Skipper's Mate

Yes - you need a pre-prepared stick or solid-state drive (SSD) so that it can be written to on a Windows machine (assuming you're using Windows) and then run from the Skipper's Mate Boat Control Unit. The stick or SSD is divided into 3 categories : Music, Pictures and Video.

Yes - the Open Source Tvheadend software which is installed with Skipper's Mate allows you to record. Skipper's Mate can be configured either with a pre-prepared memory stick/flash drive or a solid-state drive (SDD) as a device for storage and replay.

Yes - using the Entertainment Kit which includes a DVB-T dongle. The system uses Open Source Tvheadend to tune to FreeView channels. You and your crew can access live TV and radio - also stored films, TV, music and photos - using any device attached to the Skipper's Mate Boat Server which can run a ...

Yes - it is designed to consume a low current - it's based around the Raspberry Pi. The system expects a step-down to 5 volts to run the Boat Server/Raspberry Pi. It will run from 12V, 24V or mains power. If you use the sensors, which come with a wire-free Sensor Control Unit then you will need to s...

There are 2 answers here :D Firstly you need to use the Skipper's Mate Boat Control Unit as your Boat Wi-Fi Hotspot. Then you have a choice of mobile broadband or using an external wireless signal to connect your boat to the Internet. You can use the Control Panel to switch between the two. External...

You have a choice of mobile broadband or using an external wireless. You can use the Control Panel to switch between the two. Our Comms Kit comes with a unlocked mobile broadband dongle (you need to add a SIM of your choice) which will provide 4G or 3G depending on what is available locally. The don...