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Fm Transmitter

If any of you are like me you like to play your own music while in your car well i went to wal-mart today and there was this thing called a fm transmitter it was 13 bucks so i gave it a try it works good i suggest you guys try it

Depends if you can actually find an empty frequency. They used to work good years ago but the fcc neutered the transmitters since the stations were complaining it was causing static on nearby cars. The real reason is they wanted the users to get upset and just listen to the radio stations instead.
Either buy a deck that has a line in (best option...I use this one) or buy a transmitter that actually hooks into the antenna port of your factory deck and it shuts off the antenna and pumps the transmission straight into your factory decks antenna port.

digiblur said:
Depends if you can actually find an empty frequency. They used to work good years ago but the fcc neutered the transmitters since the stations were complaining it was causing static on nearby cars. The real reason is they wanted the users to get upset and just listen to the radio stations instead.
Either buy a deck that has a line in (best option...I use this one) or buy a transmitter that actually hooks into the antenna port of your factory deck and it shuts off the antenna and pumps the transmission straight into your factory decks antenna port.
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Hmm it works fine in georgia and 87.7 here is just straight static here so it wont interfere with no one

maybe it's just me but I thought FM transmitters were kinda a common knowledge thing.

Man I wish we could reverse engineer a way to pump it straight from our epics. That would be a hell of a phone feature. In the meantime I use a deck with bluetooth audio, the phone sees it as headphones though..
cd's or tapes?

schnowdapowda said:
Man I wish we could reverse engineer a way to pump it straight from our epics. That would be a hell of a phone feature. In the meantime I use a deck with bluetooth audio, the phone sees it as headphones though..
cd's or tapes?
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Isn't there a phone that has a built in transmitter?

Ya, there are all junk. I even bought a iphone one and it suxs as bad. Stay away.
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BBlunts456 said:
Isn't there a phone that has a built in transmitter?
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Some nokia's do. And the clarity depends on your area. You have to find a frequency that doesn't have a station on either side of it. DFW=99.9
cd's or tapes?

SINNN said:
Ya, there are all junk. I even bought a iphone one and it suxs as bad. Stay away.
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Not true! I've owned about a dozen of these and this one is BY FAR the best. Well constructed, very strong signal, no fading, and it's got an extra outlet on top!
http://www.amazon.com/Coby-CA-745-W...F6G0/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1308980903&sr=8-7
It's awesome. Seriously, get one.

No matter which one I use, I can't stand it. I hate any sort of static that comes over them, even if it's just a tiny bit. I love my stereo with a line in plus a USB port. If it had bluetooth I'd be happy

BBlunts456 said:
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lg fusic has fm transmitter built in.

Audio in threw 3.5m jack is, possible even without a aftermarket deck. Depending on the year of your car check the dealerships for options then search the part number on ebay. If aux ain't an option for your car you can modify your stock radio to accept aux in
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MysteryEmotionz said:
Audio in threw 3.5m jack is, possible even without a aftermarket deck. Depending on the year of your car check the dealerships for options then search the part number on ebay. If aux ain't an option for your car you can modify your stock radio to accept aux in
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after I try this transmitter for a while if I dont like it ill see but for 13 bucks its worth the try
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buy one on ebay from hong kong or something... the ones in the USA are really low power due to FCC regulations, foreign ones have a stronger signal.

I have the $13 one from Wal-Mart. It works great 99% of the time, which is good enough for me. In fact just took a 3 hour car ride with the family yesterday and there was only one time for about 10 seconds that we heard static. Don't expect cd quality sound, but it is acceptable.
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Poryhack said:
maybe it's just me but I thought FM transmitters were kinda a common knowledge thing.
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i was trying to figure out if the OP was sarcasm for a few seconds... apparently you and i are the only ones that think this is common knowledge.

murso74 said:
i was trying to figure out if the OP was sarcasm for a few seconds... apparently you and i are the only ones that think this is common knowledge.
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Lol well im 16 so im not full of knowledge like you elders are
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Definitely common knowledge I know 100 people that use them for their mp3 players. I have had one for my phone forever.
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CrfEpic4g said:
Lol well im 16 so im not full of knowledge like you elders are
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I'm only 19 lol. Anyway sorry for derailing the topic I'm done now.

