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Console Modding------ ( Here you can talk about your favorite Consoles ) => PC => Topic started by: zack247 on March 04, 2012, 01:36:35 AM
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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.
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg7.imageshack.us%2Fimg7%2F7349%2F1001058s.jpg&hash=435f74fae8cb7476b9f43ccb085248f7f2c938f8)
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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.
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg7.imageshack.us%2Fimg7%2F7349%2F1001058s.jpg&hash=435f74fae8cb7476b9f43ccb085248f7f2c938f8)
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how do u see what radio ur on
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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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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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awesome idea. how is the quality?
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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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thats normal with pretty much all FM transmitters
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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.