2008 Corvette Android 7" Tablet Install

FLYONWALL9 said:

Is this the Samsung with the telephone also? Sorry if I missed this but those
are magnets holding it in place? How well does the GPS work? I've been asking
around to see if anyone is making an adaptor, that uses TOSLINK vs RCA?

How are you switching the amps on?

Thanks for your help, and I LOVE this install! I have sent it to a buddy of mine
that has an 04. He just ordered his bezel and sub enclosure from Double D Mods.
I haven't seen it yet but he says it sounds really good, that is all relative being he
is 65 years old.... :surprised::laugh:Rock on Daddy O

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Tell yer buddy to keep rocking! DoubleD has a great rep over on the vette forums, I'm sure they treated your buddy well.

The tablet I'm using is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (LINK), and has no cell radios. It's WiFi only. I use my cell phone's WiFi hotspot function to deliver internet access to the tablet.

Those are indeed magnets glued to the back of the tablet. They are strong neodymium magnets that you can buy at your local Home Depot, and work very well with the flat steel bracket I fab'd. If you go this route, make sure you buy steel to make the bracket, not aluminum. Aluminum is not magnetic. Home Depot has both, and they're in the same area, so don't buy the wrong one.

You'll have to elaborate on the toslink vs RCA subject, I'm not entirely sure what you mean. I've done quite a bit of research on different audio-out solutions for android tablets with very minimal results. I read a few articles that claimed to have successfully used a usb sound card via "USB On The Go" protocol, but the problem there is, you can't use USBOTG and charge the tablet at the same time, so I ruled that one out. Some newer tablets support the APT-X protocol (uses bluetooth technology to wirelessly deliver high quality audio), but mine does not.

Normal aftermarket stereos use three signals for power. +12V constant, Ground, and +12V ignition switched. I used the +12V ignition switched signal to switch on my amplifiers.

Great questions, keep 'em coming!! :thumbsup:

Thanks for your fast reply.

About the RCA vs TOSLINK
My head unit or processor rather (SONY XES-P1) does have a analog to digital converter built in it so technically it will convert the signal to digital but I was hoping to use fiber optic directly from the 7.0 or 7.7 to the processor to cut down on potential noise. But I have been unable to find a dock that would go from the headphone jack, mini USB (OR whatever it has) or the bottom plug to TOSLINK fiber optic.

So, my question is do you know of a product to run fiber optic directly from the Samsung to my processor?

Yes, it seems the people at Double D are good folk. That build a number of product for these cars, best of all it looks rather stock. Funny enough before I was able to send him the photo's of your car he called me to see if I would come over tomorrow and tune his system. Pretty much the only thing he knows how to do is turn it up, off, change a channel, and radio station. I'm looking forward to hearing it. I'm just glad he didn't go to a local shop and get raped, because he knows so very little. He purchased every single product I recommended and is over the moon with how it sounds. It was a real chore to sell him on buying a woofer just because at his age he thought it would be "boom boom" he no want "BOOM BOOM" LOL. He also didn't want to spend a fortune. I'll have to get a grand total of what it all costs. And take a few photo's.

FLYONWALL9 said:

Thanks for your fast reply.

About the RCA vs TOSLINK
My head unit or processor rather (SONY XES-P1) does have a analog to digital converter built in it so technically it will convert the signal to digital but I was hoping to use fiber optic directly from the 7.0 or 7.7 to the processor to cut down on potential noise. But I have been unable to find a dock that would go from the headphone jack, mini USB (OR whatever it has) or the bottom plug to TOSLINK fiber optic.

So, my question is do you know of a product to run fiber optic directly from the Samsung to my processor?

Yes, it seems the people at Double D are good folk. That build a number of product for these cars, best of all it looks rather stock. Funny enough before I was able to send him the photo's of your car he called me to see if I would come over tomorrow and tune his system. Pretty much the only thing he knows how to do is turn it up, off, change a channel, and radio station. I'm looking forward to hearing it. I'm just glad he didn't go to a local shop and get raped, because he knows so very little. He purchased every single product I recommended and is over the moon with how it sounds. It was a real chore to sell him on buying a woofer just because at his age he thought it would be "boom boom" he no want "BOOM BOOM" LOL. He also didn't want to spend a fortune. I'll have to get a grand total of what it all costs. And take a few photo's.

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I know of no tablet with digital audio output of any kind outside of APT-X. Put it this way, if you find a tablet with a high quality digital audio output, I'll be very angry that I didn't find it before I bought and installed my system! Like I've said in other posts though, as soon as my crazy loud exhaust starts singing, no way ANYONE would be able to tell the difference between a processed signal vs. all digital. :laugh:

Good luck with the tuning. It's sad that local shops are such rapists, but I know what you mean. I always buy locally when I can (to support local buisness and economy) but with stereo equipment, I buy online. The lack of education at the average stereo shop is MIND BOGGLING. Also, they never have any of the brands I like. Maybe if I lived in a bigger/better town, I'd have more options.

EDIT: Take a look into the Motorola Xoom. Rumor is it's about to get Jelly Bean 4.1 and has an HDMI out. You should be able to grab the audio from the HDMI signal via toslink dongle, right?

EDIT2: Oops, I just notice that the Xoom is a 10" tablet... nevermind...