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i was trying to figure out if the OP was sarcasm for a few seconds... apparently you and i are the only ones that think this is common knowledge.
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No, yeah it's most definitely common knowledge. I used to have to use one about 6 years ago before I had AUX-in in my car. I am somewhat of an audiophile and absolutely cannot stand fm transmitters. They are a decent option for someone that doesn't want to spend much money and doesn't have a tape deck or something (I prefer tape deck inputs over fm transmitters).
They are cool in concept, but just don't quite do it for me. I had a relatively strong one back then and after I installed an AUX-in into my car, I used it to broadcast music to all the stereo receivers in my house during parties. That was about the greatest use for it, for me. I have a 3 story house with receivers on all levels, so I'd just hook it up to my lap top and tune all the radios into the broadcast frequency and bam! Instant personal radio for the whole house.
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Audio in threw 3.5m jack is, possible even without a aftermarket deck. Depending on the year of your car check the dealerships for options then search the part number on ebay. If aux ain't an option for your car you can modify your stock radio to accept aux in
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Mystery is absolutely right. It is a pretty easy process if you have some know-how with car stereos/electronics in general. But these are typically a bit more expensive than an fm transmitter from wal mart. In my opinion, the sound improvement is worth it though. Thank god most new cars come with AUX-in and/or USB inputs pre-installed now-a-day though. My '09 altima coupe came stock with one.

Bluetooth Impressions

I wanted to get some community feedback on the Bluetooth drivers for this phone.
I've noticed several times that my jawbone icon will "cut out" for 5 to 10 seconds periodically. Doesn't seem to happen at any consistent interval with no consistent trigger. I've tested the same headset with a nexus s, and a blackberry bold 9300. It works fine with the other 2 phones.
I've also seen my Nexus 4 exhibit the same behavior with my car stereo, a clarion CX 501. It acts like it's buffering a song, no audio, but it definitely isn't my network connection because it's doing it with local content and the song doesn't actually pick up where it left off, it clearly just keeps playing on the phone with no Bluetooth output.
It's probably worth noting that it doesn't actually lose the Bluetooth connection, it just stops transmitting out of nowhere. It still stays paired and connected.
Also mostly unrelated... It doesn't seem to hold a Wi-Fi connection very well when Bluetooth is active.
Anyone else seeing similar behavior?
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snowmanwithahat said:
I wanted to get some community feedback on the Bluetooth drivers for this phone.
I've noticed several times that my jawbone icon will "cut out" for 5 to 10 seconds periodically. Doesn't seem to happen at any consistent interval with no consistent trigger. I've tested the same headset with a nexus s, and a blackberry bold 9300. It works fine with the other 2 phones.
I've also seen my Nexus 4 exhibit the same behavior with my car stereo, a clarion CX 501. It acts like it's buffering a song, no audio, but it definitely isn't my network connection because it's doing it with local content and the song doesn't actually pick up where it left off, it clearly just keeps playing on the phone with no Bluetooth output.
It's probably worth noting that it doesn't actually lose the Bluetooth connection, it just stops transmitting out of nowhere. It still stays paired and connected.
Also mostly unrelated... It doesn't seem to hold a Wi-Fi connection very well when Bluetooth is active.
Anyone else seeing similar behavior?
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works quite well for me on Stock. Are you using a custom ROM?

No issues here. CM 10.1 with Franco's kernel. Never had issues stock either. Using through Microsoft Sync in my car.
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I'm 100% stock. Wondering if it's related to hardware at all. I figured it was software based on the symptoms but if no one else can reproduce it I might start to pursue an RMA
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This device has better Bluetooth than stock gs3 and note 3 drivers. It always skips on Bluetooth while playing music with Samsung devices. While in this device, its flawless!
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I currently use a LG-HBS700 bluetooth headphones with the N4 and so far, it's been working great, I've noticed its not so much the bluetooth thats the problem, but certain podcast apps that have trouble responding to the bluetooth controls on my headphones. So far, connection has been really good, I used to get occasional dropped connections with these earphones when connected to my iPhone, but no such issues with the Nexus 4.

