370 DA salpn improvements

[RubberDuckeeToo2]

This weekend, I installed new entertainment electronics in the salon. Specifically, I put in a new Fusion iPod player in place of the Clarion M5170 cassette player. I lost control of the CD changer which will go at some point, but I gained complete control of any iPod I choose and the ability to hook Sirius satellite radio. With an iPod and Sirius, who needs CDs? Additionally, it split the speakers into separately controlled zones. So the forward stateroom, the salon and the external speakers can all be controlled separately. This was not possible before. And I can pipe the TV through the radio as an aux to get great sound out of the HDTV flat panel.

There is an additional remote that has not yet arrived, but I'll be able to snake it through to the dash by pulling the old remote through the chase tube behind the salon cabinets. It was a very easy job with no alterations to the radio opening or the wiring. The remote has a small screen as well so you can see what you are choosing ont he iPod. Finally, modern electronics for a boat.

The only drawback is that the only place this can be found is West's Marine, but it's not that pricy considering.

I previously replaced the old TVs with flat panel HD's and an upconverting DVD player.

Salon far shot

Close up of tV and DVD player

Cover for the Fusion unit

Front panel

Inside with iPod in place

Close up of screen

Every adapter for every iPod currently known to man.


Gene

 

[J Levine]

Very nice. I have plans like this for the future. Right now I installed a 12V outlet in that cubby hole below your CD changer and just use one of those FM modulator things to run the ipod. It actually works both when plugged into the cabin and when plugged into the 12V outlet at the helm. Cheap but it works. Someone added the Clarion CD changer to my boat after the fact and mounted it in the fore most cabinet under the hull windows on the Port side. I never use it and will be removing it one of these days I guess. At least I dont have a hole in the cabin to cover. My boat also did not come with the TV/VCR in the master stateroom so adding a flat screen up there will be easy as I have a nice clear wall to mount it on.

 

[RonF]

RDT2,

It looks like you mounted the flat-screen TV onto the original slide-out-swivel tray. If so, what kind of bracket did you use, and are you happy with it? If you have already posted something, please point me to the thread.

Thanks

 

[RubberDuckeeToo2]

RDT2,

It looks like you mounted the flat-screen TV onto the original slide-out-swivel tray. If so, what kind of bracket did you use, and are you happy with it? If you have already posted something, please point me to the thread.

Thanks

Actually, there are a whole bunch of pasts about installing flat panels and some great pictures as well. I didn't save any links though. In my case, I mounted the bracket on the back wall of the cabinet which gives only limited motion to swivel to get behind it. I didn't want to have that cabinet become another catch all for junk. Recently someone had a custom post welded up to bolt down on the shelf and then bolted the bracket to that.

Gene

 

[370Dancer]

I posted some pics a while back in the gallery.
This is an old idea, but worked really well. HP 17" monitor mounted to the top of a Samsung SIR-T351 HD ATSC receiver.

I have since changed this to an Acer 22" widescreen, and am using the DVI Digital interface. The VGA interface is driven by a HP computer in the stateroom, for internet, DVD, and chartplotter on the salon screen. No holes, no mods to the boat.

http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=555