Sorry for the update delay but commitments got in the way plus, I decided to go the 'voice activation' route so that has been taking some time also.
I went out and bought this Logitech, noise canceling microphone.
The boom was much too long so I carefully tried to split most of it like a banana but of course, the wire ran along the topside and I cut it with the dremmel.
It took about an hour but I carefully widdled away until I got enough of the wire to solder it back together and mount the shorter boom.
Surprisingly, the mic still works great. When I get done, it will sit just behind the steering wheel in front of the speedo cluster. It is barely noticeable there and works great. I still need to solder up the IR serial device and configure Girder.
Took out the old console with the 10.4" lilliput
Put in the new console and decided to hookup the PAC SWI so I could get back my steering wheel controls. The IR eye has to be mounted near the utility tray instead of the console clip where I wanted it because my headunit is in the AC vent and wouldn't communicate because of the angle.
The PAC SWi was a piece of cake to hookup and 'train'. I think the entire process took 20 minutes. I have it sitting under the utility tray just in case I ever want to change the button sequence again.
I also used a cat5 cable to hookup a reset switch and HDD light to the computer...works like a charm!
Finally got the console in and it looks great! I am very pleased with the ascetics and oem look.
That's it until this weekend. I still need to install more cd's/movies on the harddrive and hopefully get back on the voice interface to the RoadRunner app. Either way, the computer will be installed this weekend and I'll post more updates.
