Raspberry PiPod

[recantha]

Hi all.
Here's a link to my blog post about my first completed project (well, Phase 1 anyway) - the PiPod.
It's not as pretty as some, but I'm happy with it!
http://raspberrypipod.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... ished.html

And an image so you can see how it looks


The project was to get the following up and running and playing nicely:
* The Pi
* 3.5" car rear-view screen
* Bluetooth Rii keyboard/touchpad
* WiFi

Thanks to the Raspian team for a good operating system!

--
Mike

[alexeames]

Does that screen give useable output? It looks too small to be any good - particularly using RCA.
Not trying to knock you at all - great project. Just curious about the screen. Would you find it OK to look at for prolonged periods of time? I realise that may not have been your goal in making a PiPod.

[recantha]

It's surprisingly clear when on the command line.
When it comes to the GUI, with default settings, it's very unclear. I set it to use only 320x240 resolution and it is much better, though of course the usable area is then tiny-tiny-tiny. But, it is very usable.
What I'm planning on doing eventually is just to use it remotely but to use the Raspcontrol project http://fusionstrike.com/2012/raspberry- ... aspcontrol so it displays on the folding screen, sort of like a systems monitor.

[drount]

Do you still get a "white noise" or "cracking sound" when seeking or changing songs?

Thanks