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Kind of a weird Q? Does any one know how to wire anXbox 360 to a car?
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WyteBoi
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10. June 2007 @ 10:53 |
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im trying to put my xbox 360 in my car. i want to wire the 800W adapter to my car because the other adapters didnt put out enough wattage for the 360. Does anyone have any pointers?
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10. June 2007 @ 11:00 |
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LOL you must be an eager gamer!But you cant go on live in your car!
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10. June 2007 @ 13:25 |
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i have a small bit of knowledge in this area but idk how much i can help you.
You are going to need to run a positive and a negative from your battery in your car and your going to need to run a fuse in the positive line and then you will need to connect everything, powering it wont be the problem, its going to be building something to secure it in the car.
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10. June 2007 @ 13:29 |
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Originally posted by mikeismad:
i have a small bit of knowledge in this area but idk how much i can help you.
You are going to need to run a positive and a negative from your battery in your car and your going to need to run a fuse in the positive line and then you will need to connect everything, powering it wont be the problem, its going to be building something to secure it in the car.
good point mike,if the 360 moves whilst playing a game it will very likely put a big round scratch on the disk.
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10. June 2007 @ 14:47 |
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Yeah, my first concer would be it moving!
check xboxscene for the foam disk protection tutorial for disk bumps and skips.
I would then set to work on building a very, very VERY padded and secure mounted enclosure, but then you may xcome across cooling probs.
To be honest unless you have money to burn, i'd avoid it. All the more to you if you do try though :)
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10. June 2007 @ 15:20 |
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you could go on live in your car, in wireless hotspots, but connection would probably be horrid. you'll have to worry about the bumps and what not, but with the right suspension setup to support the drive you'd be alright, the wiring of positive to negative would be easy, as most converters come w/ the aligator clips to hook it to a battery, you would have to of course strip those off and clamp it to the battery, of course putting an inline fuse on the positive, finding the right size to keep it from spiking and blowing sumthing you need though would be trickery.
out of curiosity, why would u want to put it in your car? do you even have a big enough screen to make it worth while?
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10. June 2007 @ 15:47 |
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why not jsut get a ac apadter that lets u plug ur stuff in not that expensive if u have a car lighter spot in ur car or if u want to run a box to ur battery u can do that but u'll have to find a good stable spot for ur 360....i use to bring my modded 360 in my civic all da time and play at work all da time lol....
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10. June 2007 @ 16:44 |
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You could play it while parked if you happened to be with friends or waiting on someone to do something while your in the car still. That way there is no worries about bumps unless you get rear-ended. If you can get this one I'd wanna see some pictures of it, sounds interesting.
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10. June 2007 @ 16:49 |
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your best bet is going to be to build a custom enclosure and fiberglass it and make mounts inside that for the xbox to sit, but you can put it under a seat or something if you want, but its going to get hot in there.
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WyteBoi
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10. June 2007 @ 17:38 |
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well the only ac adapter that will power a 360 has to be wired to the car. and i have never tried to do that. would it be the same concept?
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acidsmile
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10. June 2007 @ 17:47 |
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best bet....... buy a standard 12v cigarette lighter socker inverter for around £40/$80 for the power then no need for hardwiring....
for the stability midofy a metal flyte case that djs use to carry their decks or mixer round...?
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WyteBoi
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10. June 2007 @ 18:07 |
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i have a 400WAT adapter but the 360 pulls about 475 so i have to get an 800 and it has to be wired to the car.
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10. June 2007 @ 18:11 |
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you ever wired up a car amp? same concept. run a positive lead from your car battery and then run a negative wire and ground it on the car somewhere. it wont be hard really as long as you dont cross them up and fry whatever you are trying to power.
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WyteBoi
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10. June 2007 @ 19:36 |
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ya lol. thanx 4 da help!
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10. June 2007 @ 19:47 |
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yea you could get on live.
just get the verizion brosdband card on a laptop and have it share connection to the 360
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sp7ke
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10. June 2007 @ 22:56 |
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The best way to do it would be to hardwire a power inverter and then as far as mounting it there are different possibilities just depends on how creative you are. Cooling would be a big part.
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11. June 2007 @ 04:47 |
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I agree, your best bet to avoid disc damage and overheating issues would be a cig. lighter power adapter, and a couple of LCD screens for your headrests.
If you build any kind of enclosure around a 360 that already has heat issues you are just asking for hardware failure. Plus the heat of a car in the summer will just kill it. And without a nicely padded enclosure your asking for all your discs to be scratched and ruined.
I have that cig lighter power adapter for my car, something like this one.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...d=1168045340673
Then you can also get detachable screens so they are not permanent as well. Like these except mine have built in speakers which are needed:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-7-2-LCD-COLOR-He...1QQcmdZViewItem
You may also need an AC adapter which will also plug into the cig lighter converter to power the screens. Then you can stick it in your car and play your games when needed and not leave it in there to get damaged or even more likely stolen.
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raysuave
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11. June 2007 @ 06:03 |
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To help prevent damages from bumps and scratches, you could use some type of strong bungie cords to suspend the xbox in mid-air inside the enclosure.
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sp7ke
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11. June 2007 @ 08:33 |
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Some type of shock asorbers would be better than suspending it.
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WyteBoi
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14. June 2007 @ 15:09 |
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I have a portable screen already. i had a 400WATT cig adapter and the 360 pulled too much power.
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14. June 2007 @ 18:00 |
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any progress on this yet?
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raysuave
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15. June 2007 @ 04:57 |
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Originally posted by sp7ke:
Some type of shock asorbers would be better than suspending it.
Shock Absorbers would probably be too expensive and complicated, by
suspension, I mean suspending the 360 between strong bungie cords or
elastic cargo bands like the PC folks do with rubber bands and their hard
drives to reduce noise and vibration. See below for pictures and the
methods used for suspending hard drives. This way looks simple and
effective in stopping the 360 from absorbing the total force from bumps
and rattles.
Sites: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article272-page4.html and
http://www.spodesabode.com/content/article/hddnoise
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