Steve, Even though the draw is minimal and I am dockside I did not connect it. Not sure I can articulate a good reason why. The only downside for me is the colors of the display keep changing. I plug my iPhone into the stereo and run Pandora. The FM reception in my marina sucks, so losing the presets is not a big deal.
Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Edd Schillay <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > > The draw is minimal, and many people do keep it hooked up. > > Personally I ditched my boat's marine stereo and purchased a Bose > Bluetooth portable speaker set to connect to my iPhone, iPad and MacBook > Pro. That way I can listen to my music or I-Heart-Radio, or even watch > movies with great sound anywhere on the boat. > > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website<http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > (THE > COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN) > > > > On May 8, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Stevan Plavsa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All. > > I've gone ahead and hooked up a kenwood car stereo in my 32. I like to > think I did a pretty neat install. I removed the cross member at the top of > the nav station, cut a hole in it for the deck and reassembled. It looks > "factory", you know, if they installed disco light stereos back in 1980. > What is it with the current manufacturers making all of the car stereos > ugly as sin these days? Anyway, I digress.. > > > How many of you keep the yellow (constant 12V) hooked up to the battery at > all times? > > The reason I ask is not because of the radio stations .. it's because it's > a bluetooth deck and when you cut power to it entirely it forgets all the > settings and that's a pain in the ass to do every time. Anyway, I can > conveniently stream music from my phone and have it play in the cockpit or > cabin or both .. it's pretty sweet. > > Once I recover from the spring spend I'll be installing a 100 Watt solar > panel on top of the bimini .. but for now, I'm on a mooring and I don't > want to kill my battery. > > Steve > C&C 32 Suhana > Toronto > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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