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06-08-2017, 07:55 AM | #1 |
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MP3 Tunes in Model A, Headphones to Aux. Input?
I'm looking for a radio technician on this one. I've got a nice GE portable radio that has a headphones output jack, no aux. input. I would like to have an aux. input jack so I can play tunes in my coupe. I want to replace the output jack with an input jack in the same location. No schematics please because I'm electrically challenged, just an explanation on the possibility and someone who could do this for me would be most appreciated.
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06-08-2017, 10:05 AM | #2 |
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Re: MP3 Tunes in Model A, Headphones to Aux. Input?
Is is just a radio or a radio/tape/cd combination? If it is a combo it may be possible, otherwise it's a long shot.
A better solution may be a small bluetooth speaker. Many of them have an aux input. |
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06-08-2017, 11:27 AM | #3 |
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Re: MP3 Tunes in Model A, Headphones to Aux. Input?
You cannot turn an output into an input. Apples and oranges.
You need some electronic knowledge to find the discriminator section of the FM tuner, or the audio amp section to 'hack' in a switch and jack to insert line level audio directly to the speaker/headphone amplifier stage. |
06-08-2017, 12:45 PM | #4 |
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Re: MP3 Tunes in Model A, Headphones to Aux. Input?
Yep, you'd be much better off just looking for a small pair of amplified stereo speakers. I bought a pair at the local second hand store for under $5, and they run on 6 volts. I see them quite often in the second hand stores.
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06-08-2017, 01:18 PM | #5 |
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Re: MP3 Tunes in Model A, Headphones to Aux. Input?
I have a Bose wireless speaker and I Bluetooth connect to it from my phone and can listen to any of my music. Might give that a try.
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06-08-2017, 03:48 PM | #6 |
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06-08-2017, 06:32 PM | #7 |
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OK I'm flummoxed, why is it that it's so much simpler to toss something perfectly functional away and buy another one that has the features you want then to alter the one you have? I know I'm beating a dead horse here but think of the Model A, everything was made to be serviced and repaired, never tossed and replaced. It is truly a sad state of affairs.....
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06-08-2017, 06:56 PM | #8 |
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Re: MP3 Tunes in Model A, Headphones to Aux. Input?
Bluetooth to a cell phone is the way to go
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06-08-2017, 10:22 PM | #9 |
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I have a small Bluetooth speaker that will blow your ears off and fits in the package tray. It also bluetooths phone calls so you can hands free receive a call and volume to speak into and hear over top down road and wind noise.
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For an electronics hobbiest, what you want to do would be easy. I could probably do it in under 10 minutes using parts out of ye olde junque box. However, I cannot turn a Model A motor into an air compressor. But I bet some of you mechanical experts could! |
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06-09-2017, 12:28 AM | #12 | |
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The A engine to a compressor, change the head add a governor and that's about it.
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