Cyrus's G35 Car PC Setup
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#33
I bought a usb radio and i was hoping it would work perfectly like my stock one did.. boy was i wrong.. the usb comes with a wire antenna and unless im actually touching the wire it will not pick up a single station. When i am touching it most the stations come in perfectly.. i dunno what to do. I tried connecting the wire antenna to the car antenna connection but that doesnt do anything.. I thought maybe there was some wiring i needed to connect so the antenna would somehow.. turn on?? maybe an antenna amp?? but i couldnt find any information of something like that even inside my car. Anyone have any suggestions on getting this working?
#35
ill be glad to show ya. im in the matthews/minthill area. closest intersection would be idlewild and 51. i can meet you there by subway if youd like sometime. id prefer it if youd give me a week or so. im in the middle of getting my usb hub wired up. The hub comes with an ac power supply which will be useless in a dc system so im ordering a linear dc power regulator to fix the issue that will take a while to do.
#36
Go with an HD radio set up, thats what I plan to do (just been lazy)
I bought a usb radio and i was hoping it would work perfectly like my stock one did.. boy was i wrong.. the usb comes with a wire antenna and unless im actually touching the wire it will not pick up a single station. When i am touching it most the stations come in perfectly.. i dunno what to do. I tried connecting the wire antenna to the car antenna connection but that doesnt do anything.. I thought maybe there was some wiring i needed to connect so the antenna would somehow.. turn on?? maybe an antenna amp?? but i couldnt find any information of something like that even inside my car. Anyone have any suggestions on getting this working?
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#38
thanks daggo but i can make one better. i bought a 7port usb hub off ebay for $5 and bought a voltage regulator ($2)(part #: 497-3436-5-ND) that converts any input from 6.6v to 30v and outputs a constant 5v at 3 amps. basically whats inside that $85+shipping usb hub you posted is what im doing here but at a fraction of the price.
Its always cheaper to do stuff yourself
Its always cheaper to do stuff yourself
#39
the stock computer voltage output on the headphone jack is low. you will need a usb creative labs sound blaster live or osmething like that to ge the voltage level up. i think typicaly stereo out voltage is around 1.5V and a cd player is 4V. the creative labs usb sound card option is about 3v so it will get the job done.
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