rod
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Sept 29, 2013 6:31:47 GMT
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Not sure if this is in right section.... Firstly ,all these gizmos,whilst 'old hat' to you young un's ,are fantastic to this old git,but I know nowt about what fits what,so here goes..........I have an MP3 player(never owned one before ..fantastic) which I plug into my 2 way crash lid radios whilst on the trike.I believe I can plug the mp3 into a car head unit,if it has the correct socket,so that the mp3 plays through the system. If the head unit hasnt got the socket to do this,can the unit be altered to fit one? I'm thinking there must be a 'take off' point in there somewhere to tap into the amplifier and fit a pair of wires with a jack socket on the end? I hear you say "go buy a head unit that is already set up for this you tight old git".............but I'm trying to save money on my new project! Thanks Rod
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Last Edit: Sept 29, 2013 6:32:59 GMT by rod
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Sept 29, 2013 8:10:13 GMT
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Try g40jon he has an ad in the for sale bit.
By the sounds of it he is happy to assist if you want to try it yourself.
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shin2chin
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It depends what head unit you have. An old radio you would get a jack lead and solder it into the volume pot. With a tape player I have cut the 3 wires on the tape head and soldered them to the jack lead. It may be easiest to just get a cheap Ipod radio transmitter off ebay and use that.
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rod
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Sounds like this could be a can o' worms when I open up the radio!Think I'll give it a miss. Thanks for replies guys.
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mattc
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Just get an FM transmitter
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Oct 10, 2013 19:28:39 GMT
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It's very simple to insert an aux in to these old transistor sets from older cars,.. i've done a few now, if anyone wants pointers feel free to Pm me.
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g40jon
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Oct 11, 2013 11:25:23 GMT
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It depends what head unit you have. An old radio you would get a jack lead and solder it into the volume pot. With a tape player I have cut the 3 wires on the tape head and soldered them to the jack lead. It may be easiest to just get a cheap Ipod radio transmitter off ebay and use that. soldering to the volume pot sometimes, looses some other functions like bass and treble control. It is a pretty fail safe way of doing it though. Another thing worth considering is that with this method, the line in will be playing over the top of the radio signal (you can get around this by tuning the radio, so it is not picking up any stations, just static. The static will still be there, but will be less noticeable. Some radios with later chip based amps will mute the radio signal, so it is barely audible. With my radios, I always try and mod them so there is no noise on the line in other than the i/p source, i.e. the mp3 player. As for tapes, most of them you need to add a resistor to each i/p otherwise the signal is too strong and will sound nasty and distorted. Resistor values will vary depending on model. The other option would be to find the pre-amp for the cassette head and connect on the output side of it.
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rod
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Oct 12, 2013 19:02:21 GMT
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Hold on there G40,I lost you in the first line mate lol!Probably easier for me to buy one already set up ,as I'm useless with all those circuit board electronics and stuff!
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