I have decided against removing the AM/FM/Cassette stereo from my boat and
will instead buy a 6GB Ipod Nano with an attachment to play it over the
stereo.

My son and daughter both use those radio signal attachments (wireless) and
say they sometimes lose signal strength. The other option for me is to play
it through the cassette player.

I can buy a hard wire connection for it but I don't want to spend $150 for
it.

Does anyone here have any experience with the different types of methods to
play through the car/boat stereo and if so what is your recommendation?

I did that on my boat...daughter's ipod broke so I bought her a new one
and fixed the old one...then bought a battery powered FM transmitter
(belkin?) at walmart for about $30 and it does good, and I have a 38'
sportfisher...

Harry Krause wrote:
JimH wrote:

I have decided against removing the AM/FM/Cassette stereo from my boat
and will instead buy a 6GB Ipod Nano with an attachment to play it
over the stereo.

My son and daughter both use those radio signal attachments (wireless)
and say they sometimes lose signal strength. The other option for me
is to play it through the cassette player.

I can buy a hard wire connection for it but I don't want to spend $150
for it.

Does anyone here have any experience with the different types of
methods to play through the car/boat stereo and if so what is your
recommendation?


Jim, if you really like music and your ears are still good enough to
hear most of the notes, you won't like the FM broadcast iPOD hookups, in
my opinion. I've tried a couple to see how best to use my iPOD in my
car, and I have not come across one that I found aurally satisfactory.

If you are going to keep the boat for a while, get yourself a radio with
a direct iPOD jack.


My son bought one of those IPOD transmitting gizzmos to use in my van I
thought the sound was crappy.

"Don White" wrote in message
...
Harry Krause wrote:
JimH wrote:

I have decided against removing the AM/FM/Cassette stereo from my boat
and will instead buy a 6GB Ipod Nano with an attachment to play it over
the stereo.

My son and daughter both use those radio signal attachments (wireless)
and say they sometimes lose signal strength. The other option for me is
to play it through the cassette player.

I can buy a hard wire connection for it but I don't want to spend $150
for it.

Does anyone here have any experience with the different types of methods
to play through the car/boat stereo and if so what is your
recommendation?


Jim, if you really like music and your ears are still good enough to hear
most of the notes, you won't like the FM broadcast iPOD hookups, in my
opinion. I've tried a couple to see how best to use my iPOD in my car,
and I have not come across one that I found aurally satisfactory.

If you are going to keep the boat for a while, get yourself a radio with
a direct iPOD jack.


My son bought one of those IPOD transmitting gizzmos to use in my van I
thought the sound was crappy.

I heard the same thing I did some research and found encouraging reports on
the Schosche FM Transmitter available at Walmart for only $17.

The reviews are here at this forum: http://tinyurl.com/rqe32

I could also consider a wired fm modulator which is normally superior to the
wireless kind.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
I have decided against removing the AM/FM/Cassette stereo from my boat
and will instead buy a 6GB Ipod Nano with an attachment to play it over
the stereo.

My son and daughter both use those radio signal attachments (wireless)
and say they sometimes lose signal strength. The other option for me is
to play it through the cassette player.

I can buy a hard wire connection for it but I don't want to spend $150
for it.

Does anyone here have any experience with the different types of methods
to play through the car/boat stereo and if so what is your
recommendation?

Jim, if you really like music and your ears are still good enough to hear
most of the notes, you won't like the FM broadcast iPOD hookups, in my
opinion. I've tried a couple to see how best to use my iPOD in my car, and
I have not come across one that I found aurally satisfactory.

If you are going to keep the boat for a while, get yourself a radio with a
direct iPOD jack.

I agree Harry but based on some information I read about on a new Gen5
wireless modulator I might give that a go. The boat, as you know is a small
runabout and obviously will not be the best environment for great sounding
music no matter how much money I throw at it. So I will go the cheap route
and see what happens. I can always buy a hardwire modulator ($25) later and
wire it in if this wireless set up does not pan out. The wireless will give
me the most options as I can play it in both cars and the boat.

