Handmade Car mp3 player
When I started the project I used Linux for the OS of the pc. The reason was that Linux can be customized in every aspect to meet my needs. But at the end
I found some problems with the linux remote control drivers, so i decide
to make the pc with windows 98. I removed all the unnecessary services
from the windows and i have made windows use winamp as the shell instead
of explorer. In total, I stripped down windows98 to only 50MB!. I made some modifications to Windows to remove the safety warnings at startup (Scandisk - safe mode .e.t.c) so I can turn off the mp3 player instantly without shutdown the windows first. So windows
now doesn't need to shutdown.
The lcd display -remote control - and all the info that the display can show, all are controlled from winamp(with some plugins I have found for winamp e.g LCD plugin-remote controll plugin etc).
I connected the Line out from the pc to my Sony cd player AUXin. So when I want to listen mp3s from the mp3 player, I just select source: aux-in on the sony cd player and i press the "on" button that I have put at the left of the LCD. I wait 25 seconds for the pc to load up windows and thats it.
The pc is a P1 200mmx with 48MB ram and 80GB HDD (to hold all the mp3s I have;) ). The pc case was taller and i cut it to take littler space on my car.
I had experienced some problems after getting it going. For some reason the pc after 20-40 minutes turns off. I have found that the problem was that the pc was getting too hot. That because I put all the circuits (inverter-power supply-motherboard-cpu e.t.c) on one closed box and after some time it was getting very hot ;). I solve that problem with a turbo fan on the front of the case ( you can't see it on the photos because i put it after i tacked that photos).
