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I am the CEO at Driveosoft, I am not MadMike, but we both do everything with the company together. He is just a close friend who now works side by side with me and my group. He likes me to include him in the signature because we both right to the fourms from time to time. Anyway he is here now an says hi to everyone
Thanks guys
Jack CEO Drivesoft WCC PMR
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Originally Posted by Drivesoft
I have noticed that you guys have said a few nice things about Drivesoft Car Computing Solution. We just wanted to say thanks.
Drivesoft is a real company with 9 to 5 support for our car audio dealer.
The reason you have not seen us on PC based site such as this one is because we operate our company on the car audio business side and not PC enthusiast side.
We have been doing in car PC since 1997.
We do every thing in-house. Hardware and software. Case building, Specialty in stall parts for installing it in to cars etc. As far as spec. I think you guys know what we are using.
As for as the price:
I hope you can see that we are Car Audio Product and not Computer product oriented. Meaning we have many more expenses then just sitting in a big office shipping out PC products. We are no different then your Alpine or Pioneer car audio reps etc. We travel, train and support many car audio stores in the USA. We also build Demo cars and present them at all major shows. It is a costly business when bring the PC Incar Computing to the Car Audio world. Remember the people we sell to do not have the knowledge of you guys so they put everything back on us. Two companies that have tried to go in to the car audio world have already failed because they used their PC Computer supporting and selling knowledge to go in to the car audio world. Car audio dealer expect a different type of service the PC buyer. Reason is because they are buying a PC based product that they know nothing about. So yes we do make a fair profit on our product.
Someone was adding up prices about parts and I wish it was that easy and that was all we needed. We always use the latest part and we have more then just what was said. IE. external hard drive and external DVD come with the unit and Compact Flash to run to OS. Our touch screens are new and they cost a lot more then 100 dollars. Also I did not see any one say anything about 12volt power. Our power supplies are 12v and ignition controlled which cost us 200 just for that item. You also need to also think about build cost and custom cable we use inside. We do not use of-the-self cables that are to long etc an that will move around in side the unit while driving on rough roads etc. We need to pay employees to assemble them as we do not buy pre-made pc out of China like the other companies do. Lastly you need to remember that we sell to car audio dealers that then mark up the price to $3400. So if you add all this up you may then see that it is a fair price. Remember that price is retail which is set to what the market will bare. Most of the fully loaded systems like alpine and kenwood can run up to 4000 and they do not do what we can.
I hope this clears some things up
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Jack-Drivesoft-WCC
Mad Mike-from "Pimp My Ride" -WCC
Drivesoft is a real company with 9 to 5 support for our car audio dealer.
The reason you have not seen us on PC based site such as this one is because we operate our company on the car audio business side and not PC enthusiast side.
We have been doing in car PC since 1997.
We do every thing in-house. Hardware and software. Case building, Specialty in stall parts for installing it in to cars etc. As far as spec. I think you guys know what we are using.
As for as the price:
I hope you can see that we are Car Audio Product and not Computer product oriented. Meaning we have many more expenses then just sitting in a big office shipping out PC products. We are no different then your Alpine or Pioneer car audio reps etc. We travel, train and support many car audio stores in the USA. We also build Demo cars and present them at all major shows. It is a costly business when bring the PC Incar Computing to the Car Audio world. Remember the people we sell to do not have the knowledge of you guys so they put everything back on us. Two companies that have tried to go in to the car audio world have already failed because they used their PC Computer supporting and selling knowledge to go in to the car audio world. Car audio dealer expect a different type of service the PC buyer. Reason is because they are buying a PC based product that they know nothing about. So yes we do make a fair profit on our product.
