Database Users

[Q] FM Radio possible without headset?

Is there a way to use the radio without the headset???

wayne_1984 said:
Is there a way to use the radio without the headset???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope, as the handsfree works as an antenna

probably no, because the radio uses the wire of the headset as an antenna.
edit: ...one minute too late... ;-)

i know. but is there no registerkey to change that so you can even work without the headset ?

http://www.clove.co.uk/viewProduct....Category=CB077B5C-390D-4153-8EDD-44D1B2BEF716
I was thinking of getting one of these, then you can plug your HTC into any HI-fi, speakers, car radio, other headphones etc...
Yes there is a registry change but you need the lead plugged in as it has the aerial built into it.

Any way of plugging in the handsfree to work as an aerial, but route the sound to a pair of bluetooth headphones?
Thanks
(BTW what is the registry entry to allow the radio to work without the handsfree?)

My Diamond is link to PC at work, is not possible for the radio uses the wire USB ??

My radio works fine with only this guy pluged in.

this works very well with this connected up on the telephone and sound commuted to go out on internal speaker
http://www.semsons.com/2miusband3st.html and works with sync usb cable pluged in

But it is impossible that we can not avoid plugging headphones avoiding this check?
With a modified version of the "Radio" program?

as said earlier, no, there is no antenna for the phone to recieve the transmission

A hardware cannot be replaced by any kind of software...

Addicteddddd said:
as said earlier, no, there is no antenna for the phone to recieve the transmission
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know, but my work office is in very high site and the radio signal is very strong

Radio over BT Stereo Headphones
Ok, but still it would be interesting how to change the devault sound out properties, in case of using nice BT Stereo Headphones?

People keep talking about this FM radio thing. How/what does one start to control the radio. I don't see any application (Sprint version of HTC Touch Diamond - Did those bastard disable this?)?
At my gym they only provide the audio program for the TVs there over a short rebroadcast FM station. Sorta like what some drive in theaters do. IOW to listen to the audio for the TV I must tune into 106.9 FM but I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to do that with the HTC Touch Diamond. OK I plug in their silly wired headphones and then do what?

defaria said:
People keep talking about this FM radio thing. How/what does one start to control the radio. I don't see any application (Sprint version of HTC Touch Diamond - Did those bastard disable this?)?
At my gym they only provide the audio program for the TVs there over a short rebroadcast FM station. Sorta like what some drive in theaters do. IOW to listen to the audio for the TV I must tune into 106.9 FM but I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to do that with the HTC Touch Diamond. OK I plug in their silly wired headphones and then do what?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
not different from any other FM radio with presets. from the Manual:
11.4 Using FM Radio
FM Radio allows you to listen to FM radio stations on your device. Since FM
Radio uses the provided stereo wired headset as an antenna, you must plug
in the headset first onto the earphone jack of your device before you open
the program.
To open FM Radio
Tap Start > Programs > FM Radio.
The first time this program is used, it will automatically scan for available FM
channels in your area, save them as presets, then play the first FM station
found. For information about saving favorite stations as presets, see “Save
presets.“
When you tap on the FM Radio screen, the program continues to run
in the background and allows you to continue listening to the radio while
you use other programs. To turn off the FM radio, tap on the upper right
corner of the FM Radio screen.
..........................................
Device controls used in FM Radio
Navigation
• Press Navigation left/right to search the FM band for the next lower/
higher FM channel. When the search reaches the last station, it cycles
back to the beginning of the FM band.
• Press Navigation up/down to select the previous/next available preset
station.
• Press the ENTER button to toggle mute on and off.
Volume Control
Press the VOLUME CONTROL on the side of the device to adjust the FM
Radio volume.
Save presets
Presets are favorite FM stations that you can save for easy access. You can
save up to six FM stations to the preset buttons on the main FM Radio
screen, or save up to 20 presets on the Presets screen.
To save FM stations
1. Tune to the desired FM frequency, then tap Presets.
2. On the Presets screen, tap that appears on the desired preset
number where you want to save the FM station.
You can save up to 20 preset radio stations. Radio stations that are
saved on Presets 1 to 6 can be accessed on the main FM Radio screen.
Tip Tap to remove a favorite FM station from the list.
3. When done, tap OK.
To listen to a preset FM station
Do one of the following:
• On the main FM Radio screen, tap the preset button that shows your
favorite station.
• On the Preset screen, select a preset number that shows your favorite
station, then tap Listen.
FM Radio Main Menu
Tap Menu on the FM Radio screen to access options for the FM Radio
program.
Scan & Save Automatically scan radio stations that can be picked
up by the device and save them as presets. Existing presets will be
cleared and replaced with the newly scanned radio stations. You can
have a maximum of 20 preset radio stations.
Stereo Toggles between using Stereo or Mono mode when listening
to an FM radio station.
Mute Toggles between muting and restoring the volume.
Output Select whether to use the device Speaker or Wired Headset
to listen to the radio.
Sleep Set how much time must pass before FM Radio goes into sleep
mode. The Sleep option is switched to Off every time you launch FM
Radio.
Broadcast band Sets the radio band. Select Japan if you are listening
to radio in Japan. Otherwise, select Other countries.
Exit Select to turn off FM Radio.
and so on....
RTFM! (Read The Fucking Manual)
here, i uploaded it for u:
http://rapidshare.com/files/157269673/HTC_Touch_Diamond_User_Manual_HTC_Asia_WWE.pdf

