Installing a tablet in lieu of a head unit

[Lil Abner]

What size tablet do you have? And I'm assuming it's an Android one. Does it have everything you'll need? GPS? AM/FM radio?

If the tablet is small enough to fit where the CD player was, that would make it very easy. If not, you'll need to do some fabricating. You'll need to figure out how you want to control your volume. If you're putting this into a STOCK Yaris, then you are going to need to add an amp to power your speakers. If you add an amp, you could get one that has a remote volume knob that you could mount in your dash. Then you'd just run a 3.5mm to RCA cable from the tablet, into the amp, which then feeds the speakers.

The kit in the first link is cool, but it also screams "STEAL ME!!" If you can mount it flush in the dash, making it look like some aftermarket radio, I think you'd be better off. There are plenty of us on here to help you through this!

[Emerge]

Originally Posted by Lil Abner

What size tablet do you have? And I'm assuming it's an Android one. Does it have everything you'll need? GPS? AM/FM radio?

If the tablet is small enough to fit where the CD player was, that would make it very easy. If not, you'll need to do some fabricating. You'll need to figure out how you want to control your volume. If you're putting this into a STOCK Yaris, then you are going to need to add an amp to power your speakers. If you add an amp, you could get one that has a remote volume knob that you could mount in your dash. Then you'd just run a 3.5mm to RCA cable from the tablet, into the amp, which then feeds the speakers.

The kit in the first link is cool, but it also screams "STEAL ME!!" If you can mount it flush in the dash, making it look like some aftermarket radio, I think you'd be better off. There are plenty of us on here to help you through this!

I have the ASUS EeePad Transformer. It is, indeed, running Android (Honey Comb 3.2 to be exact.) OS. It has everything I need. As far as AM/FM goes, with an app I can be on any radio station in the country which is cool.

It is actually bigger than the double din I have going on. Which means I could do an ugly mount with some makeshifting, but that would look terrible in my opinion. I would rather do the type of install that looks much more OEM.

As far as controlling the volume, I would probably get a bit one like SQ recommended. Or, something like this:







I think the biggest issue I will have is getting the tablet integrated to my interior. Currently, my car looks like this:



But, installing the tablet where the radio goes now is not optimum for use during driving. Ideally, it would go where the AC controls start. But, how the hell could I possibly change the locations of the AC controls? Also, I have no way of molding stuff from fiber glass. I can barely use a screwdriver. =/