Hi John, Glad to hear that my two cents worth of information was of help. My SONY CD player is great, and doubles as the CD input to my Hi-Fi at home. Now just get the small SONY speakers - about $5.- and you have music in the cockpit while sailing. If they get wet and eventually give up the ghost, well, they only cost $5.-! Much better than using headphones. Enjoy the music Connie ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.