I'd like to hear some feedback on this. Us audiophiles cannot tolerate the poor radio signal quality.
I've tried the ipod ones, $80 at Wal-Mart. It sounded awful even the car 3 feet from the antenna.
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| Author: | impulse [ Sun May 18, 2008 3:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
Anyone have or know of an fm transmitter that works well??? I want to be able to transmit the output of my head unit so that others, (friends I raft up with) can tune to my freq so everyone has the same music playing. Thanks. David |
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| Author: | impulse [ Mon May 19, 2008 1:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
come on.........one of you stereo guru's must know of something? Cougar? |
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| Author: | Txjole2 [ Mon May 19, 2008 1:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
How big are you looking for? 2 or 3 boats get the Alpine hard wire. If you want 2 or 3 miles (like acouple cruisers on Lewisville) get a CE labs. |
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| Author: | impulse [ Mon May 19, 2008 1:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
Just the boats next to me. Nothing that powerful. TXjole2 can you post a link? A google search of "alpine hardwire" basically gave me links to ski bindings and people trying to hardwire an IPOD adapter to their alpine head unit. |
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| Author: | Txjole2 [ Mon May 19, 2008 3:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
http://ipodcarparts.com/alpine-modulato ... p-225.html |
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| Author: | scottmph [ Mon May 19, 2008 3:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
http://www.wholehousefmtransmitter.com/ gets you 150 feet http://www.hobbytron.com/fm-broadcast-transmitter.html gets you 1/8th mile http://www.hobbytron.com/1-watt-fm-transmitter.html - 1+ mile pick you poison |
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| Author: | impulse [ Mon May 19, 2008 4:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
Thank you for the replies. This one http://www.wholehousefmtransmitter.com/ may work. I saw it yesterday surfing, but wasn't quite convinced it is the right thing. Now taking a second look I think this is probably what I'm after. If I end up getting it or something like it, I'll post back on how it works. Anyone with experience with this product or something similar, I'd love to hear about it. David |
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| Author: | Txjole2 [ Mon May 19, 2008 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
Quote: Take it with you anywhere you go and can run for up to 110 hours on one set of 3 "AA" batteries. Thats what scares me about that one. Sure doent seem like alot of power. |
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| Author: | Walt [ Mon May 19, 2008 4:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
Uh, we've been doing this for years with the simple Best Buy iPod transmitter. I think I paid about $50 for mine. I usually forget and leave it in the truck, so I don't realize it until pulling away from the dock..... too late to care at that point! |
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| Author: | BrentC5Z [ Mon May 19, 2008 4:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
I'd like to hear some feedback on this. Us audiophiles cannot tolerate the poor radio signal quality. I've tried the ipod ones, $80 at Wal-Mart. It sounded awful even the car 3 feet from the antenna. |
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| Author: | Txjole2 [ Mon May 19, 2008 4:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
The big boy on the cruisers on Lewisville are crystal clear. One guy even has a mic and calls his channel "party cove radio". He plays good music and most people tune in. |
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| Author: | impulse [ Mon May 19, 2008 5:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
Jole - What freq is he normally on, I'll check it out this weekend prolly. I read through the reviews on Amazon for the wholehousefmtransmitter and they are mostly good. The ones on the http://www.wholehousefmtransmitter.com/ website make me suspicious. There are 60 of them or so and all are 5 stars???? |
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| Author: | cougarcruiser [ Mon May 19, 2008 7:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
I would check into one of the links from WayTooSlow... Those looked right on. It's the first time I've ever heard of people using these -- shows how much I know! I like the idea though! |
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| Author: | Txjole2 [ Tue May 20, 2008 1:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
impulse wrote: Jole - What freq is he normally on, I'll check it out this weekend prolly. I read through the reviews on Amazon for the wholehousefmtransmitter and they are mostly good. The ones on the http://www.wholehousefmtransmitter.com/ website make me suspicious. There are 60 of them or so and all are 5 stars???? 88.3 I think he will say it over the loud speaker if he is on the air. It a Red & White Gibson house boat. |
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| Author: | impulse [ Tue May 20, 2008 1:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FM Transmitter for your boat??? |
Cool thanks, I'll keep an ear out. |
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