This evening I have been completing the wiring of a new unit in the forward port side of the main cabin.

The unit has a CD/MP3/radio that I got from Aldi, 1 of the speakers for the radio, a switch panel compete with lighter socket.

The switch panel supplies the radio, power for the charger base of the H/H VHF, and power for the H/H GPS that is used to feed the laptop and give lat/long for manual plotting.

The black wire hanging down by the radio has a 3.5mm jack plug that allows a Ipod to be plugged in, much to the delight of our younger crew members.

I have just been tasting the GPS feed to the laptop and seeing if the laptop 12v charger will work off the Lighter socket.

YES in both cases.

The charger is a big plus as the domestic battery it is all running off has not been charged for about 2 weeks and I have been running the radio from it for some while most evenings.