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Hey everyone! I'm finally fed up of burning CDs to play music in my 2004 Jeep Wrangler (TJ). I know there are PIE boxes available to add an AUX input to the factory radio (I have the upgraded factory setup, with the 6.5" console sub), but I'd like to avoid buying one if possible. Has anyone ever wired an AUX jack to a TJ headunit? Dodge/Chrysler used this headunit in a lot of vehicles. Or does anyone have wiring diagrams/datasheets for the factory stuff? I'm an EE student so I should be able to figure it out. Cheers!

Better Place's plan to create a world full of electric vehicles that swap their batteries when they run out of juice is reportedly dead.

BMW's bikes have always been an amalgamation of form and function, which makes them more purposeful than pretty. The Concept Ninety finally manages to balance the two.

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The folks at PlanetSolar have beat their own record for crossing the Atlantic in a solar-powered boat.

This is my first post on the forum so please bare with me. I'm planning to install RR with DFX5.1.2 skin on HP DC7900 dualcore ultraslim pc and mount in a 40' coach (RV). The display will be a 17" touchscreen or use steering wheel controls with voice commands. I'm running Win7 Ultimate and RR 2013 and all seems to work ok at 1024x768 res but the big problem is using GMPC 50070 which is the app I will use the most. It loads full screen momentarily when the menu button is pressed but then the bar at the bottom with the MENU, OSK etc appears and shifts the GMPC display up and chops off the top of the display. The resize button at the bottom right of the GMPC screen no longer functions to resize and I can't see the minimise/fullscreen/exit button at the top right. I suspect there is also some thing displayed at the top left. Is there anyway of making GMPC go full screen and/or cover the skin's bar at the bottom until GMPC exit's or make it return to the menu. Maybe hidden buttons could be used instead. Otherwise it's a fantastic product.

Hi guys, I've had my 2140 up and operational for over 2 years when all of a sudden I started to get dead car battery, and the AMP (old MTX 1004 thunder) will NOT turn on after the car is started. It seems to have a mind of its own. I've noticed the AMP light on when the car is off and supposedly the p2140 had already shut down everything. (maybe I dont understand enough about how the remote DYLON wire works turning on the AMP, but I guess that it should NOT draw power after car is off for sure!) I busted out the multimeter to inspect the power draw. It appears that through the Blue Remote (DYLON) wire, it sometimes pulls 12V when the car is OFF and the 2140 had shut down I couldnt figure it out so I relfashed the 2140, same results. I even went as far as to purchase a brand new 2140 and the same thing is happening. Nothing changed with physical wiring so I still think it cant be wiring. I'm out of ideas and not sure if its the 2140 or the AMP going bad or something. Any ideas?

Anyone have a source on a shorter HDMI/USB cable? The 2 choices available from most websites (3ft and 6ft) are too long for what I have planned. tft_lcd? Could you help here? Anyone?

Solar Impulse pilot André Borschberg completed a record-setting flight in the wee hours this morning after flying more than 950 miles on solar power alone, even if he was, strictly speaking, going backward for part of the trip. His impressive ...

The Swiss love adding functionality to existing products. But you can only tack on so many corkscrews and tweezers to a knife, so one company decided to make a twin-engine jet that can take off and land without the luxury ...