Marine radio
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Forum Name: Marine Electronics
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Printed Date: April 26, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Topic: Marine radio
Posted By: Scott35
Subject: Marine radio
Date Posted: January 05, 2005 at 2:37 PM
What are the differences between marine radios and standard radios?
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Posted By: Drewt
Date Posted: January 05, 2005 at 3:27 PM
more expensive and water resistance, that's about it Basically, unless you're putting it in a boat (or a jeep that you're too lazy to put the top on when it's raining, which is what I would do), I wouldn't worry about it. -Drew
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: January 05, 2005 at 3:31 PM
Generally I don't distinguish between the marine and automotive. Also marine audio equiptment isn't waterproof.
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Posted By: Scott35
Date Posted: January 05, 2005 at 3:34 PM
My real question is, A guy at work swapped out a Jensen marine radio, which never ran his battery down during down time, to a pioneer cd player, that ran his battery down. There is some sort of filter on the 12v con wire on the Jensen, could that be what keeps it from running down?
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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: January 05, 2005 at 5:21 PM
more then likely what was on the kensen was a fuse box, or a noise filter. A radio should not run down the battery by itself under no curcimstances. If you are running amps then yes It will run down the battery while the car is not on, But the current draw of just a radio would take hours upon hours to kill a normal battery
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Posted By: Scott35
Date Posted: January 06, 2005 at 2:56 PM
Anybody else?
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