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[ssmedt]

hey everyone,

well over the past couple weeks i have been working on installing a new stero in my challenger; when i bought the boat it had an older unit installed but it was not working so the previous owner acutally gave me a new headunit that he bought but never installed. i had to do some modifying to the harness but overall it was not a hard install; I installed the wired remote today becuase i was getting annoyed at not having contorl from the drivers seat. tell me what you think

location of headunit where the previous onwner installed and cut the hole (not my choice)


old unit

new unit

remote


I used the existing cup holder; it was almost a perfect fit; required a very small amount of modification but it is the perfect location (yes i did loose the driver cupholder but i never have a beverage with me that does not have a screw cap; usuailly just a bottle of water that i can keep in the storage area behind the steeringwheel)





so everyone else with the 14.5 ft boats that did not come with a radio what have you done for your system?

[Kevin Leclair]

Great job, looks excellent!

[cnpalmer]

Very clean looking install! I'd like to see some pics of the speaker placement too if you have some time.

Did the remote run you a lot of $$$? Do you know if these head units usually have a wired remote available?

[ssmedt]

Very clean looking install! I'd like to see some pics of the speaker placement too if you have some time.

Did the remote run you a lot of $$$? Do you know if these head units usually have a wired remote available?

thanks; there are 2 up in the front bow; (they are the more tan looking covers) one in the back by the side passenger seat and the 4th by the drivers seat above the fuel shut off valves; the remote was not bad at all; picked it up off ebay for like $40; and all the newer sirius sat radio reday Jensen marine are compatable with that wired remote; but yeah i believe that most all headunits from any compay have a wired remote available most boats have the remote back in the stern on the swim platform but they work for this purpose aso; the antenna is an older metal one and i am getting a lot of inerference with the remote so i am going to try getting a newer style plastic antenna and see if i get better radio reception; the reception was great before i installed the remote; let me know if you would like a better pic of each speaker

this is the best pic i have of the one near the driver

[justpushplay]

Great job!!! I am a dealer for several marine radios, speakers, and amps. If you need anything just let me know and I will help any way that I can.

[ahamay115]

Looks good!! How was it cutting holes for the speakers?? Did you have any troubles?

[ssmedt]

Looks good!! How was it cutting holes for the speakers?? Did you have any troubles?

thank, i actually did not have to cut the speaker holes because they were already there but if you are looking to cut holes and don't have one of those really expensive hole bits what worked for me on other boats is to drill a bunch of little small holes with any size standard drill bit around the diameter of the hole you need then take a jig saw and well connect the dots and you will get a great hole with out that really expensive bit

[wmupilot]

that looks great! We are looking at doing something similar on our challenger. I'll let you know how it turns out later this summer.