Marine stereo that charges and controls Ipad

[myers368]

Any suggestions for a new head unit that will control an Ipad through USB AND CHARGE IT?

I will play all of my music through spotify stored on my Ipad. I also want to remove my chartplotter and mount my Ipad in its place so I can use my Ipad as my chartplotter and audio control center. I will hardwire it back to the headunit. I will also have several wired remotes mounted on the boat. I would like to be able to control the song selection (basically just next song, previous song) as well as volume through the wired remotes. Since the Ipad will be hard mounted, I need the usb connection to power it as well.

Any suggestions for a headunit that will accomodate all of this? I thought the fusion would handle this, but I read in someone's review that it WILL NOT charge the Ipad.

 

[ZachDean]

Re: Marine stereo that charges and controls Ipad

Look at the kenwood kmr-355u. Ive got it to install in my pontoon before this season but it should do what you want it to.
Kenwood - KMR-355U

 

[bajaunderground]

Re: Marine stereo that charges and controls Ipad

I just purchase the Jensen MS2013BTR AM/FM/USB/iPod Bluetooth Absolutely love being able to BT my iPhone directly! I have an older iPod nano that I leave hooked up (velcro'd to the amp under the dash!) the USB charges the iPod/iPhone/iPad while the stereo is on. The only drawback is going thru the iPod files can be time consuming...shuffle (random) works excellent! The stereo is water proof and looks decent?