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05-01-2015, 07:13 PM #1
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I am very big into music and can't even imagine being on the boat without tunes. I however listen to a lot of music that is on Souncloud and other streaming only apps. The downside to this is that certain parts of my lake have dead zones with no service. Is there some kind of hotspot I can build into the boat? Supposedly the new Chevy cars come with built in wifi, what are they using?
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05-01-2015, 08:28 PM #2
They are likely connecting to the same cell service, that which your phone is dropping. Good chance they are using a booster antenna though. Much easier to do with a hard wired base unit as opposed to a pocket phone. Much like the days bag phones that could reach WAY further then modern phones because of the lack of cell antenna as compared to today.
Why not down load the music rather than stream? Thats why I like the Beast By Dre, soon to be relaunched by Apple.
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05-01-2015, 11:38 PM #3
My new Ram has HotSpot and it basically uses my Phone Data plan so really not a good option for me.
I also notice that even in my truck it will drop out Serius pretty easily in the hills out by my house.
On a boat if you don't have cell signal a Hot Spot isn't going to help, your only option is try Serius radio, you can buy a receiver unit and connect it to the boat. Then you are using Satalite radio, more reliable in most settings.
I feel the same as you do about music, I downloaded a lot the first couple summers, now my local lake has a cell tower on the mountain with my carrier, so it helps a ton. I still switched over and got Beats Music on me and the Mrs phones and I can download the tracks to my phone with playlists for lakes we goto with no signal.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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05-02-2015, 01:45 AM #4
Cheap USB flash drive and 4-8hrs of music and your set!!
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05-04-2015, 10:37 AM #5
Consider a WiFi extender/amplifier... Something like WIFI RANGER.
These devices go out and find a wifi hotspot, even if weak and lock onto it. The signal is amplified a lot. At that point, your boat becomes the wifi hotspot and you don't use data. This as long as the WiFi amplifier can find a shore-based hot-spot to connect to...
its a long-shot, but there are some GOOD wifi extenders that coastal cruisers use off-shore to stay connected to land-based WiFi hotspots.
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05-04-2015, 01:44 PM #6
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05-04-2015, 02:06 PM #7
get satellite unless you have large cliffs
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05-10-2015, 04:30 PM #8
I listen is Soundcloud, which has songs/mixes/ and sets by dis that are not avail. for download. I have no desire to listen to music that is picked for me (pandora/sirius/etc). I am going to look into this wifi extender!
2015 Moomba Mojo
Black Flake/Intense Green
Custom Sea-Dek Teak Floor
Shaved, 5% Tint, SeaBlazeX & Spectrum
1100lb Rears Upgrade, 2016 Flow Surf System
WS-420SQ, WS-Rev10s, JL 2x12w6, 6xMX650s, 2xM600/1, M600/6, M400/4
LED's in all the right places
2001 Supra 22SSV SOLD
1991 Malibu Sunsetter SOLD
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05-11-2015, 12:56 AM #9
Something like this from att@t might work. http://www.att.com/cellphones/att/wi...sku=sku7130587
It would require it's own data plan though. We have the phone only one at the lake and while our cell phones get no reception the device does.
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05-04-2015, 11:15 AM #10Shane
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