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#91290 - 30/04/2002 10:56 Empeg mod
nkildal
new poster

Registered: 23/02/2002
Posts: 23
Loc: Aarhus, Denmark
Hi everyone

I have done something terrible.... I "casemodded" my Empeg....

A while ago I bought a CompactFlash to IDE converter to be able to transfer pictures from my digital camera onto the Empeg.

Thanks to the kind people in this forum I quickly got the necessary code written to do the copying.

But I needed a way to be able to change the Compactflash Cards without taking the Empeg apart every time. So I came up with the idea of making a lid in the top cover of the unit. As I didn't want to cut up the original cover I went to my utility store to buy a steel plate. They didn't have any steel plates, but instead they had some plexiglass. I gave it a try and here's the result:



This way I no longer have any problems convincing my friends and family that the Empeg actually is the most advanced thing you can wrap your car around...:D
For those of you interested, I put up some more pictures of the Empeg and some screenshots of my CompactFlash copy script in action at http://www.kildal.dk/gallery/Empeg .

Regards
Nicolai


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#91291 - 30/04/2002 10:59 Re: Empeg mod [Re: nkildal]
robricc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Awesome iMac-style empeg. Excellent!
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#91292 - 30/04/2002 11:01 Re: Empeg mod [Re: nkildal]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Kewl

Does is slide in and out of the car OK?

Rob

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#91293 - 30/04/2002 11:04 Re: Empeg mod [Re: nkildal]
mtempsch
pooh-bah

Registered: 02/06/2000
Posts: 1996
Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden
Nice!

Wonder how much radio noise you're leaking without the lid... Can't say that I've ever noticed anything while using darkstorms lenses...

/Michael
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#91294 - 30/04/2002 11:11 Re: Empeg mod [Re: rob]
nkildal
new poster

Registered: 23/02/2002
Posts: 23
Loc: Aarhus, Denmark
Hehe, funny you should ask...
I actually had to "wriggle" it around a bit to get it out of the carmount, but it worked out ok...

The plexiglass is 3 mm thick so I had to "lower" it into the empeg. I let it run underneath the metal flip at the back of the unit instead of over as the original cover...

/Nicolai

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#91295 - 30/04/2002 11:49 Re: Empeg mod [Re: nkildal]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Cool iPeg!

Now you need transparent buttons and a translucent green fascia, and you're all set!

Interested in seeing how the Compact Flash thing comes out in the end.
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#91296 - 30/04/2002 12:34 Re: Empeg mod [Re: mtempsch]
nkildal
new poster

Registered: 23/02/2002
Posts: 23
Loc: Aarhus, Denmark
I don't know about any increase in radio noise - except that there is no audible noise in my system with the new lid...
But perhaps my airbags or my abs brakecomputer will tell me something else one day

/Nicolai

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#91297 - 30/04/2002 13:15 Re: Empeg mod [Re: nkildal]
Neutrino
addict

Registered: 23/01/2002
Posts: 506
Loc: The Great Pacific NorthWest
Very Nicely Done.
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#91298 - 30/04/2002 13:40 Re: Empeg mod [Re: Neutrino]
loren
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
*droool*

Color me impressed. this could really come in handy for long trips when there's no computer around to dump to... Oh man... now i've got ANOTHER project on my hands. =]
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#91299 - 30/04/2002 14:01 Re: Empeg mod [Re: loren]
genixia
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 08/02/2002
Posts: 3411

this could really come in handy for long trips when there's no computer around to dump to... Oh man... now i've got ANOTHER project on my hands


I was thinking exactly the same thing. But how to do it in a 60GB model?? If *only* the empeg had a USB master it would be perfect
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#91300 - 01/05/2002 06:31 Re: Empeg mod [Re: genixia]
lopan
old hand

Registered: 28/01/2002
Posts: 970
Loc: Manassas VA
too bad I have two 30 gig drives..... always a dilema
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#91301 - 01/05/2002 19:14 Re: Empeg mod [Re: nkildal]
lopan
old hand

Registered: 28/01/2002
Posts: 970
Loc: Manassas VA
I also have to add... frickin excellent job on the plastic!!! It really looks great!
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