zuhl
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- Aug 19, 2009
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- Boat Info
- 1995 SeaRay 175 "Fiver Series" Bowrider, I/O, Alpha One, 3.0LX
- Engines
- 3.0LX
I recently had to replace my radio in my SeaRay 175 due to it taking a dump on me. So this time I replaced it with an actual marine deck. The Sony deck that I got has a wired remote capability. I really like that idea because it is such a pain to operate the radio in the glove compartment that I hardly every use it like I want too (cant mute it to yell at a skier or to hear them call).
So I bought this way cool wired remote that is waterproof and has an LCD display. However, there was no place to mount it. There were no flat surfaces available in the pilots cockpit area to mount it on. And even if there was I would need to drill a 3" hole, which I was not too keen on.
So, I decided to do some fiberglass work to make it sit on the dashboard in an otherwise useless area. The pod that I made to hold it is simply an adapter that matches the contour of the dash and provides an offset to mount the remote above the dash. The only hole needed was for the wires. Very handy.
The pictures on photobucket are kind of out of order, but you can get the idea pretty easy.
http://s805.photobucket.com/albums/yy334/zuhl555/Remote Control Pod/
So I bought this way cool wired remote that is waterproof and has an LCD display. However, there was no place to mount it. There were no flat surfaces available in the pilots cockpit area to mount it on. And even if there was I would need to drill a 3" hole, which I was not too keen on.
So, I decided to do some fiberglass work to make it sit on the dashboard in an otherwise useless area. The pod that I made to hold it is simply an adapter that matches the contour of the dash and provides an offset to mount the remote above the dash. The only hole needed was for the wires. Very handy.
The pictures on photobucket are kind of out of order, but you can get the idea pretty easy.
http://s805.photobucket.com/albums/yy334/zuhl555/Remote Control Pod/
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