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[feeutfo]

original plan was to buy an emulator to transmit mp3 player or nokia or whatever, with 3.5 jack to my 2015 fm radio.

However, i've been looking at a mobile phone upgrade, and the nokia n900 has an fm transmitter built in for exactly that application.

Whats the odds on it being any good v an emulator?

[rustym95]

there are a lot of FM transmitters about, I have one that you just put in the cig lighter only cost £3, digitial, sounds as near to cd quality, but my old one was hissy and can hear other cars when at traffic light tuning in as its a strong signal think it has a rang of 10 meters, so if you dont mind people listening in would go for the FM transmitter.

[tunnie]

there are a lot of FM transmitters about, I have one that you just put in the cig lighter only cost £3, digitial, sounds as near to cd quality, but my old one was hissy and can hear other cars when at traffic light tuning in as its a strong signal think it has a rang of 10 meters, so if you dont mind people listening in would go for the FM transmitter.

Not much point when the radio is not digtial 

I used them in my last car, wireless ones a shite, not helped due to the Omega ariel is the back window so if the transmitter is up front is going to have issues.

One in a phone is going to be just as bad, its going to stuggle to get the signal to the back of the car in decent quality

I went the wired route, which is MUCH better. Belive the ariel in the Omega is in the drivers kick pannel, just slice into it there, mine was quite old and had a manual switch. Sounded as good as the radio.

[rustym95]

there are a lot of FM transmitters about, I have one that you just put in the cig lighter only cost £3, digitial, sounds as near to cd quality, but my old one was hissy and can hear other cars when at traffic light tuning in as its a strong signal think it has a rang of 10 meters, so if you dont mind people listening in would go for the FM transmitter.

Not much point when the radio is not digtial 

I used them in my last car, wireless ones a shite, not helped due to the Omega ariel is the back window so if the transmitter is up front is going to have issues.

One in a phone is going to be just as bad, its going to stuggle to get the signal to the back of the car in decent quality

I went the wired route, which is MUCH better. Belive the ariel in the Omega is in the drivers kick pannel, just slice into it there, mine was quite old and had a manual switch. Sounded as good as the radio.

no thats the make.

[TheBoy]

This doesn't happen often, but I'm gonna have to agree with Tunnie.  Wired FM, easily accessed in drivers kick panel

[feeutfo]

Well...initially, very dissapointing. Tried to connect it to an FM radio in the house. Useless. Even with the wire antena wrapped around the phone it was barely audible.

However in the car it was far better, almost useable...almost. Some hiss, and not in stereo, a bit more volume needed, and have to turn off RDS and traffic reports or it will try to retune continually. :-/

[tunnie]

let me know how you get on with the wired option, i may going this route soon if i get an OEM head unit...

[TheBoy]

let me know how you get on with the wired option, i may going this route soon if i get an OEM head unit...

He is trying to use the built in FM transmitter in his gay Nokia. Seems Nokia can't even get that to work well...

[tunnie]

let me know how you get on with the wired option, i may going this route soon if i get an OEM head unit...

He is trying to use the built in FM transmitter in his gay Nokia. Seems Nokia can't even get that to work well...

Having Bose, i'd say its a must have to get decent audio in. Old wired one i had worked very well. Although had to use a manual switch each time i wanted to use it.

[feeutfo]

let me know how you get on with the wired option, i may going this route soon if i get an OEM head unit...

He is trying to use the built in FM transmitter in his gay Nokia. Seems Nokia can't even get that to work well...

Having Bose, i'd say its a must have to get decent audio in. Old wired one i had worked very well. Although had to use a manual switch each time i wanted to use it.

indeed bose does magnify any inferior sound source when comparing the two. Was out and about today and the built in fm transmitter on n900 is better than the portable one i had previously, but still not up to scratch. It fades out into a hiss when moving.

As Mark dtm suggested on another thread on this topic, fm transmitters are hamstrung from the outset in this country by licensing laws, in as much that the max power outlet allowed by law is too low to be of any use for the application it was designed for.

In other words, all fm transmitters legally licenced for sale in the uk are shite. Be it made by Nokia or anyone else.

Wonder if another firmware version would give a higher output? US or AUS maybe?

[tunnie]

let me know how you get on with the wired option, i may going this route soon if i get an OEM head unit...

He is trying to use the built in FM transmitter in his gay Nokia. Seems Nokia can't even get that to work well...

Having Bose, i'd say its a must have to get decent audio in. Old wired one i had worked very well. Although had to use a manual switch each time i wanted to use it.

indeed bose does magnify any inferior sound source when comparing the two. Was out and about today and the built in fm transmitter on n900 is better than the portable one i had previously, but still not up to scratch. It fades out into a hiss when moving.

As Mark dtm suggested on another thread on this topic, fm transmitters are hamstrung from the outset in this country by licensing laws, in as much that the max power outlet allowed by law is too low to be of any use for the application it was designed for.

In other words, all fm transmitters legally licenced for sale in the uk are shite. Be it made by Nokia or anyone else.

Wonder if another firmware version would give a higher output? US or AUS maybe?

Not sure what affect non-UK firmware would have on base operations, would it start trying to seach for the wrong frequency?  :-/

I think wired option is the best route, use one of those Nokia - 3.5mm adaptors and route a cable to the arm rest maybe? or some other kind of mount?

[Dave DND]

The pro option for the Ice-retailers is to spend more than 50p on a decent FM modulator

try this

http://www.dndservices.co.uk/am-88t.html

Quite a few Oofers are using these now and all of them appear to be getting on very well with them

[tunnie]

The pro option for the Ice-retailers is to spend more than 50p on a decent FM modulator

try this

http://www.dndservices.co.uk/am-88t.html

Quite a few Oofers are using these now and all of them appear to be getting on very well with them

Looks very similar to the one i have spare, but mine, once switched, would totaly cut out all other signals, looks like that one constant broadcasts on a specifc freqency as well as allowing others though?

Looks good, might get one of those if i get the OEM unit back

[feeutfo]

The pro option for the Ice-retailers is to spend more than 50p on a decent FM modulator

try this

http://www.dndservices.co.uk/am-88t.html

Quite a few Oofers are using these now and all of them appear to be getting on very well with them

yeah should have got one of those for xmas from the Mrs, i thought i would see how this pans out as i have it anyway.
Would i be right in saying that i wont get stereo no matter what, with a transmitrer. Or is it a case of stereo ariving over a certain strength. It seems possible to hack the application and double the output value, from what i've seen via google...?
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[TheBoy]

The pro option for the Ice-retailers is to spend more than 50p on a decent FM modulator

try this

http://www.dndservices.co.uk/am-88t.html

Quite a few Oofers are using these now and all of them appear to be getting on very well with them

Would a wired option be better?