Nick Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Hey guys so looking at options to display in my car, its running a link G4+ extreme and ive been looking at the windows based double din radios. The car from factory runs double din so thinking it would be a tidy option as a display rather than having a tablet kicking around (street/track car) The radios run on windows CE which from what i understand is a mobile/small system platform, could there be a chance that this will run PC link? Link to a example of said radios https://www.ebay.com/itm/7-GPS-Navi-Windows-CE-6-0-Double-2Din-Car-Auto-Stereo-DVD-Player-Radio-Ipod-BT/132309488046?hash=item1ece4291ae:g:RRYAAOSwVJhZVFbQ Thanks very much Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMP Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 No chance, closest you could get is if there's a WinCE OBD2 app out there you could hack into the headunit's OS, then configure the G4+ to output OBD2 and devise a way to get the ECU output into the headunit. An easier way would be one of the many double din Andriod headunits, as then you could run Torque on it and with a Bluetooth dongle on the headunit and a Bluetooth OBD2 transceiver, get it all talking Adamw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 So they don't have a "desktop" as such? Load a usb with pc link installed and load it on. Or is that just to easy Computer tech isnt my strong point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMP Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 WinCE 6 is different to normal Windows, it doesn't run Win32 applications like PClink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Ah stink. Some are offered with ce 8 is that any different? Thanks for your time Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMP Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Anything WinCE will not work with PClink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Bummer well thanks for your help. Maybe I will just have to use a tablet. Please link consider other tech/apps/whatever in future so your loyal customers can get the best from your ecus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulr33 Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 There are plenty of off-the-shelf CAN displays out there. Have you looked at these? Not cheap but will do what you want. They aren’t cheap because of the design and R&D work they have had to put into each product but will do what u want without hacking tablets etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted April 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 I was looking into this audio head unit option as it was likely a all in one solution, car audio plus ecu display. The option may be as you've said to install a display unit in the spot of the car audio head unit. Just was hoping to have my cake and eat it. Hopefully link jump on the bandwagon of some other the other ecu platforms available and make pc link usable in other platforms and apps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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