Putting a TV in a SeaRay 280 Sundancer

Biggp

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Sep 14, 2020
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Boat Info
280 sea ray sundancer
Engines
Twin 4.3 v6
I bought the boat and the end of the season so no access until the spring but want to pre plan and buy the necessary equipment.

I’m just wonder if anyone else has a 280 and installed a TV mount, where did you put it and what the biggest size TV you can put in.

Thanks
 
I put one into ours. I used an inexpensive one from Best Buy that was natively 12 vdc (external brick). I chose BB only because it had and external brick with a 12 vdc output. This allowed us to use the tv anytime we wanted. It was I believe a 15” screen, but may be larger. Here’s a photo. I also added a Glomex amplified antenna to the arch. This setup allowed us to use broadcasted service.

When I upgraded the TVs on the new boat I went with smart TVs and AppleTV and rely on streaming services for content. At the time I did the 280 good marina WiFi wasn’t available to us, but had it been we could have used streaming as well.

Physically the tv is mount on the starboard side cabinet, above the 110 outlet. The control for the amplified antenna is mounted in the electrical cabinet. Wires run along the shelf above the vee berth bolster.


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Can't help specific to the 280. In general, one thing to consider is how it will be powered. Your best bet is to find one that specifically runs off 12VDC. Alternatively, find an AC TV that runs off an AC->12VDC "brick", then snip off the brick and wire the TV directly to DC.
 
On my 280DA the OEM TV was installed on a sliding tray in the cabinet at the foot of the V berth port side.
 
On my 280DA the OEM TV was installed on a sliding tray in the cabinet at the foot of the V berth port side.
I thought the OEM tv was installed in the starboard side “closet” (the door shown in my photo) on all 280s like it was on the 02 production.
 
I thought the OEM tv was installed in the starboard side “closet” (the door shown in my photo) on all 280s like it was on the 02 production.

Henry,

You are correct. It was the starboard side.
 
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Here is my '04 280. The TV is mounted onto the slide out tray for the orig TV (spun the tray 180 degrees to mount). We can still slide it out and rotate plus we have all that space for storage.
 

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