[tcb] Re: @WL Re: Laptop (New thread from the electricity bit)
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:25:35 -0700 (PDT)
Y'all are going way to High Tech for me. Just a radio and I map is all that is
needed.
"Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I looked at using a "front westy table" and thought it might be too high
while in motion. The shifter is going to be a problem trying to get it
lower. A fabricated cardboard screen shade should solve most visibility
issues. My laptop didn't have any problems staying open on the passenger
seat on my ride back alone -- I just couldn't look over and see it easily.
I think Streets and Trips does voice, I just haven't played with that yet.
I know my Delorme mapping software does but I haven't gotten it to
regognize the USB GPS yet (haven't installed it on the laptop actually and
I get no signal in my office). I'll have to see if I can talk my radio into
playing sound from two inputs at the same time. If I'm listening to the
Sirius satellite radio then I can add the computer in using a "T" connector
since the Sirius receiver connects through the AUX input -- but if I'm
listening to CD's or the radio then AUX will be cut out. I don't think the
dinky litle laptop speakers will be loud enough -- I can add a set of cheap
amplified computer speakers though. That's how I did "music in the Rivi"
before actually adding a radio. 12 Volt computer speakers and the Sirius
receiver.
The GPS is just another "toy". When the Rivi is operational I might
actually use it a bit as I plan to start taking my 4 day off weeks and
heading into the hills west of San Antonio (Medina, Bandera, and Uvalde
counties in Texas). Great "get away" camping (if you can live without A/C
). It'll be nice to have then. I don't mind being "lost" -- until I'm
on a deadline to get back home. Spent a couple of days living in the woods
on a 600 acre deer lease when I was a teen because I lost my bearings the
first day -- then decided I had a week and just wasn't all that worried
about getting back to the camp. Luckily we had radios so I could avoid
having search parties sent out when I didn't show up at nightfall ... twice
. Slept sitting in a tree (wild hog country) and ate the sandwiches I
had packed out with me -- got serious and found my way back to camp when
the food ran out. Not much edible growing in October and the little 410 I
was carrying wasn't much use for shooting deer.
Gerald
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:39:25 -0500 Denis Dodson
wrote:
> Are saying that Joe considers being lost an adventure?
> My GPS is on my Zire 71 Palm Pilot. I have stuck it with velcro to the dash
> next to the
> fuel gauge. I can hook it to my radio and after I punch in the destination
> it will talk and tell you where to go. One problem is, though, that the
> volume in the talking is always lots louder than the radio and when it cuts
> in it scares me and sounds like it's angry and you're stupid: TURN LEFT 100
> FEET!!!
> From: Mark Sawyer
> It's much more of an adventure if you don't know where your going. ask Joe.
> Dan Martin wrote:
> We use our laptop and Magellan GPS in our bus. I got this table from
> Bus Depot:
> http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=A6770W
> I have not mounted the table yet. We did some "test runs" and the
> movement of the bus and vibration were more of a factor than I had
> expected. I also discovered that the screen will not get bright
> enough to see well with it mounted so high in the bus. I saw a
> picture of a bus with the dash cut (shudder) and a smaller laptop
> than mine mounted IN the dash where the radio and speaker were
> mounted. It also had a visor mounted on the screen. We found that
> having Katrina hold it in her lap was the best place, she could tilt
> the screen so she could see the screen well and cradle the whole
> thing enough to not have the screen flapping around. It really does
> shake allot when on anything solid. I ha ve not come up with any
> better semi permanent place to mount it. I think if I was alone I
> would just set it on the seat and cover it with a towel.
> On Jun 22, 2005, at 1:43 AM, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
> > Speaking of laptops. If I actually get the Rivi running I need to figure
> > out a front mount for the laptop so I can watch movies while I drive.
> > No, really. I bought a GPS receiver off of Ebay and it is REALLY cool
> > used with M$ Streets and Trips. Kept my 9 year old niece quite
> > entertained on that last trip to Alabama. It would be really nice to have
> > it up where I could see it and reach the touchpad from the driver's seat.
> > The USB GPS was about $50 on Ebay (search for "Holux") and I like the
> > 15" laptop screen much better than any of the handheld units I've seen.
> > I need more dash space. The laptop GPS got me thinking about stuff like
> > 3 5" LCD monitors side-by-side hooked up to rear/side view cameras as
> > well.
> > Mmmmmm ----- TOYS!
> > Gerald
> > On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:53:13 -0500 Dan Martin >> wrote:
> > > fan, laptop,cooler,phone charger..........
> > On Jun 21, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Denis Dodson wrote:
> > > > So you guys get extra amps! How are you going to use them?
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