I want to replace my radio/CD player in a Lund Fisherman. Wonder if there is much difference in a “marine” receiver vs a car radio receiver?
May 30, 2014 at 9:06 am
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Boat Stereo?
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May 30, 2014 at 9:18 am #1413102
One will last through a rainstorm, the other wont.
The major difference is rubber gaskets where the stereo meets the mounting surface as well as a screen that is meant to handle the moisture.
You won’t be saving any money by not buying a marine and buying several car stereos instead.
OH, and with the option of a CD player, it’ll be sealed for moisture whereas the car cd inlet will not be.
May 30, 2014 at 9:23 am #1413103Yes, there is a difference. Just the exposure to humidity alone will wreck a car stereo in short order. The high-quality marine units are sealed better and have better shock proofing than a car unit.
Someone had installed a car stereo in a boat I bought a few years ago, a Crestliner Sportfish. It didn’t work and I found out why. Even though it was behind a waterproof flip down cover, the inside was rusted all to nothing because the exposure to moist air.
Grouse
May 30, 2014 at 9:39 am #1413107What those 2 said!
May 30, 2014 at 9:47 am #1413110Another thing to check (school of hard knocks here) is the MAXIMUM angle the stereo is recommended to be mounted at.
Mine is just a few degrees of mounted in the dash and the cd player skips frequently. After sending it in and having it return with a note saying there was nothing wrong with it, it was attributed to the angle of installation.
May 30, 2014 at 9:50 am #1413115Quote:
Another thing to check (school of hard knocks here) is the MAXIMUM angle the stereo is recommended to be mounted at.
Mine is just a few degrees of mounted in the dash and the cd player skips frequently. After sending it in and having it return with a note saying there was nothing wrong with it, it was attributed to the angle of installation.
do you listen to union music……….or catfish music?
May 30, 2014 at 10:02 am #1413118The Amazing Cherry Bombs.
May 30, 2014 at 10:05 am #1413119Your favorite “channel” is Cat Stevens………..
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Another thing to check (school of hard knocks here) is the MAXIMUM angle the stereo is recommended to be mounted at.
Mine is just a few degrees of mounted in the dash and the cd player skips frequently. After sending it in and having it return with a note saying there was nothing wrong with it, it was attributed to the angle of installation.
do you listen to union music……….or catfish music?
Grievance Clearwater Revival
Rod “Shop” Steward” Bachman Turner OvertimeMay 30, 2014 at 10:21 am #1413129Boat….stereo….I can’t wrap my head around that. I go out on the water to get away from that and would rather listen to the 4 stroke all day!
May 30, 2014 at 10:27 am #1413133There is nothing (imo) like the sound of a good Toby Keith song playing on those glass calm nights wearing a Tee shirt on the way back to the resort.
Those days are coming soon!
May 30, 2014 at 10:42 am #1413147Quote:
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Another thing to check (school of hard knocks here) is the MAXIMUM angle the stereo is recommended to be mounted at.
Mine is just a few degrees of mounted in the dash and the cd player skips frequently. After sending it in and having it return with a note saying there was nothing wrong with it, it was attributed to the angle of installation.
do you listen to union music……….or catfish music?
Grievance Clearwater Revival
Rod “Shop” Steward” Bachman Turner Overtime
good one!!!!!!!!
May 30, 2014 at 10:58 am #1413155Have you ever noticed that the only two genre’s of music that people “assume” you’ll want to hear are either country / western or classic rock? A nice quiet day on the lake and some numbnut across the way is blasting out the Eagles, or something about “Your cheatin heart”.
I have yet to have a Vivaldi lover blast me, or a lover of Pete Seger. My dream is to buy a beautiful cabin on a secluded lake and drop some obscure Eurotrash [censored] punk band on the world… with the dial set to 11.
May 30, 2014 at 10:59 am #1413156You really mean I can’t say “[censored]”?
May 30, 2014 at 11:17 am #1413159If you have a smart phone I would look for a marine unit that has an auxiliary plug and than pick up a RAM mount to put you phone on the dash. That way you can listen to pretty much anything you want.
May 30, 2014 at 11:35 am #1413164Quote:
You really mean I can’t say “[censored]”?
Auto censor. She has blindfolds on.
June 3, 2014 at 1:13 pm #1413954Quote:
If you have a smart phone I would look for a marine unit that has an auxiliary plug and than pick up a RAM mount to put you phone on the dash. That way you can listen to pretty much anything you want.
Just use bluetooth like i do.
If you marine stereo or even car stereo doesn’t have bluetooth. Get a bluetooth FM transmitter. Mine goes from my truck to my boat all the time.
Used to do the plug in method, but eventually my plug in quit working.
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