I don't know anything about anything yet, but am doing alot of reading up.
I ran into this article about installing stereo.
Thought I'd share.
http://www.iboats.com/sites/trailerb..._page_144.html
Kathy M.

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 17:31:44 -0600 (CST), (m Ransley)
wrote:

Are regular marine CD stereos car stereos in a water resistant
enclosure with water resistant controls . Or are the boards sealed
Are marine stereo speakers high quality car speakers, meaning rubber
surrounds and plastic cone, or are they different and how

No, "marine" CD stereos are just car stereos with WHITE FRONTS......a
total waste of money. NOTHING is "sealed". It's a rip!

Call 1-888-920-3332, digitalfotoclub.com in NYC, and order the $250
JVC KD-SX990 for $133 ($103 after $30 rebate plus some shipping).
Best price I found.

Great stereo, plays any MP3 CD-R I can produce and switches to MP3
mode fast. CD player is behind the fold-down front panel with pretty
colored display. It's also the cheapest unit I found that would read
the MP3 ID3 tags in any version, right out of the box.

If you have an external player, computer, etc., you can plug it into
the 1/8" stereo phone jack in the front of the panel and hold down the
CD button for 3 seconds to switch to AUX mode. Play your fav MP3
player, like my Archos Studio 20 MP3 hard disk player, through the
boat's stereo speakers. Worked great at the Christmas Parade of Boats
party aboard Lionheart all night Saturday night.....(c;

Screw those half-assed, cheapskate "boat" stereos with no features and
crappy interfaces. It's nonsense.

Buy waterproof speakers for the cockpit, though.....

Larry W4CSC

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