Car2Linux multimedia software installation HOW-TO

Car2Linux is dedicated to become a multimedia software solution in your car. Simple and very easy to use. You can customize it to your needs due to its open source nature. This document will cover simple step-by-step instructions of how to install Car2Linux.

First of all, let's see what Car2Linux can do:

In order to install Car2Linux you will need the following:

Let's get started.
Assume you have your drive where you want to install Car2Linux as Primary IDE master and you are using Live CD (will be available later) or any other existing Linux where you have a shell prompt

Run these commands:

This is it ! Now you can run your Car2Linux distro directy booting from the /dev/hda1 drive by setting booting sequence in BIOS or in yor favourite boot loader.

Here are the list of keys you can use to navigate through your media collection:

Keyboard:
	left arrow, right arrow - scroll through selection
	1, 2, enter - enter selection
	6, esc, backspace - exit selection 1 level up
	r - set random playing
	, . - seek through the file ( fast forward, fast backward )
Car Stereo:
	<, > - scroll through selection
	1, 2 - enter selection ( 2 plays everything from the current selection. eg the whole genre )
	6 - exit selection 1 level up
	MIX - set random playing
	<< >> - seek through the file ( fast forward, fast backward )