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[peteandthira]

For those of you in March looking for a way of providing a stereo input to your car audio unit, I have a device which takes 2 phono leads from any source and converts it to RF which is then mixed with the FM aerial lead into the back of the car stereo. Switch on the little box and hey presto, 88.3 FM becomes your sound source. It blots out all other FM stations so it must be switchable. I got it from a regular car audio dealer in the High Street so it must be readily available. Can't remember the techno name for it but it cost about 40 quid.

Pops

 

[jerryat]

Hi Pops,

Can you remember which shop (or group like Halfords e.g.) you bought the gadget from? Thanks

Jerry

 

[peteandthira]

Jerryat

No, sadly. It was more specialised than Halfords, ie a "proper" in-car audio shop which sold navkit and stereos etc. Yellow pages ought to turn one up. They had it in stock too and thought it a common request to want to feed in an auxiliary source.

Pops

 

[jerryat]

Ok thanks Pops. We've got several specialist audio outfits here in Plymouth, so I'll drop in on one of those.

Cheers Jerry

 

[clyst]

Explain in english please . What does it do and whats it for??

 

[wiggy]

you can also get wireles from laptop that broadcasts on fm via USB for about £5 on ebay search under FM transmiter

 

[peteandthira]

Clyst

It is a little box like a fag packet that needs 12V supply via a switch on your panel. It also has 2 phono sockets to take stereo leads from any stereo sound source. The device then converts your stereo sound signal to a "false" RF signal outputted via a standard co-ax aerial lead that has a special plug at the end of the lead. You plug your normal FM radio aerial into this special plug and then plug the lot into the back of your "car stereo" as normal. If you switch the little fag packet off, you get yer normal FM stereo from the aerial. If you switch it on, you get one tuneable station on your FM stereo which in my case is 88.3 MHz and carries whatever sound signal you have on your phono leads.

I cant explain it in simpler English than that, but feel free to ask more questions. You can use any sound source through your boat's hifi system with it, providing it has standard phono type outputs.

Regards

Pops