Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:44:08 -0600
Reply-To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Using FM stereo for film soundtrack
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RocketJSquirrel wrote:
"A switch on the side permits you to select between four possible FM
frequencies, 88.1, 88.3, 88.7 and 88.9. You check these frequencies with
your tuner and find one that does not already have a station on it, and
set the FM modulator to transmit on that frequency."
Satellite radio does this similarly. Those same frequencies too. Don't know
which is the chicken or egg.
bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 8:29 AM
Subject: Using FM stereo for film soundtrack
> We took our maiden camping trip a few days ago, and I brought a small
> inverter to power the laptop so we could watch DVD movies. But the
> tinny, puny sound from the laptop's mighty 1'' speakers was
> underwhelming. I had recently installed a better stereo w/ CD changer
> and subwoofer into the 84 Westy and I found that I wished that it had
> spare inputs which the laptop could plug into, but alas, it was not so
> equipped. So I stopped at Target (a chain, sort of an upscale WalMart)
> to look for either powered speakers or maybe a couple of headsets to use
> with the laptop.
>
> While poking around the audio/video/computer accessories section, near
> the portable CD players, I found a very cool solution : a $19.99 FM
> modulator that plugs into the headphone jack of a CD player and converts
> it to a stereo radio signal that any FM tuner can receive. Looks kind of
> like a gray computer mouse, takes two AAA batteries, has a 7'' cord with
> a stereo 1/8'' plug on it -- which fits the headphone jack on a laptop.
>
> A switch on the side permits you to select between four possible FM
> frequencies, 88.1, 88.3, 88.7 and 88.9. You check these frequencies with
> your tuner and find one that does not already have a station on it, and
> set the FM modulator to transmit on that frequency.
>
> Worked like a charm!!! The FM signal had no trouble reaching the
> Vanagon's outside antenna. Suddenly we had great sound: almost like
> surround sound when seated on the rear seat with the Westy's cabinet
> speakers behind us; and with the subwoofer turned on, good bass effects,
> too.
>
> My wife thought I was a genius. I was pretty impressed, too. This one's
> a keeper.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 VW Type 2 / 84 Westy: A poor but proud race.
> KG6RCR
>
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