Now, more than ever.
Updated October 20, 2014 Software If you’re permanently installing the tablet in your car, or planning to leave it in the car at all, you obviously have a greater-than-zero risk of getting your tablet stolen. In the hands of a Continue reading Nexus 7 Car Integration: Anti-theft
Updated October 20, 2014 Installing Cyanogenmod Installing Cyanogenmod (CM) is not entirely necessary for this project, but I do recommend it, as it contains some powerful options that will make it a lot easier to get the tablet to behave Continue reading Nexus 7 Car Integration: Software
For the initial phase of this project, I chose to connect the tablet to the car’s head unit via bluetooth for audio out, and rely on a tethered internet connection to stream all my media, so I didn’t have any Continue reading Nexus 7 Car Integration: Wiring
Removing the existing head unit I removed the plastic cover which surrounds the head unit and climate controls, which is accomplished in this car by prying it off with brute force. Not exactly ideal – I’d prefer to remove some Continue reading Nexus 7 Car Integration: Mounting
My car is a Subaru, a 2002 WRX which I bought in 2009. The factory equipped this car with a 6-CD-changing, cassette-playing, double-DIN head unit which was still installed when I bought it, and remained in the car until February Continue reading Nexus 7 Car Integration Project