I've been using a little battery-powered FM-transmitter as well. The transmitter is connected to a splitter in the SBR's headphone jack; one side of the splitter goes to the FM-transmitter, the other goes to a stereo RCA cable on a stereo set.
In using an FM-transmitter, there are at least 3 issues that you're going to have to deal with: 1) You're going to have to locate a vacant FM frequency where you live. In urban areas, this is going to be difficult, as in most urban areas the FM frequency band is literally saturated. Sirius Radio has a vacant FM-frequency finder that you can use by keying in your zip code. See: http://fmchannel.sirius.com/ For Canadians: http://www.siriuscanada.ca/en/install/frequency.aspx Here is another you can use: http://lifehacker.com/231936/find-an-unused-fm-frequency-with-radio+locator This should help you locate an unused FM channel in your area. Don't take these results as gospel, however, you may need to experiment yourself as well. Ideally, the best FM-transmitter to use is one that allows you to select a frequency in the entire FM-spectrum: i.e. from 87.9 to 107.9 MHz, preferably in 0.1MHz increments. 2) You may have to increase the efficiency of the transmitter, by jerry- rigging a longer aerial. Some transmitters (like mine) have very short audio cable, which also serves as the transmitter's antenna. Using a double female adapter and a 3.5mm (1/8") patch cord will help tremendously -- howerver, judging by the image on Amazon's website, your audio cable is already long enough, so in your case this step isn't necessary. 3) You can improve the receiver's efficiency at picking-up the signal. This won't apply to your headphones, but it works nicely with any boombox with a telescoping FM-antenna. This can be done by essentially lengthening the antenna. I'm using a boombox with a telescoping aerial, and it's nowhere near efficient enough at picking-up the signal from the the transmitter. How did I lengthen the aerial? Simple. I used a daisy-chain of paperclips. I bent one around the end of the aerial, and attached the other end to a daisy-chain of paperclips, with the final clip attached to metal heat grate. (You could also do the same with hookup wire and alligator clips). For a jerry-rigged solution, it works amazingly well. Without touching the volume knob on the boombox, the volume increased noticeably with just this one simple step. If you're going to try this quick-and-dirty method, make sure you're using the plain bare-metal (i.e. not plastic-coated) paperclips. Good luck, and let us know how you make out. -- CBC_fan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CBC_fan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79513 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
