Stream Pandora on Boat Stereo System

[JLR]

I rarely use the stereo system aboard my 56MY. However, lately I have been listening to Pandora streaming via my Ipad or Cell Phone. Although not novel, I decided to try to stream Pandora through the boat stereo system (circa 1990) and succeeded. I was able to purchase a Sony Bluetooth receiver (read gadget not stereo receiver) and it took about 5 minutes to hook it to the aux or tape inputs in the rear of my boat stereo system. Now I can stream Pandora throughout the boat wirelessly from my Ipad or cell phone. Since I have a hot spot wifi set up on the boat, I use that wifi connection to get Pandora and stream away. Total cost--about $75.

 

[rsmith]

I rarely use the stereo system aboard my 56MY. However, lately I have been listening to Pandora streaming via my Ipad or Cell Phone. Although not novel, I decided to try to stream Pandora through the boat stereo system (circa 1990) and succeeded. I was able to purchase a Sony Bluetooth receiver (read gadget not stereo receiver) and it took about 5 minutes to hook it to the aux or tape inputs in the rear of my boat stereo system. Now I can stream Pandora throughout the boat wirelessly from my Ipad or cell phone. Since I have a hot spot wifi set up on the boat, I use that wifi connection to get Pandora and stream away. Total cost--about $75.

Pretty amzing stuff. Our boat came with a Lear Jet 8 track player built in from Hatt. Bill Lear of the biz jet fame invented the 8 track tape. Later on we put one on the bridge. Can't tell you how many 8 track tapes I've left scattered on the bottom at the Baltimore Canyon. I thought the MP3 media format was the ultimate and have over 200gig of music downloaded. But this Pandora is really cool how it looks for similar artists and songs using guitar riffs and such. I still have a large LP collection but am in want of a belt for my turntable. Records are not dead tho, my brother inlaw builds hi end turntables and sells to the Asian market. His units run up to $100k and he is 6 mo backordered.

 

[Pascal]

Bluetooth is ok but range is limited. If you have an iOS device, I prefer using an apple TV connected to a stereo. Much more range and you can stream just about anything via AirPlay

Apple TV is $99 and a router is dirt cheap. You can also use it to AirPlay video from YouTube and other sources to your TV

Been using it here at the house while building the boat, works great. Going to use the same set up on the boat for charters, most guests have iOS devices

Btw, a great free music app is TuneIn radio. You get 1000s of radio stations from around the world, I ve been listening to an 80s station from Italy, no talk only good music.

 

[SeaEric]

I mostly only listen to internet based music now. I stream Pandora from my phone to my car stereo via the Motorola Bluetooth for my phone. At home I listen to Rhapsody that is deployed throughout my house via a Sonos wireless set-up. My Rhapsody "to go" subscription ($15./mo) lets me download a bunch of stuff to an MP3 player that I use on airplanes and on the boat by hooking the MP3 to the boat stereo. I can't imagine having to buy CD's anymore.

 

[jim rosenthal]

Just out of curiosity, WHAT is in a 100K turntable? A solid gold platter for the LPs? I have never heard of such a thing. I have heard of high-end audio, but that is beyond high-end- that is in the stratosphere.

I have a Sony system that streams Pandora from cable internet. I wish I had invented Pandora- it is a very clever idea. There doesn't seem to be any limit to the number of stations you can set up, and I keep getting new ideas for it. These guys are brilliant.

 

[rsmith]

Just out of curiosity, WHAT is in a 100K turntable? A solid gold platter for the LPs? I have never heard of such a thing. I have heard of high-end audio, but that is beyond high-end- that is in the stratosphere.

I have a Sony system that streams Pandora from cable internet. I wish I had invented Pandora- it is a very clever idea. There doesn't seem to be any limit to the number of stations you can set up, and I keep getting new ideas for it. These guys are brilliant.

There made by his robotics division. If your an audiofile and have a $100k laying around you might want to give them a call.
http://www.wmrobots.com/

 

[fissioneng]

I have a newer Yamaha receiver on the boat and bought an iPhone/iPod dock for it. Works great and charges the device while playing. We have access to all the purchased music as well as anything the phone can access such as Pandora. Bummer if you get a phone call though. That is the shortcoming of using your phone as an audio device!

There are many options with music/phones/audio these days.

 

[GJH]

"Bummer if you get a phone call though." I take it you are on Verizon, Sprint, or US Cellular?
Our marina recently changed its wi-fi system so that you have to click on an "accept" terms and conditions button to get to the internet. So now, non browser based apps like Apple TV, and those on our new TV and Blu-Ray player (Netflix, Pandora) don't work. I can take my 3G card and put it on one of the computers and set up an independent hot spot that the other devices can connect to, but that's both a little funky and not as fast. So you gotta kinda know what you got, infrastructure wise. We really enjoyed Netflix and Pandora when they were easy to use, and still enjoy them on the computer, though the sound system is not near as good and the screen a 21 instead of 37". Does anybody know if there is a bridge out there like the Rogue that can automatically get through one of these cyber gate keepers?

 

[Pascal]

""Bummer if you get a phone call though." I take it you are on Verizon, Sprint, or US Cellular"

I don't think it s a network issue. With AT&T when a call comes in, music is also interrupted.

Some hotspots restrict some apps incl streaming but not all hot spots with accept splash page do that. I ve often connected to hotspots where you have to accept the conditions of use thru yr browser, but once that a done other apps or non browser based software can use the connection ( skype, webcam, etc)

 

[fissioneng]

""Bummer if you get a phone call though." I take it you are on Verizon, Sprint, or US Cellular"

I don't think it s a network issue. With AT&T when a call comes in, music is also interrupted.

If I was with AT&T, my phone would never ring since they have no service near my boat! LOL

 

[GJH]

""Bummer if you get a phone call though." I take it you are on Verizon, Sprint, or US Cellular"

I don't think it s a network issue. With AT&T when a call comes in, music is also interrupted.

Some hotspots restrict some apps incl streaming but not all hot spots with accept splash page do that. I ve often connected to hotspots where you have to accept the conditions of use thru yr browser, but once that a done other apps or non browser based software can use the connection ( skype, webcam, etc)

Doesn't seem to work that way using a bluetooth gateway from AT&T Blackberry with cellular data feed, the data side seems to be independent from the voice, at it should be on GSM.

Anyway, I hardly use that ever. The issue is that the TV and Blu-ray and Apple TV do not get their internet connection from the computer at all, they are wi fi enabled and pick up the local network. They worked fine before the "accept" feature was put in when they upgraded the system after Irene. They work fine if I set up "sharing" on my computer with the computer using a cellular data air card for the feed. You can't share an internet connection on Macs wi-fi-to wi-fi with the Mac acting as a "router" so to speak.

So I need something that can "accept" for the TV and pass the internet connection on through. I can accomplish this through hooking and ethernet cable form the computer to the TV, but that would be ugly or an expensive routing job. Maybe hook a cheap access point to the computer by ethernet and do it that way? Hmmmm....

 

[SeaEric]

I thought that I was reasonably tech savvy but you guys have me beat.