eddie1212
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Registered: 18th May 03
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can any1 help me n tell me how hard it is to wire up a laptop screen for use in my car. thanx.
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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its very hard mate i have one sat infront of me and to convert the signal, make it into the plug for the type of screen ur using, its proven to be alot harder than it may seem
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eddie1212
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Registered: 18th May 03
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have u done it? cause im desperatly wanting to do this. as it would be different and i cant say ive seen many cars with this
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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im still trying to figure it out mate but right now its proving very very difficult.
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eddie1212
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would having the whole laptop makee things any easier or not?
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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not really, you still need to get the signal into the screen, have u taken apart a screen and looked at the connections yet? they are different for a lot of em
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Dan
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how difficult would it b 2 remove a laptop screen, and extend the wires, so u could have screen in dash and other half hidden?? do they do infra red monitor laptop screens??
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Richie
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what u mean infra red? wireless?? lol no.
you could snap part of the laptop to make it work like that, but then there is cooling and access for the rest of it, think morel logically.
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eddie1212
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i wish it was that simple. i opene dit up n there is 8 wires all the same colour so i think im gonna have to jus figure somethin else out. 
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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i know where u can get brilliant 7" tft thin screens if u want one.
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eddie1212
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nah im really wantin to make this work as i want to have somethin different.
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Richie
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mate uv got more luck buyin a 15" tft monitor and sitting that in there somehow
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corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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wot about a computer tft monitor, would that work very well, cos i can get them very cheap.
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eddie1212
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i think there is a good chance that would work well. how much can u get one for?
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corb
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dunno, dads - girlfriends - son-in-law has his own computer company up north, got a laptop for £400 last year and its very good(apparently) i'd get it trade price, whatever that is??
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Richie
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you need to get an invertor and a compostite/s video to XGA convertor
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eddie1212
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can u give me a rough price for the invertor and anythin else i wud need
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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invertor, £45 for a 250 watt one, the xga convertor can cost between £50 and £120
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Garnz
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Registered: 27th Nov 02
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a fucking 15" TFT screen in ya car where ya gonna put that? would look sweet on the dash board lmfao
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LoudCorsa
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Registered: 17th Jun 01
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u can get 15" lcd TV's nowadays that would be better than a bodged up pc one surley - plus u wud have TV tuner built in.
how much can u get the 7" screens for?
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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£169, 7" in dash screen with remote control ect
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corb
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i was gonna put a 10.4" screen in the dash a few months back, but had a supply problem on the screens, so got a different one instead, smaller tho. Want a big screen now to go in the boot.
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
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most laptop screens have the actuall controler for the screen built into the graphics card, it wouldnt work properlly because of resolutions etc.
JW
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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^ It can now be achieved with alot of modification. It involves a composite to VGA powered converter than converts the signal to vga and resolution to 1024x768.
You also need the schematic for the laptop it came from which gives you pinouts ect.
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Dom
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yea, laptop screens are possible  its been done many times, ive seen a truck in the states that had one built into the dash, but it was powered from a pc so slightly different, but still required some work.
However, pc tft screens may be possible. The power isnt a problem because most of them are 12v, with an external 240v AC to 12v DC power supply, its getting a signal to them. However, like austin said, you can get composite to X/VGA converters (people use them for game consoles etc) and there about 40 odd quid 
I did have a crazy idea ages ago to put a whole lappy screen in the corsa (rotated 90o to portrait), running from a silent pc in the boot. From the screen i could control heater settings, listen to music, watch films etc etc. But the work involved made it abit of a bastard to do  so i gave up on it. But it would be interesting if someone tackled something like this
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