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Old 01-30-2015, 03:56 PM
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Hi Paul

Oh No! I'm really sorry to hear about you back problem and Sincerely hope you will be better soon.

If I could find a Sound Bar, I would probably sit it on top of the 'Cubby' and clip it onto the handle, then hide it in the 'Cubby' or Boot/Trunk when its not in use.

To day, I happened to come across an awesome piece of kit in a Secondhand Shop, which was a professional hand built type of Loudspeaker Bar.

Which is Hi Fi Quality with massive Brass Type Connectors on the back, the only problem being that it requires a separate Amp, so as good as it was, it would work out very expensive.

I have already got rear speakers and upgraded them for better ones, when I got the Car but the problem is that they are far too small, so I need to find some big speaker pods for the underside of the 'Cubby'

Keeping that propped open, should not be too difficult to do.

Thanks for your help and I will check out that plug.

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Originally Posted by Jonathan-W
Here you go....

DC 12V and AC 110/240v

Just ship it...

SuperSonic 37 2.1 Bluetooth Soundbar with USBand Display ? QVC.com
Hi Thanks for that link but I really want to try it before I buy it.

If I could find one in the UK, they would probably give me a refund, if it wasn't suitable.
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonathan-W
what are the dimension of the cubby lid... I have something I might wish to mount on the underside
No idea about the dimensions, I can't get to the Car at the moment, as She's all wrapped up for the Winter.

What are you planning to put under the Lid?
 
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Hi Noah

Nice Job!

Never thought of a Sub Woofer although I've got one on my Surround Sound System in the house.
 
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OB,

Tks for your thoughts.

I'm pretty sure that many Sound bars are 12v powered and use transformers for home use. Have a look at the Sharp range. Not really expensive and have sub-woofer as part of the setup. Buy a cheap one, try it and put it in the house if it doesn't work for you!

Good luck

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Both my sound bars (one on the boat) came with subwoofers.
 
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Originally Posted by ptjs1
OB,

Tks for your thoughts.

I'm pretty sure that many Sound bars are 12v powered and use transformers for home use. Have a look at the Sharp range. Not really expensive and have sub-woofer as part of the setup. Buy a cheap one, try it and put it in the house if it doesn't work for you!

Good luck

Paul
Hi Paul

I never thought of that and you are probably right!

Everything seems to come with a Transformer these days, so it shouldn't be much of a job to cut that out and then mainline the whole thing to the Battery.
 
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Originally Posted by Steve M
Both my sound bars (one on the boat) came with subwoofers.
Hi Steve

What make are your Soundbars? are they 12v/24v or 240v

Maybe I could run one from an 'Inverter?'
 
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The one on the boat is a Samsung as it links to the Smart tv and 3D Bluray player but a lot of them seem to have the option of 12 or 240v supply anyway.
If you do go the inverter route put it somewhere cool as they can get quite warm in use.
 
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Originally Posted by Steve M
The one on the boat is a Samsung as it links to the Smart tv and 3D Bluray player but a lot of them seem to have the option of 12 or 240v supply anyway.
If you do go the inverter route put it somewhere cool as they can get quite warm in use.
Thanks for that Steve, I will check that out.
 
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