He asked about the Sprint (US, CDMA) version. Before you RTFM someone, maybe consider that *his* phone is not *your* phone? There are at least three variants of Diamond.

DrewVS said:
He asked about the Sprint (US, CDMA) version. Before you RTFM someone, maybe consider that *his* phone is not *your* phone? There are at least three variants of Diamond.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
point taken but are u sure that there are serious differences (if any) in using the FM radio or maybe you think that his (US, CDMA) version came without a manual or that in his manual there are no instructions on how to use the FM radio? i still think that this is a severe case of RTFM
ready to bet that his version of diamond has the same way to operate the FM radio.

Back to the thread
Ok,
but the question is still: how to get the radio working without the special cable?
I live at 1850 m, 700 m to a DVBT, 1.4 km to the next HSUPA and 1.9 km to a radio antenna and I have a verz good reciption ov everything.
Even I would accept using the cable as antenna but routing the sound to the bt headset. These small programs routing audio, I will give them a try and report in case of te FM radio.
Meanwhile, perhaps, some of the gurus can find out how to disable the nasty cable check please...
Thanx!

NODeeJay said:
Ok,
but the question is still: how to get the radio working without the special cable?
I live at 1850 m, 700 m to a DVBT, 1.4 km to the next HSUPA and 1.9 km to a radio antenna and I have a verz good reciption ov everything.
Even I would accept using the cable as antenna but routing the sound to the bt headset. These small programs routing audio, I will give them a try and report in case of te FM radio.
Meanwhile, perhaps, some of the gurus can find out how to disable the nasty cable check please...
Thanx!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i m afraid that is a hardware trick so no soft or registry tweak can change it.
maybe if you have an old usb cable, cut the cable and use only the usb plug you'll be able to trick the device in "thinking" that the antenna is in place.
later
nope, no go...i tried and plugged in a plug and it still asking for his headset. maybe some circuit is checking if the headset is there.

[Q] Bluetooth AM/FM App?

This will probably sound a bit dumb, but here goes... Since Bluetooth utilizes FM frequencies, is it possible with the correct app to use your Bluetooth system as an FM tuner? Basically, is there or is it possible to create a program that enable a user to pick up FM radio station broadcasts with his Bluetooth reciever, and listen to them? In that same vein, is it possible to use the built-in Bluetooth as an FM transmitter, to transmit audio streams at frequencies that can then be picked up by a car radio, or boombox? this would eliminate the need to purchase an unreliable FM dongle, or adapter cable if you wanted to hear your device's music on your car stereo.

Unit ZER0 said:
This will probably sound a bit dumb, but here goes... Since Bluetooth utilizes FM frequencies, is it possible with the correct app to use your Bluetooth system as an FM tuner? Basically, is there or is it possible to create a program that enable a user to pick up FM radio station broadcasts with his Bluetooth reciever, and listen to them? In that same vein, is it possible to use the built-in Bluetooth as an FM transmitter, to transmit audio streams at frequencies that can then be picked up by a car radio, or boombox? this would eliminate the need to purchase an unreliable FM dongle, or adapter cable if you wanted to hear your device's music on your car stereo.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
where did you hear that it utilizes fm frequencies? bluetooth operates at 2.4ghz like wi-fi (but different protocols).... when someone says that a device has a bluetooth/cellular/wi-fi radio, they dont mean it has anything to do with am or fm unless specifically said (ie; am-fm radio).. but, why would you even bother asking that question anyway? if such a thing was even remotely possible you would surely have heard about it and seen products for it all over the place, hell, a simple search on ebay would turn up thousands of devices if they existed...

Even if it were FM, the BT receiver would still require a tuner chip to bring in the different frequencies.

