After several month's of reading through the various posts about satnav/car-pc retro fitting, I decided to try and install an Android 7" Tablet.

This is how it turned out...

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Looks great! 2013 RR Evoque Pure Tech
2012 TD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey - gone

Nice project, sounds much simpler than my car computer was!

I had issues with noise on the AUX and fixed it with one of These I also fitted a secondary aux in connecter underneath the exsisting one, so there is no cable pooping out the top, you could possibly do the same, and create something like This to switch the output from the centre speaker to the car aux?

Jon Freelander 2, 2014 Dynamic SD4 Santorini Black

Great stuff, that's the exact in-line filter I ordered. Hope fully it will sort out the background noise I'm having as well.

Thanks for the details on the audio switch. It seems simple enough, so I'll give it a try.

I have to say I wasn't expecting it to fix anything but went from annoying wine while my computer was starting and noises when accelerating to complete silence (aprt from when you turn the volume up to max, but it does that with nothing plugged in!)

I will be adding some pictures to my thread http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic12711-15.html later on today if you are intersted?

Jon Freelander 2, 2014 Dynamic SD4 Santorini Black

Sounds like the same noises I'm hearing on mine at the moment.

I'll definitely have a look at your thread, keen on seeing the photo's of your install.

I saw the same tablet when I was looking into doing the same thing, I thought the naming was ironic

I then decided to use my Galaxy Tab P1000 since it had 3G and I was hoping to use Google Nav. The project lost steam when I had the same problem of all the connectors being on the short side (i.e. protruding too much to fit in the gap) and then the tablet got 'lost' when I lent it to my brother.

I might look into this again and get a cheap Freelander tab. I might need more detailed info from you so I can do the same hackety-hacks on the cabling

Nice work though, it looks very posh! 1st time FL2 owner. 2007 SE i6 in Tambora Flame.

Must be because of the naming that it's such a great fit

My reasoning behind using the cheaper tablet was because I knew I would have to solder some wires in.
Specs-wise at least the Freelander tablet was not that badly rated and you do get some of them with built in 3G as well.

Give me a shout when you start your project and I'll gladly share my hackery tips and tricks

Have a look at 'Tablet Talk' (assuming you have an Android phone too). It gives you a pop-up on the tablet when your phone is receiving a call.

Can't route audio through the tablet unfortunately, but that would be nice. 1st time FL2 owner. 2007 SE i6 in Tambora Flame.

judging by the connectors, there's no way in connecting a rear camera to the tablet. Am I wrong?

I'm not sure, the tablet has a USB host port which can be used for an external device such as a 3G modem.

I'll have a look on the android forums to see if the tablet supports an external camera, will let you know if I find anything.

Nice install, I was also looking at the Freelander 7" Android GPS /Tablet, glad to know it fits. Did the screen line up with the space in the dash? No hidden pixels or visible plastic bezel?

On the HSE Alpine audio system there should be a rear auxillary (aux) audio connection at the back of the "in dash" changer/head unit (I'll have to look that up). For power you can split the power connectors under the center console (the 2 different LR Rear Entertainment systems for the LR2 come with cables that do this.) You can also power the GPS/tablet from the fuse box, as others in this forum have done. Does the Freelander tablet have an "auto power on"/ "turn on when power detected" feature?

The screen lines up perfectly with the space in the dash, there are no hidden pixels. It sits perfectly flush at the bottom of the space in the dash and has a tiny gap of about 0.5mm at the top which is hardly noticeable. It also only has about 1mm of plastic bezel visible at the top.

Power for the USB charger that I installed was split from the bottom of the front power socket in the center console, which works well as this power socket in my car is switched through the ignition.

Unfortunately the Freelander tablet does not have an "auto power on"/ "turn on when power detected" feature, however I am looking in to perhaps using a 555-timer circuit for this task.
-The timer will in a sence "keep the power button pressed" for 5 seconds at ignition-on
-And "keep the power button pressed" for 7 seconds at ignition-off

If you do find the rear aux connection details, please let me know.
It will be a lot easier to connect the aux-in directly to the back of the radio.

Given the Freelander PD20 was such a tight fit, do you think a tablet with an extra 5mm height (the long edge) could squeeze in too? 190mm vs 185mm. 1st time FL2 owner. 2007 SE i6 in Tambora Flame.

185mm was a tight fit but I still had space for double sided tape to sick the sides in place.
Give the 190mm tablet a try, just maybe it will fit.