music / DVD on board

[theguvnor]

As a bit of a technophobe I would like to ask the panel for advise for music / Movies aboard.

Moving to Holland at Easter, onto a 13m Dutch Steel Cruiser. I am lothe to start cutting holes in 5mm steel to run cables / wires so thought a IPod with 2 docking stations ( 1 saloon, 1 Flybridge) would solve the problem cos I could move the IPod from one to another dock. I am not sure if wifi is an option in a steel boat.

Having seen Dutch TV (!) I think I'll stick to movies on DVD. In a perfect world a TV with DVD & an integrated IPod player in the saloon would be ideal, but I am told that there aint no such kit available.

Any forumites done anything clever that I can copy?

Please keep any replies as simple as poss ie the less initials the better - Ta

 

[deborahann]

have exactly the same problems, docking thingie is great at home, to play ipod stuff via a hi fi, but of a nuisance in the reasonably small ish area of a boat interior.
On a flybridge no use at all.

Best thing ever is itrip, it goes into the bottom of your ipod, and it comes up with a radio frequency, you tune your hi fi/boat music playing equipment to the same one, and it plays from commands to your ipod. Bit of a duel turn it down with the boat player. itrip is cheap about £15 I think, maybe less. we have boat metal bits, not tried it this trip yet, but expect it to work as it does at home/car. (will try it when him indoors wakes up)

big problem with the flybridge music is how you control what you want to hear thats waterproof. waterproof speakers no problem. So not worked that one out.

you will be able to get sky tv in holland, a receiver dish for a boat is messy, and sky have a big issue about taking your card/box abroad. some have a land dish and plug into this when they are on their mooring.

 

[Geoffs]

I bought one of these for 30 quid, with 2GB memory, enough for well over 500 tracks.

Brilliant little device. we've all seen little FM transmitters, but only recently seen them built into MP3 players. It plays through FM stereo, of course. up to 10 metres range. Seems to work well.