What's the best way to hook up music for all 4 people? I'm guessing a good audio panel? If so which one. When I plug straight into my headset its great. If I play it through the intercom for everyone it's horrible mono. No need for a CD player. Just want to plug in xm or an iPod.

Here's how I'm setting up the Skywagon: XM comes in thru the 796, then goes into the garmin 340, and out to all 4 jacks.

Just depends on what intercom or audio panel you install - most should have an aux input channel, then get a 3.5mm input wired to it and you can pipe in whatever you want. Make sure it auto-suppresses the input when any radio traffic occurs. Not sure about the mono/stereo issue, but playing ipod plugged into the 4-place intercom I had sounded great in all four seats.

Practice!

If you really want to hear the best sounds, sit in the best seats in Orchestra Hall. Anything else is just a poor substitute.
Charles

I never play music with passengers. Between air traffic and passenger chit chat it is a waste of time. By myself plug in or BT iPhone5 music into my Zulu's

When I had a new PS Engineering 6000B audio panel installed last May, I had the necessary jacks installed so that in front, I can play what I want for either all 4 people, the 2 front seaters, or just me. The back seat jack can play just for the back seaters if I isolate them from the front seat. It's just mono--not sure that stereo is worth it in an airplane as noisy as mine. I primarily use my XM radio/MP3 player out of the car, although I can plug in anything that has an earphone output. The 6000B has a mute function that automatically immediately mutes if any radio transmissions or intercom transmissions occur, with a switch to switch that off. It's the low end PSE audio panel, but it's great. It allows me to isolate myself from everyone, or just the 2 front seats from the back seats. The intercom is superb. It also has a function that allows the pilot to use one radio while the copilot uses the other radio, though I haven't tried that yet.

Cary

My thoughts:
Need 4 good stereo-capable headsets. They should be noise canceling
Need a good intercom capable of stereo with all jacks wired appropriately.
Make sure the headsets are set for stereo.

About as simple as that. However, if you are going to get 4 good noise canceling headsets, most have bluetooth and you can simply run the music through the headsets via the wireless technology. It really is amazing.

OregonMaule wrote:I never play music with passengers. Between air traffic and passenger chit chat it is a waste of time. By myself plug in or BT iPhone5 music into my Zulu's

Yea I agree most passengers don't want to listen to music. They want to hear the engine and the pilot comforting them and pointing stuff out on the ground.

And the Zulu Bluetooth wireless tech sounds amazing. I have never heard a intercom system sound anywhere close.

I just got a PS Engineering 8000bt installed in the corporate plane. It's a slide in replacement to a garmin 340, for about $1200 (trade in). The unit seems to be superior, and the streaming music is awesome. Passengers can stream and be isolated, and I can even listen to separate music if I want.

Not a single passenger has ever used the thing. I am the only one to ever utilize the blue tooth streaming feature. I find this to be the case with most passenger comfort mods.