Featured Website: myscenicdrives

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myscenicdrives helps users find the perfect scenic drive for a casual Sunday afternoon, weekend getaway or adventurous road trip.

Each scenic drive features an overview, interactive map, recommended places of interest, weather forecast and GPS directions. The site provides both a rich web-based interface and a light-weight mobile version for smartphones. And now with online travel reservations, myscenicdrives provides a single destination for all your road trip planning.

With new drives regularly released, you will always find the perfect scenic drive on myscenicdrives

Featured Blog: Illinois Campers -That's How We Roll

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I have been reading so many great blogs from people who RV, camp, fulltime or do the weekend thing like we do. I thought I would try my hand at telling our story and give an accounting of our experiences as we begin our camping/RV lifestyle. We talked for years about getting a camper and enjoying the great outdoors in a little more style than in a tent(Glenda just won't do that). So we went to the Chicago RV show last February in Rosemont, IL and saw just about every type of camper, RV, trailer, toy hauler at the show. We didn't want to spend alot of money(I know that is a relative term) so we decided to go with a small hybrid trailer from Starcraft. We purchased it in July and had a hitch put on our 2006 Mitsubishi Outlander(towing capacity 3500lbs) and off we went from the dealer.

Upgrade your RV Theater Entertainment Center

Tim R. Enright
When we bought our RV we had no idea what the sound system sounded like until we actually went camping for the first time. Since dealers typically have no power hooked up on the RV units you are looking at, you have no idea how the electrical components perform until you get them home and plug them in.

Our Jayco 5th Wheel originally came with a Memorex Model STS71E 125 Watt Home Theater. We were pleasantly surprised by how good it sounded.

One day the fan in the back of the unit started getting loud so I had it replaced at a Jayco Dealer under our RV warranty. The replacement unit looked identical, yet my original remote would not work. Upon further inspection I discovered that the receiver had different components inside. I needed to return to the dealer to get the new remote for the receiver. On top of everything else the sound of the new one was nowhere near as good as the original one.

We decided to upgrade. I did some research and found the speakers installed in our RV were model LS3CMW, 90 watt ceiling mount speakers made by Magnadyne. The subwoofer was a passive type speaker. A passive speaker has no amplifier and gets its power only from the receiver.

I went to work looking for a new Home Theater-in-a-Box. The new system would need a DVD player, Radio and inputs for TV. It would be nice to have an iPod dock. Eventually I would also add my WDTV so we could watch our TiVo shows from home.

Some things that limited my selection while shopping were output power and types of speakers. I was keeping the original speakers so I didn’t want a receiver that would provide enough power to damage them. The subwoofer had to be a passive type because the location of the speaker had no AC outlet. I was also limited by the size of the receiver that would fit back into our RV cabinet.

We eventually ended up purchasing a LG model LHT754 theater system. This model has proven to be an excellent addition to our RV. The performance and sound rivals our larger more expensive system at home. We are quite happy with our selection. If we were to upgrade again I would go with a Blu-ray model like the LG model LHB336. There are plenty of other Home Theater-in-a-Box units to choose from as well.

The final entry to our RV Theater Entertainment System was a Harmony Remote Control. The Harmony is the perfect companion to our setup. It allows us to control every component in our system with ease.

Article Courtesy of : BugSmacker : Copyright 2012

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Featured Product: Hookup Memory Level   
This item may be one of the smallest gadgets we ever purchased for or RV. It is also however one of the handiest. If you own a 5th Wheel trailer you know how much fun it can be to keep getting in and out of your truck to run back and adjust the front landing jacks on your RV to the proper height while hitching up. With this little Hookup Memory Level you can set the height of the trailer with a sliding marker to remember where it was when you unhooked from it. This way you just need to return the bubble on the level to this mark when you go to hook it back up. Isn’t this just the simplest, yet greatest little device! If you are a 5th Wheel owner then this is a must have gadget. 

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