Did you read any of the thread I posted here from the Ilounge forum?
Apparently Schosche manufactures a dynamite FM modulator and it blows away
all others.............$17 or $18 at Walmart. That sucker is my first
choice to try.

JimH jimh_osudad@yahoodot comremovethis wrote:

: I agree Harry but based on some information I read about on a new Gen5
: wireless modulator I might give that a go. The boat, as you know is a small
: runabout and obviously will not be the best environment for great sounding
: music no matter how much money I throw at it. So I will go the cheap route
: and see what happens. I can always buy a hardwire modulator ($25) later and
: wire it in if this wireless set up does not pan out. The wireless will give
: me the most options as I can play it in both cars and the boat.

: Did you read any of the thread I posted here from the Ilounge forum?
: Apparently Schosche manufactures a dynamite FM modulator and it blows away
: all others.............$17 or $18 at Walmart. That sucker is my first
: choice to try.

For that price, go ahead and try it. I have 3 different FM transmitters
(the Belkin is the worst... lousy battery life and weak signal). My
biggest problem is that the "clear" station keeps changing to a used
station when I'm driving in my car but in a boat, the radio signals are
often crappy because lakes tend to be in "holes in the ground" surrounded
by hills. You could also pull the antenna plug out of your FM radio and
use a wire pickup and locate it near the FM transmitter to screen out
the unwanted signals.

I've also tried the cassette adapters and they tend to accentuate the
high frequency music at the expense of lows.

Play around with it. As mentioned, you aren't really looking for audiophile
quality in the boat with all of the external noise that is present.

b.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
wrote:
JimH jimh_osudad@yahoodot comremovethis wrote:

: I agree Harry but based on some information I read about on a new Gen5
: wireless modulator I might give that a go. The boat, as you know is a
small : runabout and obviously will not be the best environment for great
sounding : music no matter how much money I throw at it. So I will go
the cheap route : and see what happens. I can always buy a hardwire
modulator ($25) later and : wire it in if this wireless set up does not
pan out. The wireless will give : me the most options as I can play it
in both cars and the boat.

: Did you read any of the thread I posted here from the Ilounge forum? :
Apparently Schosche manufactures a dynamite FM modulator and it blows
away : all others.............$17 or $18 at Walmart. That sucker is my
first : choice to try. For that price, go ahead and try it. I have 3
different FM transmitters (the Belkin is the worst... lousy battery life
and weak signal). My
biggest problem is that the "clear" station keeps changing to a used
station when I'm driving in my car but in a boat, the radio signals are
often crappy because lakes tend to be in "holes in the ground" surrounded
by hills. You could also pull the antenna plug out of your FM radio and
use a wire pickup and locate it near the FM transmitter to screen out
the unwanted signals. I've also tried the cassette adapters and they
tend to accentuate the high frequency music at the expense of lows.

Play around with it. As mentioned, you aren't really looking for
audiophile
quality in the boat with all of the external noise that is present.

b.


There are a couple of under $200 car radios available with a front panel
"input" plug for devices such as iPods. These radios will work fine in the
cabins of boats.

I purchased the Schosche FM transmitter that was highly rated on an Ipod
forum. It was a waste of $20 and will soon be reselling it on Ebay.

My son has an IRoad in his car and I should have tested that first. It not
only produces great sound but it charges the Ipod at the same time and has a
fixture for it holding it in place at an adjustable height and allowing easy
access to it. $20 wasted (I hope to recoup $10 with the Ebay sale) and $47
newly spent.

I have roughly $300 invested in this deal (assuming I can sell that Schosche
unit on Ebay).

I would have spent $175 for a decent CD player for the boat, with another
$25 or so in connectors and fixtures (to secure the stereo)....for a rough
total of $200.

So now I have $300 invested vs. that $200 and can now:

1. Not only listen to my music on the boat but also when walking/sitting
outside or in any of our cars.
2. Not have to carry my CD's with me to listen to them.
3. Able to share my photo's with friends and family (I can download all my
photos and videos into the Ipod).

I think I made the right choice. ;-)

" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
. ..

