Thanks
I went ahead with the easy route, mounted the atp brain box to the transom next to the starboard battery.
I also like it because I can pull the battery cover off and see the status lights, that should help me troubleshoot if it comes to it.
Trim tabs are fully installed and working, next step will be a lake trial and programming.
Over the weekend started organizing and cleaning the boat, getting ready for the next outing.
The alpine cd deck that this thing came with started powering off on me.
then amazon suggested the exact deck I have been trying to find.
Nearly a direct swap for this one and bundled with a remote control.
Most important thing: Bluetooth connectivity!
No CD player, but that's fine.
That arrived nice and early on Sunday morning, so I proceeded to get ready for the swap.
I was delighted to see that the plug was the same as the current unit, and the pinout is identical!
Swapped it in and connected to my phone, started with the basic setup.
The sound quality difference amazed me.
it also controls the amp/sub better with less distortion.
Overall, just a better sounding stereo with a better interface.
This is what I got
Alpine UTE 73BT
Afterwards I started doing some wire cleanup, rats nest in the starboard gunnel, hiding an Alpine speaker driver module thing.
Probably an amp, I didn't look at it too hard other than cleaning up the wiring and installing some corrugated wire protection and some new zip ties to make it pretty.
