Winerocks
Jet Boat Addict
- Messages
- 191
- Reaction score
- 137
- Points
- 112
- Location
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Boat Make
- Scarab
- Year
- 2015
- Boat Model
- HO Impulse
- Boat Length
- 21
I’m constantly working on improving my sweet ride. Thus far improvements have largely been looking after annoyances. Today I started a modernization, which will include several phases. The goal is to keep improving my boat, so that it stays “with the times”, and I’m not tempted to buy a new one. I’m planning in installing an NMEA 2000 backbone and planning equipment that will work with this system.
Phase I was upgrading the stereo. I have the upgraded Kicker system, which came with a Sony head unit with a removable face and three amps. The head unit was pretty crappy, with dodgy Bluetooth, mediocre sound quality, and pretty outdated. I went with an Infinity PRV 315.2 because I like the interface, remote, and that it works with NMEA 2000.
I decided to keep the head unit in the glovebox to protect from the elements. I had to make a new plate and cut some fiberglass in the glovebox to mount the bigger unit. I was able to reuse the usb input from the Sony.
![176CC44B-2B1D-40EA-B7E1-3145D4FA433E.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/154/154074-69ff2d6c48904fa5285f071322b8f7f0.jpg)
![15EF31EC-34A2-490B-B93C-8971F0137640.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/154/154075-d7d170ad2556522b4e137b0bc2d2bf3c.jpg)
I put the remote in the same hole in the ski deck as the Sony was. Fishing the remote cable was a pain. I pulled off the port side cushion and was able to zip tie it to the other cables that run to the stereo. I had to climb into the storage compartment in front of the Admiral’s seat to reach the cable and pull it through. Ultra-tight squeeze! The remote looks crooked in the picture, but it’s not in real life.
![262E20E0-9388-46E0-8664-7F7C7AA4A8B9.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/154/154076-3498c0f3778f2e829fd5e8bc003f3bed.jpg)
![1E21E6C2-7513-49BD-ACE4-F5F843F9EE15.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/154/154077-c83b977ec68f810b6e3ac512ad0e6c23.jpg)
I have a Simrad GO7 that will go to the right of the gauge cluster. I want to see engine temps, fuel use, boost pressures, control the stereo, use the chart plotter, etc. The NMEA gateway, Simrad, and amp will come a bit later…possibly also a rear-facing camera to keep an eye on the tubers.
Very happy with the results. The Infinity head unit is killer. The remote is way better too.
Phase I was upgrading the stereo. I have the upgraded Kicker system, which came with a Sony head unit with a removable face and three amps. The head unit was pretty crappy, with dodgy Bluetooth, mediocre sound quality, and pretty outdated. I went with an Infinity PRV 315.2 because I like the interface, remote, and that it works with NMEA 2000.
I decided to keep the head unit in the glovebox to protect from the elements. I had to make a new plate and cut some fiberglass in the glovebox to mount the bigger unit. I was able to reuse the usb input from the Sony.
![176CC44B-2B1D-40EA-B7E1-3145D4FA433E.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/154/154074-69ff2d6c48904fa5285f071322b8f7f0.jpg)
![15EF31EC-34A2-490B-B93C-8971F0137640.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/154/154075-d7d170ad2556522b4e137b0bc2d2bf3c.jpg)
I put the remote in the same hole in the ski deck as the Sony was. Fishing the remote cable was a pain. I pulled off the port side cushion and was able to zip tie it to the other cables that run to the stereo. I had to climb into the storage compartment in front of the Admiral’s seat to reach the cable and pull it through. Ultra-tight squeeze! The remote looks crooked in the picture, but it’s not in real life.
![262E20E0-9388-46E0-8664-7F7C7AA4A8B9.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/154/154076-3498c0f3778f2e829fd5e8bc003f3bed.jpg)
![1E21E6C2-7513-49BD-ACE4-F5F843F9EE15.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/154/154077-c83b977ec68f810b6e3ac512ad0e6c23.jpg)
I have a Simrad GO7 that will go to the right of the gauge cluster. I want to see engine temps, fuel use, boost pressures, control the stereo, use the chart plotter, etc. The NMEA gateway, Simrad, and amp will come a bit later…possibly also a rear-facing camera to keep an eye on the tubers.
Very happy with the results. The Infinity head unit is killer. The remote is way better too.