audio broadcasting from pc to home stereo's

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:16 am

okay here is the link to the message in the other forum room that is continuing the sound card topic

http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 6204#26204

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:44 pm

just thought to come back and update you on the status of this set up.

it has been plugged in and on 24/7 since march 17th 2005. and is not showing any signs of wear and tear. since it is just solid state i would not expect it too.

but as with any electroic item you might think the heat if any would cause something to go wrong,

but not anything here?

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:15 pm

okay time to Update you again on this.

1. the irock really rocks.
2. my sister wanted a transmitter now too so i went to radio shack and looked for the irock, to my surprise they stopped
offering it.? found out it was too powerful or something for the
usa. fcc to like.
3. got a BiLkin transmitter that let you use any fm freq to transmit too.
forget that biLkin junk, it was not loud enough to over power
a fm channel on the same freq, that was over 40 miles away from the reciver, when the biLkin was just 6 feet away from
the antenna on the car.

4. took biLkin back and got a radio shack one that was the only thing looking like it might be as good as the irock. since it was a copy of the irock. how ever as it goes copys are never as good as the original.

the radio shack one needs to have 2/3d's more the volume added in to it then the irock needs, and the radio shack version
still has a power hum and also can not transmitte over the same commerical radio station 40 miles away on the same freq, when the radio shack's version is only 20 feet from the recevier.

5. so back to the irock. if you want a radio transmitter that is good. find the irock with the power cord you plug in to the cars cig.. lighter to power it. if you can not find the irock.
then forget the fm transmitter and look for some other way of
getting the sound to your car stereo, unless you have
an ipod then you can get powered transmitters for the ipod.
but radio shack said they are going to stop offering them in about 6 months.

but since i found out all this. i am guessing those other transmitters are what the others are complaining about.
i also don't like them but out of the ones you can still get
in the radio shack store for another 6 months, their copy version of the irock is the best one.

radio shack still carries the wall to cig lighter plug adapter i mentioned in the first post in this thread and it works with their
version of the irock.

but i have to ask for a moment of silence for the loss of the irock transmitter. if you can find it and want it buy it. make sure you get the one with externer power supply cord.

emalvick · Post by **emalvick** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:42 am

I have a question... Why would you try to transmit over a frequency that is already used by a local radio station? My sister has a transmitter, and it works great when it is on an empty frequency, which isn't too difficult at the low end of the dial.

Considering the relatively large power differences in the most powerful personal transmitters and the weakest radiostations, I can't see too many devices overpowering the typical radio station, unless they are not FCC compliant.

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:38 pm

the need to do so comes up when traveling.

some areas use commercial radios on the freq's that the transmitters are only allowed to use.

if the transmitter can not over power the channels when the
transmitter is the closest signal starting point to the radio antenna
then the commercial channel that is 40 miles from the antenna then what good is the transmitter?

and to be FCC compliant means the transmitter must allow some fuzzy fade in of the channel 40 miles away. when there is nothing blocking the signal from the commercial station.

it does not mean that the personnel transmitter must not be usable when there is no non commercial freq's around. to do so would be useless in buying the transmitter.

the temporary fade in of the commercial station is not a bother.
but the commercial station blocking out of your personnel transmitter when it is the closest transmission to your radio antenna, is the sign of a not very good transmitter.

fizzjob · Post by **fizzjob** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:33 am

If it's a permanent setup, something like this may be a bit more appropriate, especially if your head unit doesn't have an AUX in or cassette deck. It's a bit more labor intensive, but it would eliminate bleed-through from broadcast stations, since it just overrides the FM antenna when you turn to whatever frequency you set it to.

On some head units, the CD changer inputs can be used, too. In theory, that'll get you better sound.[/url]

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:54 am

so this is the message i lost last year when the forum kicked me out. sorry i missed it then.

so you say that is a good way of doing it. sure looks good, i use to have one that would play cb radio signals in the radio. i wonder if i could convert it?

might be cheaper to buy this new one.?

but then they have added this type of thing in to the car radios so which to buy? this or that?

Full_Circle · Post by **Full_Circle** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:20 am

I dont want to hi-jack this thread or anything, but the title seems kind of appropriate.

Right now, I have my PC connected through a USB port to a stereo that has a "PC-Link". Sometimes the software connecting both works, othertimes it doesnt. This type of connection actually allows me to to play, pause and skip to the next track on my playlist using my stereo remote! But I have a feeling that this type of connection isnt future-proof for when I get a new stereo or a new PC.

Besides using the transmitter rovingcowboy is speaking of, what is the best and most of all simplest way of hooking up a PC to a stereo?
Or would I be better off simply getting high quality giant PC speakers?

PS: If you have any problem with my asking this in your thread rovingcowboy, I'll will happily start another!

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:00 am

well now there ya go. tryin ta ask a question but don't want to post it?

simple enough to ask here no trouble, look at page one there might be an answer for you there or a link to another thread about it.

cmx · Post by **cmx** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:23 am

Full_Circle, as always, it depends.

I utilize a network and use a wireless router...so

I use an Apple Airport Express as a wireless "server".

The Airport is connected to the input of your sound system and receives the output from MM utilizing the "Remote Speakers" output plugin. (This functionality is already built into the iTunes software.)

To me this is the "simplest", in that it is using the existing computer network and technology.

If you do not have a network setup it would require some capital expenditure.

wireless router-$100
Airport express-$100
remote speakers software-$10-$25

It works flawlessly and leaves the computer audio output free.

JaxWeather · Post by **JaxWeather** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:19 pm

I use MediaMonkey on a dedicated machine to play my music 24 X 7 and broadcast it through a MobileBlackBox and I can listen to the music on any of my FM receivers in the house as well as Portable FM receivers up to about 1/2 block away (I have the power turned down)
http://www.mobileblackbox.com/content/view/40/75/

-Bob

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:48 pm

wow is that i nice looking transmitter. to bad i can't afford the cost of that machine. it's got 450 foot range on the best of the setup's shoot i only need about one third that, in distance and have it go through brick walls. but it sure looks like a great piece of work.

JaxWeather · Post by **JaxWeather** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:19 pm

Overall it is very nice and mine has been running 24 X 7 for 9 months now. The current price of $99 US is pretty good when compared to other options I have found, I paid $159 US when I got it and was not unhappy at all with the price.

They claim (in an email I received) to be starting work on a Newer model which I will certainly be keeping an eye out for...

-Bob