On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 02:27:56PM -0800, Bill Gatliff scribbled: > Thinking out of the box, pardon the pun... > > What if you just put a bluetooth speaker system in your car, and drive > it with your phone or other device?
Not as cool! ;) Ideally I'd also like it to not require extra fiddling each time I get in the car. I don't mind doing a reasonable amount of fiddling up front, but then it should just work. I suppose I could leave bluetooth on my phone on all the time and have it start playing automatically when it sees the car, although I don't expect that would be great for battery life... (It might not be too bad though.) Ivan > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Ivan Jager <aij+deb...@mrph.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm in the market for a new car stereo, and was wondering if yinz > > would know of an ARM based one that can run Debian. Something > > similar to the empeg but about a decade newer would be nice. > > > > I've searched the internets and find a lot of x86 based > > carpc's/carputers and even articles about running linux on them, > > but they all seem to be too power-hungry to run off battery. > > > > I've considered using my Netgear WGT634u with a USB hub, USB > > audio adapter, thumbdrive and bluetooth dongle, but my current > > car stereo doesn't have an aux input, and it's dying, so I need a > > new one anyway. (In case you're not familiar, the wgt634u is an > > ARM based wireless router with a 200MHz CPU and USB 2.0. I > > haven't actually tested whether it's fast enough to play MP3s, > > but it seems like it should be able to. It comes with a 5V 1A > > power supply, so it can't use more than 5W at most.) > > > > I now have a spare android phone, which would probably do a > > better job, but I'd prefer something less stealable, and I'm > > thinking of giving the phone to my brother anyway. > > > > So, anyone know of a good linux-based carputer? I'd like it to > > have 802.11 and be able to run off battery for at least a week or > > two. (I often leave my car parked for a week at a time, and I'd > > like the ability to copy music from my house.) > > > > Please CC me as I'm not on this list. > > > > Thanks, > > Ivan > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111222204632.ga22...@mrph.org > > > > > > -- > Bill Gatliff > b...@billgatliff.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111222225824.gb22...@mrph.org