Fm radio

Can the fm radio become a fm transmitter? Dumb question I know.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Hardware wise there is no reason why not but the software doesn't exist.
Sent from my Desire HD

Another question here, Why can not we use the Fm Radio without headset? Does not this phone have an antenna for Radio?
It's so annoying because I am using a bluetooth headset and Desire HD insistently asks for wired headset for signal.

FM antena
Hi, I think that this is a usual think that mobile phones doesn't have a FM antennas built in. It uses your headphone wire as the antenna.

snooffy said:
Hi, I think that this is a usual think that mobile phones doesn't have a FM antennas built in. It uses your headphone wire as the antenna.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Exactly. FM transmission is using wavelength of about 3 meters, so the antenna should be much bigger than the phone itself to give you a good reception. You can try to fabricate something out of a 3.5 mm jack and a wire, but the results will be more than doubtful. And in top of that the phone will most probably recognize it as a headphones set, so you'll have to route the sound to your BT headset, not the antenna.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Even though we manage to establish a antenna as you said the phone directly gives the sound to it and unfortunately eliminates the bluetooth sound transfer. It's really really annoying.
Briefly you can not listen to Fm Radio with your bluetooth headset, you have to use a wired headset.

dr.m0x said:
Hardware wise there is no reason why not but the software doesn't exist.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello dr.m0x, merry christmas,
not only the antenna is quite different for fm radio, the complete transmitting hardware needs a different part of hf amplifier for fm frequencies. Software doesn't help here.
The original headset seems to be optimized as fm antenna, tried another headset but fm radio had poor radio reception.
WBR peschi

Additional info.
DHD's FM radio receptin quality is really poor compared to Sony Ericsson WM600 bluetooth headset (including radio).

FM Radio not working with all headphones

Hi,
having the Moto X Play for a few days now, I experienced that the FM Radio app does not work with all headphones. With all in-ear headphones and an audio cable to a stereo, the FM Radio app says "headphone not connected", but when plugging in the jack, the app flashes bright and back again, as if it recognized the headphone.
Music plays over headphones normally, and when forcing radio with headphones not plugged in in the settings, radio perfectly works.
With my on-ear headphones, FM Radio works normally.
Now my question is: Is this a bug in the FM Radio app, or a hardware bug, or are the in-ear headphones just not well-suited for radio reception?
Thanks!

Do your headphones have a Fm antenna built in?

No, is this needed for smartphones?
FM Radio works fine with old on-ear headphones, that were built before smartphones with FM Radio existed.

The headphones don't have a antenna built in they use the wires going to the speakers as a antenna.
I'm using 8~10 year old Logitech earbuds quite fine with my Moto X Play.
So if they're not working properly with one particular set its likely that set rather than the style.
Also there is a moto update to the Fm radio app - it let's you use it without any headphones connected.
The reception really sucks using that way but might work for you.
You go into the radio settings to change that (using the revised app).
FWIW

Ok thanks for this explanation. :thumbup:
Using the radio with the option you mentioned works. So I suppose/hope it's not a hardware bug of the Moto.

help
jellysheep said:
Hi,
having the Moto X Play for a few days now, I experienced that the FM Radio app does not work with all headphones. With all in-ear headphones and an audio cable to a stereo, the FM Radio app says "headphone not connected", but when plugging in the jack, the app flashes bright and back again, as if it recognized the headphone.
Music plays over headphones normally, and when forcing radio with headphones not plugged in in the settings, radio perfectly works.
With my on-ear headphones, FM Radio works normally.
Now my question is: Is this a bug in the FM Radio app, or a hardware bug, or are the in-ear headphones just not well-suited for radio reception?
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
same problem

Does it have FM radio and stereo speakers?

Does it have FM radio and stereo speakers?

I think no FM Radio.

According to a article over at Anandtech - "USB Type-C port on the bottom has matching arrays of holes for the downward-firing speaker and microphone" - so I guess no stereo.

[email protected] said:
I think no FM Radio.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It does have FM radio, even works without earphones

Fm radio yes.
Just the one internal speaker though.

StoneTrapper said:
Fm radio yes.
Just the one internal speaker though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi!!
I'm looking around for a decent phone with FM Radio... everyday it's harder to find
I've discarted Oneplus, Mi 5, Huawei... they discard FM option then I discard their phones.
So you confirm 100% that Xiaomi Mi Note 2 (383€/$ now at Gearbest) has FM Radio? (real broadcast radio, not internet or online radio stations!)
Thank you!!

Well, I have the international edition and no FM radio. Sound is good but it is a mono device. Basically if you have a phone which can do 'FM radio' without the phones plugged in.. It will be streaming over 4g or 3g

Can somebody make a mod for stereo speakers like the one we have on mi 5?