Nexus 7 in dash carputer install

Hey all (sorry for the long post, I hope you bare with it and read it),

I am fed up with waiting on the car audio industry to pull their heads out of their asses and make a double din unit with android 4 or better on it and be responsive as a tablet. So I bought a Nexus 7 the other day, and all the wiring and wiring harness and a double din kit for my car for the install. I really think the only big thing I am lacking is a 4-channel amp to drive my car's speakers from the headphone input from the tablet.

My question to you guys is, anyone have or know of a cheap 4-channel (around 50Wx4 at 4ohms) amp? Its the last piece of the puzzle before I start the install.

I may just purchase this amp and try it out. I realize from the reviews that it really is about half the wattage I'm looking for (I think one said it really was measured out to be about 23W x 4 at 4ohms. But at 3"x3"x2" it would actually fit behind the tablet in the dash! There is also this amp but its a lot bigger and I would have to locate elsewhere and extend wires out to it...

If anyone has anything that would work for me that wouldn't mind parting with it for a cheapass price of around $40 or less, then hit me up!

Things I've purchased so far for the install:
Asus Google Nexus 7" tablet
2 of RCA female to 2 x RCA male adapter (to split stereo headphone out to 4 channels)
stereo headphone male to 2 x RCA male adapter
car stereo wiring harness for my car
Double Din dash kit for my car
12 piece Dash and Trim removal tool set (didn't need but have wanted a set for a while heh)

Things I have yet to purchase:
volume control 2x rca female in to potentiometer out to 2x rca female (this thing)
4-channel amp 50x4 @ 4ohms
8 or 10 gauge "amp install" kit with included wires and fuse holder thingy (probably don't need, will wait to order)
Compatible "car charger" for the Nexus 7
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Question is are you powering stock speakers or aftermarket speakers? A true 50x4 amp will most likely fry stock speakers........if stock, 25x4 will be more than sufficient.
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Brules wrote: Question is are you powering stock speakers or aftermarket speakers? A true 50x4 amp will most likely fry stock speakers........if stock, 25x4 will be more than sufficient.

Brules wrote: Question is are you powering stock speakers or aftermarket speakers? A true 50x4 amp will most likely fry stock speakers........if stock, 25x4 will be more than sufficient.

They are pretty weak, most aftermarket head units put out a true 25x4 that is more than enough to power any stock speakers. Cheap low cost amps are usually underpowered, but if you get a good amp, at 50 x 4, it could be to powerful.
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I ordered that little bitty amp and the RCA volume control this weekend, should be here sometime this week. Will probably get it all set up for testing this weekend. Planning on hooking it all up without modifying the dash and just seeing how it sounds first. Then if its groovy I'll get it all installed up. heh
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Dry fit was successful. Sounded great! Now I just need to mount it up in the dash. (sorry for my infamous shaky hand blurry pics)



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Wow thats a mess lol. Good luck cleaning that up lol!
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No doubt! the harness and leads to the amp are so long I could probably have the amp live under my seat and route the wires to it. heh
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I've got a Nexus 7 as well and love it. Have you rooted it?
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I haven't... I rooted and custom recovery'ed my OG Droid Razr because there were some custom ROM's for it that were so much better than the crap motorolla and verizon put on it. I already really like the cleanliness and responsiveness of the GNex7 so I really haven't even wondered about putting a custom ROM on there. Well, except the first few days I had it when you couldn't rotate the home screen even if enabled. But then a new update came out from google that fixed the issue.
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Yea I only rooted it. I am running stock ROM cause its pretty peppy
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Looks pretty nice Shin. Can you not just drill a hole in the blank circle where you want the volume knob? Is there a way to force the pad to be in landscape mode? It seems like some apps might prefer portrait and I doubt there is an easy way with your install to rotate the tablet to convince them otherwise.

Nice job Shinare, that is way cool man!
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Sevnn wrote: Looks pretty nice Shin. Can you not just drill a hole in the blank circle where you want the volume knob? Is there a way to force the pad to be in landscape mode? It seems like some apps might prefer portrait and I doubt there is an easy way with your install to rotate the tablet to convince them otherwise.

Brules wrote: Nice job Shinare, that is way cool man!

I've seen manufacturers make "blank out plates" like that where it actually includes the housing for whatever switch as there. Then if they need the switch, the knock out center and snap in the guts of the switch. Might be what you are seeing.

Two things I wish it did that I don't think it will ever do:

1) Act like any other car deck with bluetooth and let me make and receive calls through my phone using the tablet.

2) Backup camera...
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Do you really need a backup camera on that cracker box?
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