Recent content by oysterman

I have a JVC KD-X341BT head unit mounted in my boat in the saloon and I sit in my cockpit 3m away to play music via a wifi network (I have a travel router and hard drive that I control via the phone and send to the unit via BT). Unfortunately the signal drops unless I hold the phone to...

I think you'll find it's "you're", not "your". If you're gonna diss, do it properly, you thick ****.

Hi, I've just purchased an Alpine MRV-F300 amp and a JVC KD-X341BT (thanks to everyone who helped in this forum for getting me this far). I noticed the amp has a remote turn on connection which is wired to the head unit, but connector to be bought separately. 1) Is this a special cable or...

I suspect there will be restrictions on file size re the USB hard drive (format type, size of drive, format of music file), not to mention navigation, but at least that option is there.

So, noob question. Do these BT HUs behave like a BT speaker in that they just receive whatever is being broadcast from a phone? They don't require an app or anything? I'm wanting to hook my phone up to a wireless network that has a USB hard drive attached and play my music through an app on my...

Interesting. Two votes for JVC. Is JVC generally considered a good digital receiver then? Wondering what they've managed to nail that others haven't, or is it recommended because of the price?

I've come round to the idea of blue tooth so I'm looking for some recommendations. I'm after an HU that has excellent BT performance, four channel, and designed for digitital audio. Don't need a CD player. Would like RCA aux in. Not familiar with who makes decent HUs these days so any pointers...

Except that's for Windows. I'll be running Android, but no doubt there are equivalent programs out there.

Cheers. Yep, happy to give a bit more power over to the amp Checked on Crutchfield, they have a few DSPs for under $300. Kicker Front Row at $249. Since I don't know this subject I've no idea if they're rated but good reviews on CF. Also been recommended a BBE for the computer, since the...

Indeed it has, and I appreciate the responses. I've learned a lot in the last hour, so it's time to do some investigating. Thanks to everyone who helped out.

$$$$$$$$$ No, happy with the battery set-up and limited for battery space anyway. Replaced our 6v Trojans only this year so sticking with that, which will see us good for another five years or more. Lithium nice idea but it requires replacing the entire charging system (shore power, engine...

Yes! Sorry, I should have explained my scenario (I had posted about this in another thread so apologies for not explaining in this one). I live on a boat and rely on 12v, so I count every amp of power consumed. I can't afford to leave my instruments on all the time and they're only turned on as...

Understood. Bear in mind my current source is a NUC running W10 and the audio is only coming out the 3.5mm headphone jack to RCA. I'm sure purists will turn their nose up at this but it's been ok for my needs. The new setup would be similar but this time coming from a unit with Dolby that's a...

So DSP instead of head unit possible? One of the reasons for wanting to remove the HU is to lower power consumption. Appreciate an amp is going to increase it again but could I JUST use a DSP going to the amp or is that more power hungry than an HU?

I mean I'm such a noob I had no idea a DSP existed! Surely this is exactly what I'm looking for, no?