Thanks Phil I ordered the Advantec Boombox stereo version since I also like playing my 5000 44GB songs (Amazon recommended as newer model $60), both got good reviews .
Turns out the FM dropouts were a result of the vehicle computer disconnecting the audio occasionally, reboot fixes (mashing the two balls). Best regards Mark Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:27:22 -0700 From: "(-Phil-)" <p...@ingineerix.com> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Adding a FM radio to a Tesla. Message-ID: <CAHenfdp8vDPArg9LwCmuOSMEx791tNsRGp=V22=invmwyau...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I provided this link 6 days ago, no idea how well it performs, especially inside the Tesla, which has IR blocking metallic tint in all the glass, so signals inside the car are weak: https://amzn.to/3U5lUmq On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 9:25?PM Luke Scharf via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > A device like this is what was suggested: > > https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Transmitter-Receiver-LAICOMEIN-Headphones/dp/B0BDF8S8H4/ > > Combine it with something like this: > > https://www.amazon.com/ZHIWHIS-Portable-Transistor-Conference-Batteries/dp/B08JCNMJKF > > Plug it all together, pair it with the car (the car will act as a Bluetooth > speaker) and you've got a portable system that meets your stated > requirements. > > A high quality antenna and FM receiver might make it better. > > There may be an integrated unit that does all of this, but it's hard to > search for because there are so many bluetooth receivers that then transmit > a low-power FM signal. I have seen some HAM radio transceivers which can > play on a Bluetooth speaker. and I own one that has an FM receiver --maybe > there's one which has both? > > -Luke > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 10:41?PM Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > >>> In the era of streaming any am or fm radio station, radio reception >> ability is almost mute. >>> A simple portable radio hooked to a Bluetooth transmitter is all you >> need, if you can't stream. >> >> Maybe for some people. But I happen to like listening to an actual radio, >> without having to subscribe to some streaming service. >> >> Most cheap portable radios also have worse sensitivity, selectivity, and >> fidelity than the radios normally put in cars. >> >> Lee >> -- >> Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James >> -- >> Lee A. Hart https://www.sunrise-ev.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240422/23f18d81/attachment.htm >> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240423/76bab7f1/attachment.htm> ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ EV@lists.evdl.org For general EVDL support, see http://evdl.org/help/ http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org ------------------------------ End of EV Digest, Vol 138, Issue 19 *********************************** _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
