tonytheplumber wrote:
I don’t know if I need the marine rated head unit.?. It is located in the cabin, right next to the entire breaker panel. I am wet slipped in freshwater. I run the marine a/c. I have a helm and transom remote that are nice to have. I understand switching head units would require running new wires to new remotes...has anyone done that? Just wondering how involved that is.?. Hey firecadet, since you had the same boat...would just upgrading the current speakers and not adding more to the cockpit be enough sound? I’m not looking to blow people off the dock! Just looking to be able to hear it while cruising and sound decent if I’m in the water behind the boat.
Wired remotes is not going to be a function you commonly find on care audio head units.
Wired remotes are proprietary in both their connectors and their communication protocol. Further, manufactures like to change things up every few years, so even sticking with the same brand, its unlikely the new offerings will work with the older remotes. In the case of Sony, if you have the large LCD display remotes, Sony does not offer a new head that will support those LCD remotes. IF you have the smaller non-LCD remotes, last I checked, they did offer at least one head unit that had the remote plug on the back.