RE: iPod with AM Radio answer

["Dennis C." <dennis.2914@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

Thanks for the response.  You are correct, this would not be very 
practical.  I had not considered the problem with having a fixed 
frequency.

The spam problem is not good either.

Dennis C.


Paul Lennemann wrote:
> 
> 
> Dennis C. wrote:
> > 
> > This is a question for any of you that are into electronics.  The 
> > question has been asked about attaching an iPod to an AM radio.
> > 
> > I found this:
> > http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=AM25
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > It is a short range AM transmitter that will take an input from an iPod 
> > or even CD player.  It runs on 12 VDC.  The drawback is that it is a 
> > kit.
> > 
> > Anyone have any comments on this?
> > 
> > Dennis C.
> 
> There's one thing about this setup that might not be ideal.  From 
> reading the description it sound like you have to set the transmitted 
> frequency with jumpers.  So it's not readily tunable.  Now if you always 
> 
> drive your car in the same general area you can just find a blank 
> frequency, set it, and forget it.  However if you do a little cruising 
> and especially if you're in or near any decent sized metro area you 
> might have trouble finding a clean frequency.  Or it may keep changing 
> on you.  The other thing that is not handy but probably workable is that 
> 
> with modern radios and the little digital FM transmitters that you can 
> buy specifically for this purpose, you can easily match the frequencies 
> because they have digital read outs.  With the analog tuner on your 
> original AM radio you'd have to do a little searching.  And as mentioned 
> 
> by others, there would be no stereo.
> I recently got lucky and found a modern digital AM/FM Cassette deck at a 
> 
> garage sale for $2.  With just a 1/4" of trimming I got it to fit in the 
> 
> original opening.  I painted the face plate silver to blend in with the 
> dash better.  I also purchased an Ipod and an FM transmitter so now I'm 
> all set.  It really works well.  I really like my tunes, so I'm willing 
> to go the extra step.  
> 
> p.s. when I visited the website for the AM transmitter it was red 
> flagged by my McAfee site advisor.  It said after entering their email 
> address they got more than 6 spam emails/week generated by the site.
> 
> Paul L.
> '63 Sport Fury
> 440/727
> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html


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