FM transmitter built into a laptop

[zack247]

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.

[toadzilla]

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

[whitetop]

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.

[zack247]

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.

[Kool1zero]

awesome idea. how is the quality?

[zack247]

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.

[Kool1zero]

thats normal with pretty much all FM transmitters

[zack247]

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.