Raspberry Pi for a 2000 Range Rover

[Filibuster]

Hi everybody,

I have just bought a 2000 Range Rover 4.6 HSE last weekend (will pick it up next Saturday)!!
It has no Sat Nav, but the Premium sound system with harman/kardon subwoofer and speaker; Alpine cassette desk and a CD changer in the boot.



After a lot of back and forth, contemplating various different double DIN upgrades, the best one alternative seemed the new Alpine Freestyle unit. But this involves lots of custom parts and basically rewiring the whole speakers.

Also I'm kind of a OEM fetishist and want to keep everything looking as standard as possible!
And furthermore I'm not really an audiophile person and in reality rarely listen to music in my cars at all!


So my new plan involves two steps.


Step 1: Bluetooth music streaming and handsfree calling using the existing stereo set-up

Therefore I bought a GROM BT3 Bluetooth emulator that plugs in instead of the CD changer.



This has my covered on the music/telephone front.

I order the Kit also with a 3.5mm AUX in and 5V charging input. (important for step 2)



Step 2: Raspberry Pi

Since I don't like the look of the center dash without wood and a screen, I bought this on ebay this morning:




The plan is to build in a Raspberry Pi computer in lieu of the factory GPS

I have no definitive plan of what to do with it yet, but I'm completely hooked by the idea!

I have never built a Raspberry Pi before, but I'm typing these lines from my Frankenstein/Hackintosh Mac Pro that I built myself.
I also played with some Arduino stuff at University way more than 10 years ago.
Also a couple of months ago I took the PCM (Stereo/Nav unit), HVAC and more electric button stuff of my Porsche 997 apart to paint them black.



So I'm not afraid of a little challenge

Now, for know I think I will go with the original 7" Raspberry Pi that should fit somehow. Maybe....


ATM, I'm reading into the subject and contemplating what to do with it exactly

Basically most important is to mirror my iphone, or to have apple carplay.
Surround Cameras would also be nice.

Of course the possibilities are endless, but really I'm just after a nice interior and having Google maps, Waze, and a radar warner is more than enough for me....

Has anybody played around with a Raspberry Pi, in a car or not?
Any input welcome!

Edited by Filibuster on Monday 25th November 12:10

[Filibuster]

ATM I'm still waiting for delivery of the dash trim with the old GPS screen in it.... (coming from the states by snail mail obviously....)

But I'm more leaning towards a readymade solution tbh..



This is one of the cheapest Android double din unit there is. It would suit my project perfectly:

It's very slim (max. 50mm) and it has no markings or logos on it. Also I would only need it as a tablet, not as a radio.
As with my previous RPi build idea, I intend to keep the radio and use this device on the CD charger IN.

But first I really need my dash trim ...