expertzero1 said:
This device has better Bluetooth than stock gs3 and note 3 drivers. It always skips on Bluetooth while playing music with Samsung devices. While in this device, its flawless!
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That's really interesting. Your experience was the opposite of mine. My nexus s was really great with Bluetooth.
I find it interesting that this was moved to the Q&A section... Just because I asked for impressions and people answered doesn't really mean it's a Q&A thread. Hopefully it'll still get enough traffic here to get accurate impressions.
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Stock, but rooted and unlocked. BT at first was not stable. Had to pair and unpair all my devices for it to stick. Only had to do that once and from that point bt have been stable. Using Parrot Neo Minikit speakerphone, also my jabra pro 9470 at work, and using the HTC Stereo clip to stream wirelessly via aux port. No issue now.

kpjimmy said:
Stock, but rooted and unlocked. BT at first was not stable. Had to pair and unpair all my devices for it to stick. Only had to do that once and from that point bt have been stable. Using Parrot Neo Minikit speakerphone, also my jabra pro 9470 at work, and using the HTC Stereo clip to stream wirelessly via aux port. No issue now.
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Thanks, I'll give it a shot after repairing
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http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39633
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39632

Catchpen said:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39633
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39632
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Thanks for digging those up! That's awesome. Hopefully there will be something in 4.2.2 that corrects this issue. You really brought some hope to me for this phone. Honestly bluetooth was the biggest complaint I had... I can live with the non SAMOLED screen and mediocre battery life... but the bluetooth has been driving me nuts!

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[Q] Usb "mounting" as a track??

Hello!
Humm, so i thought id ask something about what you can and can't do with usb on nexus 7. To start off with, i've built a simple rig on my car for this tablet, to work as multimedia interface. And it works awesome. The one thing that bugs me, is that the sound quality from the 3,5mm headphone jack going into my car stereo auxiliary input, isn't as good as the USB input on my car stereo.
This leads to the actual question, would it be even close to possible, to have a "virtual" .mp3 file or something like this, "mounted" as the usb? Like, when you plug the usb cord between car audio usb <--> nexus 7, the car audio would think the device has only one track, but that would be like a live stream of the tablets sound interface? I have absolutely no experience in anykind of coding and thus im here to ask you. I might be way out of boundaries on what can be done, you tell me!

Bump!
Am i alone with this matter? Please move this thread if you think it would get better attention somewhere else! :victory:

Go here and read the progress on adding external usb dac to the nexus.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/37755-ti...host-power-management-usb-audio/page__st__990
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Kodiack99 said:
Go here and read the progress on adding external usb dac to the nexus.
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Thanks! Didnt catch my eye when searching earlier, this is exactly what i was looking for! :highfive:

Generic & Nokia earphones have voice cancellation! Hayyyylppp

No need to tell you guys about what rom kernel mod I'm using since I tested it on an unmodified Galaxy Y and it has the same results. And I don't know where to post this.
Please help me guys. So I bought a cheap generic low quality made-in-China earphones from the nearest mall. We're poor (kinda) and we really don't like to spend big amounts of money for these accessories. But seriously, I won't buy an earphone even more expensive than my device.
I brought it home and listened to some music. Voices were cancelled, like I can only hear the chorus and other sounds which are frequency related (maybe). I tried listening to a song made in 2008 and it was fine, I just had to increase the volume.
Then I discovered this secret button (lol) which was in the middle of it. I pressed it while listening to music and guess what. It now plays normally. I released my finger and it went back to voice cancellation. So literally, I have to press that button for 3-5 minutes when I want to listen to a song. I returned to the mall and asked for a replacement, said what my problem is, and they gave me a Nokia one. Sure the name is pretty reliable even though it's pretty old. Haha.
I listened to music while on the mall, I thought it was fine now and I hear everything cause it was just noisy there, I didn't notice that it had the same button (actually it's a button for skipping track, if plugged into Nokia phones). I brought it home, and I realized it was the same. I tried it on my brother's phone (Galaxy Y) and it was the same. I tried it on my sister's Nokia phone and it was working perfectly.
Now, my question is, how do I disable this? It seems to react that way when it's plugged into an Android device. Are there any workarounds?
Any suggestion is highly appreciated!
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Update :
I experimented with the jack, I kinda loosened it a little bit, I think I found a point where it plays the music normally. So it works half plugged. Is there something I'm missing? :S
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We don't even know which Nokia earphones you're talking about....
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Azure Dragon said:
Update :
I experimented with the jack, I kinda loosened it a little bit, I think I found a point where it plays the music normally. So it works half plugged. Is there something I'm missing? :S
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you could just go get a refund and buy a plantronics m50 bluetooth headset, i got mine for about £35/$53 no connection issues, no plug compatibility problems and wireless. now even works with "google now" (press ear button and speak to google from headset) as well as streaming music

