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Senior Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2007
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I want a radio for my boat (stereo, for music). My boat is a boat, not a car. Also it's 2010, I don't use CDs. Why is it that every radio I see, is a DIN style car stereo but for "marine" use. My boat is very small, I don't have any good place to put a car-style radio. I designed a better radio, in my head. It works like this. The radio and AMP are in a metal box, no buttons, no cd drive. Just a box with electronics. I could mount that all up in the passenger side dashboard. The buttons to control this radio would be a separate piece, much smaller than a traditional "face" because there would be no CD or TAPE (hah!) slot. Just a simple set of fully waterproof control buttons, so you could mount this panel top site. So power goes into the dash on the passenger side. Then wires come out of the box for speakers, one for the controls, and ideally a USB port for iPods and other flash media. AM/FM/USB. Thats all people need these days. That's all I need anyway.
I've been so frustrated by my limited options for radios for my boat. There is NO room at all on my dash, to mount a car-style radio where the face would be exposed. The only place I could mount a radio like that would be IN the glove box. Problem is even the glove box is small. A radio would fit but my passengers and I put the glove box to good use when boating. I really don't want to lose that storage space.
Am I the only one who has this problem? I know every newer boat i've seen has a spot for one of these radios. My awesome 1984 boat does not
I've been so frustrated by my limited options for radios for my boat. There is NO room at all on my dash, to mount a car-style radio where the face would be exposed. The only place I could mount a radio like that would be IN the glove box. Problem is even the glove box is small. A radio would fit but my passengers and I put the glove box to good use when boating. I really don't want to lose that storage space.
Am I the only one who has this problem? I know every newer boat i've seen has a spot for one of these radios. My awesome 1984 boat does not