So this is the stage that my Jukebox is currently at, It is mostly complete, I still need to cut the wires to the front mounted lights and extend them/re-route them so that they aren't so obtrusive, I guess I will drill some holes for these cables to go into then mount the power boxes on the back of the case. I currently have these power boxes stuck to the side of the unit with some hook/loop tape which keeps on failing to hold to the metal.
"Damn you Gravity, your just too strong for the weak assed glue on these strips"
Ultimately the above may be completely abandoned and I may replace the ccfls with some led strips and a controller as it removes a whole bunch of issues and I would be happy with drilling a few small holes into the front for the led wires to come through.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-10A-MUSIC-SOUND-CONTROLLER-RGB-LED-STRIP-LIGHTS-/270899518388?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Lighting_Lamps_Lighting_SM&hash=item3f12de9bb4http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-2M-SMD-RGB-LED-STRIP-LIGHT-COLOUR-CHANGING-SUPPLY-/290545139999?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Lighting_Lamps_Lighting_SM&hash=item43a5d7011fAlso to do, Get a work colleague to Build a back panel with 3 x Audio out so 6 x Phono and 3 x Headphone Socket, This so I can select the Logitech speakers or the Surround Amplifier (I am currently using a Headphone Splitter and some converters) HDMI Socket To go to 32” Samsung LCD which will ultimately hang above the Kiosk. And a few USB Sockets (For wireless dongle and Additional HDD/USB Devices)
One final thing is with regards the Grounding of the device. Normally all components would ground to the case of the PC, obviously in this instance I don't have a case other then the actual kiosk. (Pc is mounted to Plastic Stand-offs. I figured that I should run some earth cable from various points on the boards to the psu and also to the kiosk itself. You can see them in the motherboard image somewhere up above. They go back to the big earth point in the bottom right of the kiosk.
Now the problem there is that intermittently it figures I am a better route to earth then the earth lead/psu and I get that lovely tingle that tells me ground is not good. I don't get it all the time and I don't get any kind of background hum from the speakers either. Should I just take 1 Earth cable from the board back to the PSU and do away with the ground from PSU to Kiosk? Should I run a completely separate earth for the Kiosk itself and if so to what should it go, I don’t have any earthing points in the house nearby.
Overall I am fairly happy with how this entire project turned out. Especially as it cost less then £150 all in to complete and it produces some lovely sound.
PC – Free from existing pile
CCFL's and fans etc. £25
Wharfedale 2.1 £15
Motorbike Amp £5
Kef Celeste IV Speakers £17
Mission 760I Speakers £1
Kenwood Amp £20
Logitech speakers £24
Drill Bits etc. £30
As for the other 2 Kiosks. I have interest from people at work who are impressed with this one. I thought they were just being nice as I am not overly impressed, but I am not embarrassed by it either. Now Mountains Jukebox, that impresses me.
I may as well convert the other kiosks although I am still tempted to turn one into a Mame unit, I have a lovely 21” 4:3 LCD which would fit quite nicely. Unfortunately due to the narrow width of the unit 2 player 6 buttons will be a bit tight. (55CM across) I may go with 1 Player 6 Buttons and keep the inbuilt trackball somehow :-)
Here's a quick peek at what the other kiosk looks like, Sans Monitor.
(Turns out its some sort of crazy plastic rather then metal, and the wood was just a false front, hmm gonna be interesting modifying screen insert).
As a final sign off, look at what we are disposing of at work.
Yep that's about 60TB of super speedy 128GB Drives (not pictured is the beastly server that was running these things) and they are just awaiting destruction and I can't have them