Under Cabinet LCD TV/DVD/stereo installed on 26M
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paj637
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Under Cabinet LCD TV/DVD/stereo installed on 26M
Just installed an Audivox 12" LCD TV/DVD/Stereo in my 2006
Put in in the overhead above the forward dinette seat. Only 4 scew holes, easy install. Great picture with broadcast HDTV. Bought a $10 antenna at BestBuy that works great. I'm a good 25 miles from any broadcast tower. Digitial signal for the HDTV is a vast imrovement over analog broadcasts. Waiting to see how it is affected by anchor swing. The unit draws 40 watts max, I opened up the case to see if I could straight wire it to the battery but no joy. I run it off a 75 watt inverter plugged into a 12v extension cable. The TV unit cost about 200 bucks. Overall, the most economical on power and biggest screen. Just right for my
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Here's all you'll need re posting pictures:paj637 wrote:Will do as soon as I can figure how to post a pic. It'll be my first one.
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paj637
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Sorry, still haven't gotten around to taking a picture to post but it fits nicely in the later model M's. Bought it off of Ebay!
Audiovox 12" Kitchen LCD TV/DVD Combo with AM/FM Stereo
Model KLV39120CE
Convenient space-saving design, flips down when needed, flips up so its out of the way when not in use!
Brand new in original box!
Features:
12" LCD Screen
ATSC/NTSC Cable-Ready Tuner
Plays DVDs, CDs, And JPG Picture CDs
Supports up to 1880i
Digital AM/FM Radio
Clock and Timer Function
Magnetic Remote Control (attaches to refrigerator)
Audiovox 12" Kitchen LCD TV/DVD Combo with AM/FM Stereo
Model KLV39120CE
Convenient space-saving design, flips down when needed, flips up so its out of the way when not in use!
Brand new in original box!
Features:
12" LCD Screen
ATSC/NTSC Cable-Ready Tuner
Plays DVDs, CDs, And JPG Picture CDs
Supports up to 1880i
Digital AM/FM Radio
Clock and Timer Function
Magnetic Remote Control (attaches to refrigerator)
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Here's the TV/DVD we use (also an Audiovox purchased on eBay)... it works on 120 or 12 volts and it came with wireless headphones so we can watch silently when the kids are racked-out in the aft berth. It also came with a sling to hold it in the car for travel... so it can be used in the boat, the house and the car... very useful unit.
When not on the boat or in the car, it lives in our bathroom where I designed a wall mount for it... we use it to watch movies while the Admrial and I take a nice whirlpool bath with a glass of wine.... not a bad way to spend an evening, gents. Also handy for catching up on the news, weather and traffic while performing the morning ablutions before work.




When not on the boat or in the car, it lives in our bathroom where I designed a wall mount for it... we use it to watch movies while the Admrial and I take a nice whirlpool bath with a glass of wine.... not a bad way to spend an evening, gents. Also handy for catching up on the news, weather and traffic while performing the morning ablutions before work.




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Catigale wrote:Let us know when you finally get good working with wood, Kevin
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But actually, my latest project is in *tile*. I haven't done tile in a great many years, but we needed to alter our fireplace down in the basement in order to match the rennovations we're doing, so that's underway presently... not much applicability to boating though!
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BTW, this has *absolutely* nothing to do with this topic, but I thought I'd throw it in (although, perhaps it would look great in the Mac head or next to the Mac's galley sink?)... anyway, just in case any of you blokes are looking for something lovely for your Admiral for an upcoming gift-giving occasion, this is a winner for sure....
One of the things we added to the renovated bath was a really beautiful soap holder... yeah, I know, that's kind of silly... but it really added a lot to the room, plus it keeps the soap from getting all yucky in the dish, while adding a real piece of art to the room. Noveletti makes a wonderful series of these holders, and we chose the Hummingbird:

(You can see it at the edge of our sink in the pic in this post, above.)
Other nice ones:




One of the things we added to the renovated bath was a really beautiful soap holder... yeah, I know, that's kind of silly... but it really added a lot to the room, plus it keeps the soap from getting all yucky in the dish, while adding a real piece of art to the room. Noveletti makes a wonderful series of these holders, and we chose the Hummingbird:

(You can see it at the edge of our sink in the pic in this post, above.)
Other nice ones:




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Paj637:
So I found it (the AudioVox) on Amazon and read a few reviews, sounds like a decent unit but there was mention of no external audio jacks so one has to accept the units' internal speaker sound. For TV this is fine but how do you like the sound when playing CDs or radio, is it good or would you prefer that it could be boosted with an external sound unit?
So I found it (the AudioVox) on Amazon and read a few reviews, sounds like a decent unit but there was mention of no external audio jacks so one has to accept the units' internal speaker sound. For TV this is fine but how do you like the sound when playing CDs or radio, is it good or would you prefer that it could be boosted with an external sound unit?
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