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
wrote:
JimH jimh_osudad@yahoodot comremovethis wrote:

: I agree Harry but based on some information I read about on a new Gen5
: wireless modulator I might give that a go. The boat, as you know is a
small : runabout and obviously will not be the best environment for
great sounding : music no matter how much money I throw at it. So I
will go the cheap route : and see what happens. I can always buy a
hardwire modulator ($25) later and : wire it in if this wireless set up
does not pan out. The wireless will give : me the most options as I can
play it in both cars and the boat.

: Did you read any of the thread I posted here from the Ilounge forum? :
Apparently Schosche manufactures a dynamite FM modulator and it blows
away : all others.............$17 or $18 at Walmart. That sucker is my
first : choice to try. For that price, go ahead and try it. I have 3
different FM transmitters (the Belkin is the worst... lousy battery life
and weak signal). My
biggest problem is that the "clear" station keeps changing to a used
station when I'm driving in my car but in a boat, the radio signals are
often crappy because lakes tend to be in "holes in the ground"
surrounded
by hills. You could also pull the antenna plug out of your FM radio and
use a wire pickup and locate it near the FM transmitter to screen out
the unwanted signals. I've also tried the cassette adapters and they
tend to accentuate the high frequency music at the expense of lows.

Play around with it. As mentioned, you aren't really looking for
audiophile
quality in the boat with all of the external noise that is present.

b.


There are a couple of under $200 car radios available with a front panel
"input" plug for devices such as iPods. These radios will work fine in
the cabins of boats.

I purchased the Schosche FM transmitter that was highly rated on an Ipod
forum. It was a waste of $20 and will soon be reselling it on Ebay.

My son has an IRoad in his car and I should have tested that first. It
not only produces great sound but it charges the Ipod at the same time and
has a fixture for it holding it in place at an adjustable height and
allowing easy access to it. $20 wasted (I hope to recoup $10 with the
Ebay sale) and $47 newly spent.

I have roughly $300 invested in this deal (assuming I can sell that
Schosche unit on Ebay).

I would have spent $175 for a decent CD player for the boat, with another
$25 or so in connectors and fixtures (to secure the stereo)....for a rough
total of $200.

So now I have $300 invested vs. $200 and can now:

1. Not only listen to my music on the boat but also when walking/sitting
outside or in any of our cars.
2. Not have to carry my CD's with me to listen to them.
3. Share my photo's with friends and family (I can download all my photos
and videos into the Ipod).

I think I made the right choice. ;-)







edit ;-)

wrote:
JimH jimh_osudad@yahoodot comremovethis wrote:

: I agree Harry but based on some information I read about on a new Gen5
: wireless modulator I might give that a go. The boat, as you know is a small
: runabout and obviously will not be the best environment for great sounding
: music no matter how much money I throw at it. So I will go the cheap route
: and see what happens. I can always buy a hardwire modulator ($25) later and
: wire it in if this wireless set up does not pan out. The wireless will give
: me the most options as I can play it in both cars and the boat.

: Did you read any of the thread I posted here from the Ilounge forum?
: Apparently Schosche manufactures a dynamite FM modulator and it blows away
: all others.............$17 or $18 at Walmart. That sucker is my first
: choice to try.

For that price, go ahead and try it. I have 3 different FM transmitters
(the Belkin is the worst... lousy battery life and weak signal). My
biggest problem is that the "clear" station keeps changing to a used
station when I'm driving in my car but in a boat, the radio signals are
often crappy because lakes tend to be in "holes in the ground" surrounded
by hills. You could also pull the antenna plug out of your FM radio and
use a wire pickup and locate it near the FM transmitter to screen out
the unwanted signals.

I've also tried the cassette adapters and they tend to accentuate the
high frequency music at the expense of lows.

Play around with it. As mentioned, you aren't really looking for audiophile
quality in the boat with all of the external noise that is present.

b.
Most of the Jensen marine radios have an "aux" input that takes a plug
directly from the iPod. That's what I use on bth my boats and I'm
pleased with the quality and convenience.

Capt. Jeff