sound system in fish house

[kevfish1]

I want to put some speakers in my fish house that i can connect to my 12 volt tv for better sound. Any recomendations????

[croixflats]

I dont think you will get much better sound out of differant speakers. You will be able to distribute the sound more efficiently, I'd say its worth a try. Go to one of those box stores and get a set of cheap satilite speakers and enough 18 gauge wire to place the speakers where you want them.

I have an old 14 inchtv set in the basement and what I did was take the back pannel off to access the speaker leads and tide directly to them. The sound was a and bit better and the olume much better.

[LightningBG]

keep in mind, unless you tap directly into the internal speakers with other speakers, a regular home stereo cant be powered by 12v. You could look into installing a car stereo that has an input jack and then install car speakers.

[Brad B]

instead of a car stereo get a radio for a boat. some come with speakers but they will be flush mounts but you could also just buy external speakers to hook to it. a basic setup can be had for around a $100.00 with 2 flush mount speakers (plye brand).

[hawkeye43]

In my tractor, I bought a thing that picks up the tv sound over my stereo in the tractor cab. you need to set the radio on preset staions. It a good radio that makes the tv sound that much better and can hear over the engin noise. I got that at radio shack.

[Ed Carlson]

If your TV has RCA outs for speakers, no problem. If it has just a headphone out than you can add an external speaker from that and even bump it up with a small amp if you wish. You should be able to do it all in 12 V and at a low cost.

[JSK76]

I run a 12 volt, car cd/dvd/radio combo and then run the tv off it and play dvds from it and it works great. Like others said your tv needs an audio out.

[bobbymalone]

In my tractor, I bought a thing that picks up the tv sound over my stereo in the tractor cab. you need to set the radio on preset staions. It a good radio that makes the tv sound that much better and can hear over the engin noise. I got that at radio shack.

does this still work after the switch to digital tv? I have a couple radios that picked up tv audio but they don't work anymore.

[hawkeye43]

Yes it does, I have a digital tv hooked up.

[LakeDocktor]

hawkeye, from the sounds of it, you have a device that plugs into your headphone jack on your TV and then you preset the desired radio station to whatever you have the device set to and you get the audio from the TV throughout the regular speakers. If so, all you have is a modulator and they have been around for a long time. I used to have one when I had my discman in the car and the car stereo didn't have a CD player. You can find them just about anywhere for pretty cheap. However you still need another sound source (car stereo) to utilize a modulator. I would pick up a cheap surround system and an invertor to power it off your 12v system. I'm not sure how long it will last. The louder the speakers and the more speakers = more power drain thus draining the battery quicker.