wolverineDreaM
New Member
- Feb 25, 2010
- 35
- Boat Info
- 380 Sundancer 1999, Raymarine E80, Radar, Auto, UW lights, 7kW WB, Crestron touch panels, Teak & Ho
- Engines
- 7.4 twin horizons
Flat Screen TV upgrade Cockpit and Cabin Sea Ray 380 (project updates 5 & 22)
The TV upgrade and new install is now done except for the final connections to the crestron equipment and adding the fittings.
For the replacement of the 15” refrigerator, I went with the Vizio 23” edge lit LED. With a 16:9 format the TV needed to be larger than the initial 15” opening or it would have looked a little mismatched. I had to build a box from MFB and painted it black. The MFB gave some additional support to the articulating TV mount. I had to remove the fridge, then unscrew the black trim around the TV (no Christmas trees as someone else posted. Real screws for me so be careful when prying). I used the same mount for both the fridge tv and the cockpit tv. I got them from Amazon for about 20 bucks a pop. I replaced some of the mount hardware with wingnuts to allow me to loosen and tighten the mount without a wrench.
For the cockpit TV, I drilled a one and one half inch hole for all of the wires. The mount I selected would handle one or two small wires hidden in the housing, but not the bundle of wires I am using (crestron, power, HDMI etc). I used a piece of spare “star board”. It’s plastic and I used it as a backer board so the screws wouldn’t pull through. For the TV here I used a Vizio 19” edge lit LED. With the articulating mount on the port side it is above the sink and can be seen from the helm or from the seating area. When swiveled it can be seen from the swim platform.
http://picasaweb.google.com/116887177506323657191/FlatScreenTv?feat=directlink
The TV upgrade and new install is now done except for the final connections to the crestron equipment and adding the fittings.
For the replacement of the 15” refrigerator, I went with the Vizio 23” edge lit LED. With a 16:9 format the TV needed to be larger than the initial 15” opening or it would have looked a little mismatched. I had to build a box from MFB and painted it black. The MFB gave some additional support to the articulating TV mount. I had to remove the fridge, then unscrew the black trim around the TV (no Christmas trees as someone else posted. Real screws for me so be careful when prying). I used the same mount for both the fridge tv and the cockpit tv. I got them from Amazon for about 20 bucks a pop. I replaced some of the mount hardware with wingnuts to allow me to loosen and tighten the mount without a wrench.
For the cockpit TV, I drilled a one and one half inch hole for all of the wires. The mount I selected would handle one or two small wires hidden in the housing, but not the bundle of wires I am using (crestron, power, HDMI etc). I used a piece of spare “star board”. It’s plastic and I used it as a backer board so the screws wouldn’t pull through. For the TV here I used a Vizio 19” edge lit LED. With the articulating mount on the port side it is above the sink and can be seen from the helm or from the seating area. When swiveled it can be seen from the swim platform.
http://picasaweb.google.com/116887177506323657191/FlatScreenTv?feat=directlink
