius. i was thinkin of doing something similar but different. i want to use a smaller tablet as my radio but keeping my factory radio in. i want to install it in that open area in front of the shifter. the whole reason is to keep the factory look and be able to remove the tablet when i get out. what do you think?

[nando]

an android tablet would be pretty cool, especially if it had a little dock and you could pop it out and take it with you.

someone used a ipad as radio in a prius

that's like the gayest sounding thing ever, hahaha. :p

[blacqjak]

yeah thats what i was thinking with the android, but would it be enough to power a system ???.... and yeah putting a ipad in a prius was pretty gay but it looked cool..lol

[nando]

you're definitely going to want to run it through an amp, or it won't sound very good at all.

[blacqjak]

you're definitely going to want to run it through an amp, or it won't sound very good at all.

yeah that was the plan

[AndrewBird]

I suggest getting an in-dash equalizer with a volume knob and running the tablet into that first. That will make it so you don't have to use the tablet for volume control and will up the power coming from the tablet to better levels the amp can use. Not to mention sound a lot better as you will have an equalizer to adjust.

[lolcantturn]

This is good way to get your car broken into

[89AlpineM3]

this would be sweet, my ipad runs my whole home a/v system right now wirelessly

[Supadave]

My lil brother has done it in his e30, works great. He has a aux jack behind the radio, just plug it in

[bernzpeed]

This is good way to get your car broken into

that is why you take the ipad with you.

[kid325e]

I've beenn playing with the idea of connecting my phone to an in dash screen via HDMI, and just having the androids interface as the cars home "theatre" interface. Internet, music, phonecalls, etc. right there one the fly.

Sent from my G2X.

[rares]

hmmmm,ideaaas... very nice... i am intrigued...