treilley
Sustaining Partner
I just finally purchased a permanent car stereo for the boat. It is a JENSEN VM9312HD. I do not believe in marinized units because they are years behind on features. It is a DVD player with a 7" touchscreen that can act as a second display for my GPS. It plays mp3s from DVD which means I will have about 3 DVDs(replacable) with all my music ripped and stored on my home PC. It receives analog and HD radio. It can do satellite(with box and subscription). It has a media converter to attach and control ipods(if I ever get one). It also has a wireless remote.
Last year I replaced the hunks of rusted metal, fiber and magnets that were the cockpit speakers with shielded marine speakers. They will also have a switch to turn them off while listening in the cabin. I have a set of Cybernet box speakers that came with the boat that are butt ugly but still sound nice. I am presently building new teak enclosures for them.
The question is where to mount the stereo.
It is a normal DIN unit but requires 7" from the bottom of the unit for the screen and abuot 9 inches in depth. I was thinking the nav area would be the best. Build a teak box and attach it under the upper shelf next to the nav table.
Any other creative ideas?
BTW, I do not plan on watching any movies. I just like the screen for the touch stereo control and also the ability to have a second display for the chartplotter. If I ever did move aboard it can also send output to an aux screen.
Last year I replaced the hunks of rusted metal, fiber and magnets that were the cockpit speakers with shielded marine speakers. They will also have a switch to turn them off while listening in the cabin. I have a set of Cybernet box speakers that came with the boat that are butt ugly but still sound nice. I am presently building new teak enclosures for them.
The question is where to mount the stereo.
It is a normal DIN unit but requires 7" from the bottom of the unit for the screen and abuot 9 inches in depth. I was thinking the nav area would be the best. Build a teak box and attach it under the upper shelf next to the nav table.
Any other creative ideas?
BTW, I do not plan on watching any movies. I just like the screen for the touch stereo control and also the ability to have a second display for the chartplotter. If I ever did move aboard it can also send output to an aux screen.