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Mountain Juke for mom (Upd. 12-Apr-09 Final Pics and Movies, Finished)

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Martijn:
Hi

I got this impossible idea to give my mother a juke media player in mountain style for Xmas and for her new home.

It will be done when its done  ;D

She and my dad sold their old house where i grew up  :hissy:

And now she has a nice smaller home. She always loves my multimedia home. So i thought i give her this to use.
My dad cant even handle a VCR, so he also must be able to start it and select a radio channel or album he likes.

If it wont finish before Xmas i will give it when the moving is done, should be 10 of January.

I read all the mountain juke topics and wrote down all your steps and combined the build with the best simple steps to get it done. (more copy past then actually writing :)

Specs

- ELO TOUCHSYSTEMS ET1545L-8UWC-1 15" LCD got it off eBay, more expensive in Europe then in the us :(
- AMD CPU Athlon X2 4550e 2.5GHZ 45W
- Conceptronic Remote Control for Windows Media Center
- 250 GB S-ATA II Harddisk Western Digital 7200 (16MB)
- SlimLine CD/DVD to IDE converter (slimline-ide-dvd)
- Emko 090FLS - 90W 220V - Passive PSU
- NEC DVD-RW Slimline Black AD-7633A LF (LabelFlash,Slot-in,Bulk)
- Jetway MB JNC62K Mini-ITX
- Kingston DIMM DDR2 800 CL5, 2 GB (1 x 2 GB)
- Creative X240 sound

As you can see i will implement a slot in DVD drive somewhere. 

Space is very important, i already saw a nice place in their home on a shelf for its resting place.
And i get a free piece of laminate the same color as their furnature and kitchen. Also the kitchen has some silver accents
So chrome t-molding is an option, but don't know for sure.

The piece of laminate gives me a very small juke. I drawn the juke out many times in google sketchup and i should fit with the 15 inch screen.

the juke will be rotatable and the speaker will be in the bottom section. The speaker set is a 2.1 audio set. it was a in discount and it sounded OK for that price. don't know if the sub will like it when i take it apart.

Here some pics..

The free piece of laminate i got


My balcony with a temporarily setup.


Here we go.


Costum jig..


After day one..


That's it for day one of the build

the bottom part is already cut to size and laminated now and drying.

Everything is ordered except for a volume knob..

drawfull:
Sounds cool Martijn. I'm thinking of  using a x240 set I have to replace the blown speaker in my mrs juke. Haven't hooked them up yet (bought for another project) - what do you listen to / what do they sound like? I noticed the satellites are not really dismantalable unless you sacrifice the back cover - what are you going to do about that or re you going to make them fit? (I can't do that)...

 :)

Martijn:
taking apart the satellites is normally a bad idea, if you remove them the quality goes bad quickly. then they sound like 1 euro shop speakers :P At least it think that because i have done it with other systems.

mine fit in the bottom section. the satellites are 6,5cm width so i based the bottom secton on that
bottom plate + speaker width + top plate = 8,1 cm

i wont use it but my parents will think it will sound great.

also i will hook it up to the stereo they have for when its disco time ;)

Franco B:
Looking good buddy!

I see you have the been bitten by the building bug good and propper then? :)

The cd/dvd drive is a good idea, is it just the slot loading type or tray loading?

Martijn:
slot in :) i think it will look great. i have some left over slot in light and parts for wii case modding. a case mod comes with 4 different slot lights and i will hook it up to the drive led somehow. also it has a nice dust cover in front so you wont see anything

i was hooked on this unit when mountain started. i always wanted to build one

worst part is collection nice items for it. in USA there are way more shops who sell everyting, from router guides and circle jig to laminate  :soapbox:

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