Car (Crossfire) and Zune HD Integration - V.1.0

Hey guys, I just finished putting together V.1.0 for getting my Zune HD hooked up in my '04 Xfire. This was mostly done for proof of concept, but I think it turned out pretty well and I have a bunch of ideas on where I want to go with it.

I've been rocking with my Zune for years now, and absolutely love the software and UX. I've been kicking around this idea for a while, but was initially turned off because the original Zunes don't automatically switch over to video-out when in the dock. This was fixed with the Zune HD and HD dock, so I finally starting tearing apart my dash .

It's pretty straightforward for now: The dock is powered by the USB-out on the head unit. Audio goes to the AUX-in on the Kenwood. And video goes out to the 8.9 inch display. This setup would be especially easy to run with for the double-din units out there, but I'm not ready to mod the center dash just yet to make that work .

Next steps are to fab a track system on the center dash, so that I can slide the screen up & down. I'm also going to pick an IR extender so that I can keep the Zune tucked away but still point the remote at the dash. I'll make sure to take a bunch more pictures and videos when I'm working on that, to show how everything is connected.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Zune
• HD
• Car
• Video
• Audio
• Crossfire
• Chrysler

[Monkeefied]

did you have to hook up a bypass switch to enable video? It looks as though it just came on without this?

[samcaneh]

@Monkeefied Instead of wiring the the screen to the parking brake, you can just wire it to the black ground cable to enable video at all times. Easy peasy. 

[duckie1231]

Have you found a solution from the remote issue

[samcaneh]

@duckie1231 The pac ir-x ir car remote works pretty well (<$35 on ebay). I also think WP7 might provide some interesting options too...

[DeadBabiesAndOJ]

how is the zune hooked up to the player cause i have i flip up and it wont pick up the zune at all

[uberfishyskillz]

Why did you run with the added TV ? Did you want the 720p display ? I assume a double din with dvd player would have been less work, hooked up to the dock.