[Coco] ANOTHER OFF TOPIC (FYI)...

[rietveld rietveld]

I have one in my 1971 mercury. The car still has the stock AM/FM/8 Track stereo. I don't want to hack the dash so I use this to connect my phone to the radio.

You are right. You do need dead air, or weak air, to have it work properly

Fortunately mine works well at 88.1 FM

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From: Frank Swygert
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 8:12 AM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
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Subject: Re: [Coco] ANOTHER OFF TOPIC (FYI)...


Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 23:47:49 +0000
From: rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>

No need to even swap out the car radio
For less than $10 you can get a Bluetooth transmitter that plugs into your
cigarette
lighter.   It will turn any stock radio into a Bluetooth one. Now you can
connect
your phone, usb flash, ect

‎https://m.ebay.ca/itm/Bluetooth-Car-FM-Transmitter-Wireless-Radio-Adapter-MP3-Player-Plus-USB-charger-/292472358406?nav=SEARCH

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Those don't work very well unless you have a good "dead spot" in the radio
dial near the frequency it transmits on. I tried one a few years ago in a
2001 Ranger truck and there just isn't a good spot here in the middle of
SC. It might work good for a few miles then I'd have to find another
frequency. At least I had one that had multiple frequencies, but it was a
PITA!! I finally got one that plugs inline with the antenna that worked
really well. Required power as well, and had to be manually switched on
and off. It just had a 1/8" jack in, I used an MP3 player with it.
Wouldn't have been much harder to change the head unit though. 10 years
ago there weren't any cheap mech-less units around that I knew of.



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