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FM transmitter built into a laptop
« on: March 04, 2012, 01:36:35 AM »
I have been WAY too quiet here lately...

just a lot of life in the way i guess.

anyways, i said i had built a FM transmitter into my laptop.
it works like a charm :3
took one of those cheap in-car transmitters and hardwired it into my laptop.
yes, i have very messy wiring.. i shouldve taken more time to clean it up but i just wanted to get it done :P

First pic is the whole base of my laptop.
Second pic is the transmitter itself, with the wires attached labeled.


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Re: FM transmitter built into a laptop
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2012, 02:04:49 AM »
I have been WAY too quiet here lately...

just a lot of life in the way i guess.

anyways, i said i had built a FM transmitter into my laptop.
it works like a charm :3
took one of those cheap in-car transmitters and hardwired it into my laptop.
yes, i have very messy wiring.. i shouldve taken more time to clean it up but i just wanted to get it done :P

First pic is the whole base of my laptop.
Second pic is the transmitter itself, with the wires attached labeled.




how do u see what radio ur on

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Re: FM transmitter built into a laptop
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2012, 04:36:04 AM »
if you look at some of the old tiny laptops they have mini stereos and radio's and was good and was very light on battery life

but nice seeing a homemade wire up.
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Re: FM transmitter built into a laptop
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2012, 10:00:40 AM »
how do u see what radio ur on

on the LCD screen it displays the frequency it's set to when it is changed. I usually keep it at something like 105.0 since theres not many radio stations to cause interference with around there here.
it came with a little remote that allows you to change the frequency and it also has controls for if you are reading music from a flash drive.

of course with a different transmitter it might operate differently. but all of these cheap ones appear to work the same way, even the remotes IR codes seem to be the same.
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Re: FM transmitter built into a laptop
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2012, 08:09:51 AM »
awesome idea. how is the quality?
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Re: FM transmitter built into a laptop
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2012, 08:53:54 AM »
Pretty good, i still dont have a battery for my laptop so i havent checked the distance yet. Ive found i get far better quality with digital radios rather than analog ones though.
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Re: FM transmitter built into a laptop
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2012, 08:59:31 AM »
thats normal with pretty much all FM transmitters
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Re: FM transmitter built into a laptop
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2012, 10:48:41 AM »
this was my first time using one :P
so i wasnt really sure whats normal or not.
the only other thing i have to say about it is if i plug in/unplug something from my added line out jack the transmitter doesnt transmit very well. probably because the jack is shorting when i plug in/unplug something.
not a big deal, i just put my laptop into hibernate and start it up and its all good again.
My systems:  -PSP 2001, CFW and PSP 3000 shell.  -PSP 1001, LED mods, custom firmware, speaker mods, sound reactive LEDs.  -Black NDSL, LED mod, 0.5x and 2x speed mod. 

 

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