For those who like to take their own tunes along to add to cruise enjoyment, PS Engineering has taken the hassle out of listening to those MP3s. The company has introduced the PMA8000B-MP3, which adds a 1 Gig MP3 player to the PMA8000B audio control panel. The company is already selling a non-certified audio controller with a built in MP3 player and the popularity of that model prompted development of the certified version.
“We saw the popularity of the MP3 player in our PMA9000EX and designed a way to add this functionality into the certified PMA8000B.” said company founder Mark Scheuer, “Not only is the MP3 electronics carefully integrated, but the user interface is as simple and easy to use, which was our number 1 consideration when implementing the player.”
Tunes are loaded from a thumb drive in the USB port on the unit and all the usual function controls are included. Most importantly, one more wire is eliminated from the cockpit. “Once the tunes are loaded, there are no more cables running around the cockpit, and there is no risk of damaging personal electronics,” said Steve Hudson, PS Engineering’s VP of engineering.
