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tonyjohnson 07-15-2012 09:06 PM

Should I install a music jack?
 
I have a PMA 8000B audio panel which has a plug on the front for music, or a phone.

There is a provision to install a remote music jack elsewhere in the cockpit. I am wondering if I should install a remote jack or whether it is more trouble than it is worth. At this stage of the build it would be simple to do. Later it would be a pain.

So, do those of you who fly with an audio panel that has a music plug on the front find it acceptable or would you rather have a plug somewhere else in the cockpit?

ColoRv 07-15-2012 09:13 PM

The GIB might entertain herself by being the flight DJ if she has a way to plug in. My wife does exactly that on roadtrips.

Can you have one both front and back with the 8000b?

131RB 07-15-2012 09:22 PM

Like you said yourself, it's easy to do now. If you like music put it in. If you don't like music Put it in anyway, you won't be sorry latter and won't have to add later.
Ryan

rwhittier 07-15-2012 09:28 PM

Install it
 
I have that AP and while the front hook up works - it does leave a wire sticking out in a inconvenient place if you use that exclusively. Do yourself a favor and put the aux jack someplace out of the way. As you say, it's easy now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonyjohnson (Post 680448)
I have a PMA 8000B audio panel which has a plug on the front for music, or a phone.

There is a provision to install a remote music jack elsewhere in the cockpit. I am wondering if I should install a remote jack or whether it is more trouble than it is worth. At this stage of the build it would be simple to do. Later it would be a pain.

So, do those of you who fly with an audio panel that has a music plug on the front find it acceptable or would you rather have a plug somewhere else in the cockpit?


Jim P 07-15-2012 09:38 PM

Another Option...
 
Another option is to get the GIB a Zulu or another headset that accepts music inputs. I have the 8000B in a -7 and never wired up a secondary input as I just run my music right into the PMA.

Bavafa 07-15-2012 09:40 PM

Without a doubt.

BobTurner 07-15-2012 09:44 PM

Wires hanging out of the panel always eventually get in the way. Put in a jack in an out of the way place.
If you plan to take a teenager along, wire up headset jacks to the rear seat output of the 8000 and install a second music jack; unless,of course, you like teen age music, loud!

Neal@F14 07-15-2012 09:47 PM

When I wired up the RV-8 in my avatar, I put the headset jacks over on the post on the right hand side of the fuselage just behind the front seat so that the cables wouldn't be in an awkward place. I also put a music jack next to the pilot's headset jacks. That way I could set my music player on the floor to the right of the front seat and its wire would also not be dangling in front of me. It worked out great.

Norman CYYJ 07-15-2012 10:33 PM

If you are flying around the strawberry patch and dont have to talk to ATC go for it. If you are flying cross country trips and IFR or with flight following you will not enjoy or have time to listen to music. It will keep cutting out every time they speak.

Neal@F14 07-15-2012 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Norman CYYJ (Post 680485)
If you are flying cross country trips and IFR or with flight following you will not enjoy or have time to listen to music. It will keep cutting out every time they speak.

Many of the PS Engineering audio panels and intercoms have "karaoke mode" where you can turn off the auto-muting of the music. As long as you don't have the music volume up too high, you can still hear and discern the radio calls.


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