For this log let's start at the most logical place: the end.

The final version of my android car media player. The original tablet that I was going to use for this project had some major issues as everything started to come together. First of all the tablet was too large to fit behind the trim of my Subaru Baja without cutting into the stock dash trim. More importantly when I was performing my final "dry fit" with the 7" tablet connected to my cd player, the cable connecting the touch screen to the main tablet board snapped in half. This is not a major deal since a new touch screen overlay w/ connecting cable will cost me ~$5 on ebay.

I decided that I would rather use a smaller tablet than modify my vehicle (everything I have done so far can be reversed). I found a cheap Coby Kyros tablet on Amazon and ordered it. Tablet was received, disassembled, separated from its battery, and made to draw power from a modified usb cable connected to the 12v to 5v converter.

After all of that was working I cut a face plate from the hard board to fit my new media player and filled in the gaps with plaster. This is the only part of the project that I was not happy with, I did not take the time to fully sand down the edges which are very visible after the face plate was painted.

This was the final fit test before painting and putting everything back together. Overall I am very happy with the project and I still have the original broken tablet to use in another project.

A final look at what could have been with the 7" tablet.