OnBoard Entertainment Electronics -Thoughts
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:31 am
My 33' Express cruiser presently has no televison whatsoever.
She has never really had a TV, however the PO had her wired with COAX and at before Hurricane Charley, she had a TV antenna on her arch.
She sports a ten+ year old Jensen stereo cassette player with a non working external CD changer. It is matched to a two channel 300 watt amplifier. It is a matched set, came in one box.
The AMP powers a pair of 6" coaxial speakers and a pair of Bose outdoor speakers in the cockpit.
Additionally there are four non amplified speakers in the cabin (two in the fwd compartment, 2 in the salon) each of these has it's own volume rheostat control.
The interior speakers work fine but lack a richness in sound. Don't know how old they are (at least 12 years) or what the specification is. They just sound "flat".
I have added an cigarette lighter FM modulator to access iTunes via the radio.
I am thinking about adding a small flat screen TV or maybe an additional smaller one for the enclosed fwd cabin.
Looking for suggestions and ideas.
1. Should I get 2 Digital TVs, one blue ray player and an a good quality digital antenna?
2. Although the sound system works fine and we no longer need the defunct cd changer, should I upgrade the sound system and amp and interior speakers?
3. Should I do some sort of digital sound interface connection between the sound system and the video?
4. Plugging in the iPhone and running iTunes or Pandora through the FM radio has been a pleasure.
5. With everything being digital now, other than the use of an iPod/iPhone "dock" I am really out of the loop.
Other than using the internet "personal hotspot" available through the iPhone, there is no WIFI capability on board. No router, no ports, no wiring, no anything.
She is kindasorta running on 80's technology at the present.
We do take a laptop on board when going out on an overnight. That way if the weather gets bad we can pop a movie in and have some on board entertainment other than playing cards, Rummicube or scrabble.
I am interested in increasing the entertainment options when out on the hook which is generally not near any real civilization (Cayo Costa - Peican Bay FL)
I do not want a satellite and am on a reasonable budget.
Do I go rogue Wifi?
Do I add an onboard router?
Leave the sound system alone? replace the tuner/receiver? keep or replace the amp? upgrade all 4 interior speakers?
digital antenna?
options, ideas ?
I really appreciate your reading through all this information and value the input.
THANKS !
She has never really had a TV, however the PO had her wired with COAX and at before Hurricane Charley, she had a TV antenna on her arch.
She sports a ten+ year old Jensen stereo cassette player with a non working external CD changer. It is matched to a two channel 300 watt amplifier. It is a matched set, came in one box.
The AMP powers a pair of 6" coaxial speakers and a pair of Bose outdoor speakers in the cockpit.
Additionally there are four non amplified speakers in the cabin (two in the fwd compartment, 2 in the salon) each of these has it's own volume rheostat control.
The interior speakers work fine but lack a richness in sound. Don't know how old they are (at least 12 years) or what the specification is. They just sound "flat".
I have added an cigarette lighter FM modulator to access iTunes via the radio.
I am thinking about adding a small flat screen TV or maybe an additional smaller one for the enclosed fwd cabin.
Looking for suggestions and ideas.
1. Should I get 2 Digital TVs, one blue ray player and an a good quality digital antenna?
2. Although the sound system works fine and we no longer need the defunct cd changer, should I upgrade the sound system and amp and interior speakers?
3. Should I do some sort of digital sound interface connection between the sound system and the video?
4. Plugging in the iPhone and running iTunes or Pandora through the FM radio has been a pleasure.
5. With everything being digital now, other than the use of an iPod/iPhone "dock" I am really out of the loop.
Other than using the internet "personal hotspot" available through the iPhone, there is no WIFI capability on board. No router, no ports, no wiring, no anything.
She is kindasorta running on 80's technology at the present.
We do take a laptop on board when going out on an overnight. That way if the weather gets bad we can pop a movie in and have some on board entertainment other than playing cards, Rummicube or scrabble.
I am interested in increasing the entertainment options when out on the hook which is generally not near any real civilization (Cayo Costa - Peican Bay FL)
I do not want a satellite and am on a reasonable budget.
Do I go rogue Wifi?
Do I add an onboard router?
Leave the sound system alone? replace the tuner/receiver? keep or replace the amp? upgrade all 4 interior speakers?
digital antenna?
options, ideas ?
I really appreciate your reading through all this information and value the input.
THANKS !