Just became the owner of a Fiat Punto, with the Blue&Me Infotainment system. Appears that it really is 'Microsoft Car', a flavour of CE.
From what I have seen, it also has an API. Potentially great to deliver apps to your own car, even more so in combination with your WP7 device.
For example: TomTom has already done some nice things with this system. Their Navigation device can communicate via Bluetooth, and display things like trip-information, driver preferences etc. Other way around, Tomtom is able to push screens to the car's info-screen on your dashboard. Nice feature when nearing a roundabout, as it shows you the exact turn to take while the normal Nav-screen shows a 3D perspective.
Start thinking wild, and go beyond the regular 'play my music': What kind of magic would you like to see happening if your car had the Blue&Me Infotainment system and has been tethered to your WP7 which is mounted on your windscreen? How can they synergize into baffling proportions?
roady001 said:
Just became the owner of a Fiat Punto, with the Blue&Me Infotainment system. Appears that it really is 'Microsoft Car', a flavour of CE.
From what I have seen, it also has an API. Potentially great to deliver apps to your own car, even more so in combination with your WP7 device.
For example: TomTom has already done some nice things with this system. Their Navigation device can communicate via Bluetooth, and display things like trip-information, driver preferences etc. Other way around, Tomtom is able to push screens to the car's info-screen on your dashboard. Nice feature when nearing a roundabout, as it shows you the exact turn to take while the normal Nav-screen shows a 3D perspective.
Start thinking wild, and go beyond the regular 'play my music': What kind of magic would you like to see happening if your car had the Blue&Me Infotainment system and has been tethered to your WP7 which is mounted on your windscreen? How can they synergize into baffling proportions?
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Ok, I really didnt know exactly what to put for the title of this because its a pretty strange request.
A little backbrief: I have a CarPC setup with a 7" touchscreen in my dash, a computer in the trunk, a bluetooth module, a microphone, runs through the car speakers, and running a front end called RoadRunner.
Basically what I'm looking for is:
1) The ability to call out and answer phone calls through the CarPC (full computer). - Using the RoadRunner program there are some interupts built in so that it will automatically stop the music and switch to a screen that has the phone "skin", but I'm not sure what it all entails to make that portion work yet.
2) It must connect through bluetooth
3) The ability to read through the phone's address book and/or store the phonebook in the CarPC.
4) Speach activation would be nice, but not a 100% must have necessarily
5) The ability to read/write text messages would also be nice, but not required
Essentially the skin should be similar to this link:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/road...oadrunner.html
But the problem with that particular skin is that there is no support for WM devices, that is unless you have another piece of software called phonecontrol.net, but that software is now discontinued, so there's nothing for WM devices.
Now, I'm not asking someone on here to build something for me necessarily (even though that would be nice) but I am not sure what phone protocols there are to connect the bluetooth and use it, or if they are specific to the bluetooth adapters (bluesoiel, microsoft stack, etc) or if its all in the phone, and whatnot. I've got a good coding background, so its possible I can develop something, or modify something to work, but since there is a wealth of knowledge on this forum I figured someone on here might have some know how and ideas.
Thanks
So I'm considering starting a new project, but before I dive in I was hoping to get a little input from some more experienced people as to whether or not I should even try. I would like to try to really integrate an android device with a car stereo, being able to control the head unit with the android device, and display info from the stereo unit on the android device. Sony has a bus called Unilink, Clarion's is called CeNet, which they use to communicate with external devices like cd changers and wired remotes with displays. Sony makes an accessory that plugs in to the stereo head unit and has a usb port. I was wondering how difficult do you think it would be to connect the android device to this usb port, or a bluetooth connection and decode the info, and be able to send commands? The actual decoding wouldn't be too bad, there is plenty of literature out there, just writing the software to display and send commands.
Another option would be the new Parrot Asteroid which runs android, so the software to control a head unit exists (atleast when the Asteroid is released it will), so possibly a connection to the Asteroid with another android device?
Any advice would be helpful. Ive written a little software before, I've always been better at the logic/semantic part than with the syntax, so I've help developers with things like that.
I just recently put Sianto 1.6 on my CDMA Arrive. I also have a 2009 Ford Fusion sedan with Microsoft's SYNC system.
For some reason now, the phone seems content to not really do any real searching when Bluetooth is first switched on. The "five dots" progress bar at the top of the screen pretty much immediately disappears, so it's just left with "Searching...". It will not pick up my car's system, which I use for tons of things... calling family, answering texts, and listening to podcasts on the nearly 2-hour long drive between my university and my family's house when I go on roadtrips.
I did some more research in the ROM's thread. It would seem as if the DFT Bluetooth driver is used in order to facilitate file transfers between devices. This caused a problem connecting to another user's car system, but was solved with some Windows registry changes on the phone.
How do I get Bluetooth working again, either by disabling DFT's driver or other methods? What are the registry changes to disable it? I really have no need to transfer files via Bluetooth (that's what email is for), so that's not a big deal to me. I really value using the phone safely in the car more, and having my podcasts... the drive is unbearable without them.
Hello all.
I have looked around via the search tool but not found what I was looking for directly.
Background:
I have a sterling kit car. I am modernizing the entire car to look, act, and drive like a modern day exotic sports car. So of course I would want an in dash infotainment system. However this car is extremely small. In fact the roof is only 40 inches tall.
So after remodeling the dash I have room for a 5 inch tablet. I would like to use an android based tablet, but most of the units I can find are chinese, and Win CE 6.0 based.
Im looking for the following features:
Google maps 3D GPS/Navigation
Bluetooth for phone, camera and OBD2 system access
WIFI
Back up camera wireless
Driving rear view camera
OBD 2 bluetooth system access
FM radio
MP3 Play back
Parking radar system
HD quality touch screen
Auto on and off based on external voltage (accessory power)
Custom boot screen and animations
I know some of these would be add ons and not part of the base android unit. But I am finding it very difficult to find a 5" tablet I can use in this way. It would be mounted in the dash board with only the screen exposed.
Can a win CE based tablet be converted to run android?
Im looking for a believable OEM in dash infotainment system. SI would imagine the processing power should be pretty good for fast switching, and animation speeds.
Thoughts? Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Yaughn
I'm restoring a classic truck and doing some fabrication for a modern DIY headunit. Should I...
A) Mount a Galaxy Tab S8+, with a big beautiful screen, on my dash and connect to it with my phone via Headunit Reloaded?
-or-
B) Mount a big beautiful AMOLED touchscreen with similar specs on my dash and connect to it directly via HDMI out from the phone?
HR on a tablet seems great but there is some added complexity of HR not being supported in the future or Google bricking it with an update. Also I'd worry about leaving a LiPo in my truck. It would be idle potentially for over a week if I don't drive it, which could drain the tablet's battery, causing it to shut down fully, then requiring long bootup time.
I could get (pretty much) the same screen from aliexpress and mount that to the dash. No battery concerns. I'd just plug in the phone as soon as got in the car and then take the phone with me, running everything directly on the phone - audio out, etc. If I went this route, though, could I configure the resolution of the external monitor? Would driving mode work?
Anyone have experience here? Which approach would you choose? Why?
Thanks!
Maybe something over in the Automotive forum threads...
Android Automotive OS
Android Automotive OS is not Android Auto. This is more than an operating system designed to implement Google features into cars. It goes beyond just adding apps and navigation. Android Automotive OS controls the hardware of the car, like the AC, lights, seat settings etc.
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