Someone was adding up prices about parts and I wish it was that easy and that was all we needed. We always use the latest part and we have more then just what was said. IE. external hard drive and external DVD come with the unit and Compact Flash to run to OS. Our touch screens are new and they cost a lot more then 100 dollars. Also I did not see any one say anything about 12volt power. Our power supplies are 12v and ignition controlled which cost us 200 just for that item. You also need to also think about build cost and custom cable we use inside. We do not use of-the-self cables that are to long etc an that will move around in side the unit while driving on rough roads etc. We need to pay employees to assemble them as we do not buy pre-made pc out of China like the other companies do. Lastly you need to remember that we sell to car audio dealers that then mark up the price to $3400. So if you add all this up you may then see that it is a fair price. Remember that price is retail which is set to what the market will bare. Most of the fully loaded systems like alpine and kenwood can run up to 4000 and they do not do what we can.
I hope this clears some things up
Thanks
Jack-Drivesoft-WCC
Mad Mike-from "Pimp My Ride" -WCC
welcome to the site. now how about a discount. hahaha j/p 
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Rep Power: 338 I am glad to see you guys found us here. I dont watch pimp my ride often, but because of this thread, I have been lead to your site, and have got on the "waiting list" so to speak, for your software, but I had some questions.
The software (DFSL) seems to imply that such featues like DVD, XM, and navigation will work for "those who provide their own mobile computer hardware." I assume DVD controls and the like will be geared towards the DVD player of computers, and that stuff like touchscreen will be routed to the mouse. XM seemed to be feasible if we purchase an XM unit, if that will mesh with a computer
what about navigation? I already have an aftermarket GPS device that currently works with my computer, but the controls are geared towards a larger monitor, not my 7" touchscreen. will this GPS device run on your software, or will any addition require a special proprietary module, or will the feature not be available at all without your specific hardware? that question goes for XM too, if you have a module that hooks to a computer directly.
The software (DFSL) seems to imply that such featues like DVD, XM, and navigation will work for "those who provide their own mobile computer hardware." I assume DVD controls and the like will be geared towards the DVD player of computers, and that stuff like touchscreen will be routed to the mouse. XM seemed to be feasible if we purchase an XM unit, if that will mesh with a computer
what about navigation? I already have an aftermarket GPS device that currently works with my computer, but the controls are geared towards a larger monitor, not my 7" touchscreen. will this GPS device run on your software, or will any addition require a special proprietary module, or will the feature not be available at all without your specific hardware? that question goes for XM too, if you have a module that hooks to a computer directly.
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Originally Posted by Drivesoft
I am the Owner of Driveosoft, I am not MadMike, but we both do everything with the company together. He is just a close friend who now works side by side with me and my group. He likes me to include him in the signature because we both right to the fourms from time to time. Anyway he is here now an says hi to everyone
Thanks guys "opps and girls"
Jack CEO Drivesoft WCC PMR
Thanks guys "opps and girls"
Jack CEO Drivesoft WCC PMR
I'm not necessarily saying that your price tag is unreasonable. I'm just saying that it does not fall within my budget for a car A/V system. I think it's really hot and my jaw hit the floor when I saw it on "Pimp My Ride", but it's just something I don't have the capital for, and thus I have to look to either building something myself (since my background is IT) or a lower cost system like the Pioneer AVIC-N1. If I had the money, I would shell it out since I don't really have the time to build it. However, it should also be noted that while the prices I quoted previously are market prices, your company as a manufacturer or commercial entity would be getting discount prices on those items.
Either way, I think Drivesoft is a hell of a system and how about you hook us up with a discount, so I can afford one and be the envy of everyone I know!
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Rep Power: 0 We use Copliot with DFSL for the GPS becuase it is better for small screens. DFSL with lauch the Copliot standeard app whereas, DFS with the full incsr system will have its own interface that matchs all other screen. XM will need a reciver to make it work. DVD player will work on all PC's as long as you have your software dvd decoder installed.
We do offer disounts but i think the price will still be higher then expected. But just so you know we will be offer 400 off retail to customer that do not have a dealer in their area.
Also if you have instrest in Drveisoft or question about purchases you should emails us at sales@drivesoft.net
We do offer disounts but i think the price will still be higher then expected. But just so you know we will be offer 400 off retail to customer that do not have a dealer in their area.
Also if you have instrest in Drveisoft or question about purchases you should emails us at sales@drivesoft.net
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