After almost 4 nights off the boards.... I finally got the xbox project done. it's in my car and f'n awesome. Pics tonight!

- Softmodded the XBOX
- 80 GB Hard Drive
- XBMC (XBOX Media Center)
- Edited original theme for a blueish feel and used Mazda Logo on splash screen (also zoom zoom intro sound)
- Music, Movies, SNES/N64/Playstation/Arcade Emulation
- Connects to Xenarc Monitor and auxmod for sound
- Two wireless mini controllers used to navigate XBMC and play games

Future plans: MOD the CASE

PICTURES

XBOX UNDER SEAT (it'll be pushed back further underneath the seat once i reroute some wires underneath)


On main screen while highlighted over "Pictures" button:



Main screen when an audio file is playing:


Whole center console at night:



During the day:


Another picture during the day:


Hard to see, but Mario 64 is currently playing on the screen


The mini wireless controllers:



VIDEOS

CAR ON AND XBOX BOOTING UP
MAIN MENU AND WATCHING VIDEOS
MUSIC FIRST IN FULL VISUALIZATION AND THEN ON MAIN MENU
EMULATION: HONORING THE GOODIES OF YESTER-YEAR

Update:
THE NEW UPDATES: ZOOM ZOOM INTRO SOUND AND AUTOPLAY OF MUSIC

Critique away!

 

very impressive. How difficult was it to tap into the stock Nav wiring for this?

 

niiiiiiice

 

the wireless controllers connect ok to it? even though the receiver is behind you?

 

thats pretty awesome man..

 

Should... the controllers are RF

 

Rod,
Actually that's not the stock navi you see there. It's a Xenarc Touchscreen Monitor mounted to a Mazda Japan OEM nav mount that they sell to do just that.. mount your own monitor in there. Looks OEM though ;-)

The wireless controllers are 2.4 ghz, so it's just like your normal household wireless network, connects from any angle. I rarely use the controllers though for daily driving because it automatically plays music when i turn it on, which is its main purpose .... ton's of mp3's.

Thanks all for your comments!

 

sounds great. Looks even better.

 

thats badd *** i wanted to do that with my 1.6 hardmodded box.

 

thats awesome, i'll have to give that a shot. but, in the mean time, what i'm most interested at the moment though is your factory HU display. it has the mazda symbol and zoom~zoom!! Is that somewhere on the board? i'll have to search around for it. or is that not a mod and something that is just on earlier models that us later adoptors have missed out on.

 

i think its a sticker??? but if im wrong let me know how to do it!!!!



... on another note i installed a clarion 7" in dash with my ps2 in my mazda when i first bought it....i freakin loved it its a priceless mod...i loved playing it while in drive thru lines at fast food places the chicks in the window love it!!!!!

 

lol yeah it's a graphic i made on transparant overlay paper... thanks for the compliments!

 

hey night rider have mixed xbmc's milkdrop visisualizations with hallucinogens? thats some mad stuff when running @720p

 

lol, cool, thanks for the idea. i dont have the auto a/c so there is a huge blank space between the amb temp and the text. now i can get all custom on it, haha.

also on your xbmc, does it automatically turn on/off with the car? what are you using for power? just an inverter or one of those dc-dc power supplies like on a carpc. i was looking into the carpc route, but this seems much cheaper and more fun