scream4cheese said:
We don't even know which Nokia earphones you're talking about....
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Hmm..it doesn't stand for a model name but I think its model is WH-102.
chismay said:
you could just go get a refund and buy a plantronics m50 bluetooth headset, i got mine for about £35/$53 no connection issues, no plug compatibility problems and wireless. now even works with "google now" (press ear button and speak to google from headset) as well as streaming music
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Erm..I don't actually like a bluetooth headset since first of all I need to have my bluetooth on all the time, so it drains battery. Secondly it's only on one ear, I can't stand that. Is there a bluetooth headset that has both and is totally wireless?

Azure Dragon said:
Hmm..it doesn't stand for a model name but I think its model is WH-102.
Erm..I don't actually like a bluetooth headset since first of all I need to have my bluetooth on all the time, so it drains battery. Secondly it's only on one ear, I can't stand that. Is there a bluetooth headset that has both and is totally wireless?
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Yes there are Bluetooth headesets with two ear pieces. I'm using the LG HBS-700 on my Nexus 4.
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Azure Dragon said:
Hmm..it doesn't stand for a model name but I think its model is WH-102.
Erm..I don't actually like a bluetooth headset since first of all I need to have my bluetooth on all the time, so it drains battery. Secondly it's only on one ear, I can't stand that. Is there a bluetooth headset that has both and is totally wireless?
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yeah you can get bluetooth set with both ears, just search stereo bluetooth headset, i would definitively go with plantronics.
the brilliant thing is after setting up "bluetooth launch" with the tab in my backpack i can still ask google now questions without getting off my bike via wireless.
"play music"
"whats the weather like today"
"navigate to *****"

scream4cheese said:
Yes there are Bluetooth headesets with two ear pieces. I'm using the LG HBS-700 on my Nexus 4.
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chismay said:
yeah you can get bluetooth set with both ears, just search stereo bluetooth headset, i would definitively go with plantronics.
the brilliant thing is after setting up "bluetooth launch" with the tab in my backpack i can still ask google now questions without getting off my bike via wireless.
"play music"
"whats the weather like today"
"navigate to *****"
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Okay guys thanks, I'll just give this to my sister.
I'll be going to the supermalls and find what you guys are talking about. I think LG is the most probable that I can find here. I want a cheap one for its function range though. Haha.

Car music application

Hi guys,
I was wondering if you guys would have a suggestion of what player to use to play music while driving. I've noticed the sound on the N5 is as loud as on the Iphone, I'm using a FM transmitter, any idea?

Me personally i use poweramp for songs on my device and pandora for everything else. Also...FM transmitters suck you'll never get real good quality....just buy a car stereo with auxiliary...the media ones start as low as $25.
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iburnhearts said:
Me personally i use poweramp for songs on my device and pandora for everything else. Also...FM transmitters suck you'll never get real good quality....just buy a car stereo with auxiliary...the media ones start as low as $25.
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Yeah, was thinking of that, only thing is. I have an Accord EX-L, I have functions from my steering wheel and wanted to keep that. Gonna check it out.

xaznxplaya said:
Yeah, was thinking of that, only thing is. I have an Accord EX-L, I have functions from my steering wheel and wanted to keep that. Gonna check it out.
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You can still keep them if you know which wires control what. If you go to best buy you can ask one of the guys (or gals) there if its possible.
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Take a look at the GROM audio units.
Not sure what the Accord EX-L is compatible with but if it's anything like the Australian Accord Euro (Acura TSX in the states) it should be compatible.
Bluetooth music to the unit and you can change tracks. Pay a little extra and get the mic too.

Definitely Poweramp.
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jmacdonald19 said:
Definitely Poweramp.
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Cubed if you want an easy to use interface on the phone while driving. not been updated in ages tho.