How nice is your radio box? Post pics
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raceanoncr
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Sleeper team and radio
The standard JBL CHARGE runs about 119.00 at most BEST BUY stores. There is an upgraded model with lights if you like that "disco" feeling... for about $150.00 (lol)
The JBL has the best battery rating among all the wireless models available.
The DRE beat pill blows ash, and the battery life is half of the JBL. The BOSE is a great sound, but the battery life is also substandard.
The JBL will last well over 10 hours of playtime and you can charge your phone or ipod on it as well with some small sacrifice to overall battery life.
TOS.
The JBL has the best battery rating among all the wireless models available.
The DRE beat pill blows ash, and the battery life is half of the JBL. The BOSE is a great sound, but the battery life is also substandard.
The JBL will last well over 10 hours of playtime and you can charge your phone or ipod on it as well with some small sacrifice to overall battery life.
TOS.
Sparkey86
Well-Known Member
I run a galaxy 959 and radio receiver mounted to a cutting board that you can buy at Walmart. Then mount the whole thing on top of the dash. When I first started in feeders I was persuaded not to mount everything in a box. After some years in feeders I used tractors that had slip seat boxes and found that it was a bit inconvenient to take your eyes from the road to look to the passenger seat to change stations or CB channels and if you are like me, you are constantly adjusting squelch and RF gain etc. I just found it safer to have it there at dash level and with everything mounted to the board you can just unhook and grab the board and everything comes out. The downside to the board is that you can't really stack the radios because it becomes a challenge to see the hood mounted convex mirror on passenger side needed for lane changes. I like the cool boxes though. Pretty cool to see what drivers come up with. My 2cents
dumbmuthertrucker
DR FD
I use the Sharkk Boombox with my iPod. I'm getting over 24 hours of playtime on one charge by connecting it to my iPod with a cable instead of using bluetooth. It's loud enough to hear over the noise in my package car even on the highway. Sound quality is great for the price I paid for it.
Boxmaker
Member
dumbmuthertrucker
DR FD
In-cab distraction?
Boxmaker
Member
It's only on when on the lot. Not when driving.
silenze
Lunch is the best part of the day
Very nice work
Any tips for someone looking to build one?
How does that secure to the dash?
BUCN85
Well-Known Member
Any idea how much data pandora uses up? I thought about this but worried pandora would suck up dataWho needs a radio box anymore? JBL makes a nice portable blue tooth speaker that you can play your ipod, mp3 or pandora radio with. Its what I use.
Boxmaker
Member
It can be secured many ways. Most people use a bungie but I use zip ties. We have mounting brackets on the dash.
The biggest tip I can give is to make sure it's mounted safely and it's fused properly. Make it light and efficient and simple to use.
Cementups
Box Monkey
I just bought one of these myself. It was rated the highest on a bunch of different sites and had the longest battery life of 15 hours. And it fits in the cupholder of my package car. I didn't have a full charge on it today so only got to enjoy it for about 3 hours but it sounds pretty nice.
Myleftsideistan
Hot
solar powered Eton Bluetooth speaker, will last 14 hour day at full blast without a problem. Steaming Pandora over bt
Sparkey86
Well-Known Member
That is the coolest one I've seen. Are you constantly cleaning the glass due to dust?
Boxmaker
Member
Not really. It doesn't get really dirty. Thanks for liking the box. And it's an acrylic plexiglass top.
