Installing a tablet in lieu of a head unit

[ezhacker1]

Any updates on Tablet installs?
Apps to use?

I just use Power Amp and Torque. I hope to be able to run at least honeycomb so there is an easy way to multitask and change between those 2 apps. Plus dragging to see notifications does suck...compared to Honeycomb tap.

[Altitude]

Originally Posted by ezhacker1

Any updates on Tablet installs?

I've found the screen is very unresponsive in cold temps - sort of anticipated this.

So to solve it I bought a motorcycle grip warmer kit, cut a piece of aluminum the same size as my mounting block, slapped one of the warmers on the aluminum panel and screwed it to the mounting block. I've got it installed but haven't wired it up yet.

It gets so warm I'm just going to use to rapidly warm the unit up when I need it. When I have the time I'll probably build some sort of temp control circuit and add that on.

I've been using PlayerPro as the music player. Mostly because it has a volume control slider vs. the difficult to use fake knob style that Power Amp has. It made me realize that a lot of apps don't account for units without physical volume controls or in this case without access to them. You would think that every type of media player would have a volume control always on or available from the player screen. Not so. And it's annoying.