G1ROSS1 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Has anyone converted there old am radio to play fm? I can see some companies charging £350 for this conversion plus postage and then noticed the following on ebay where you tune the fm stations through an aux conversion. UPGRADED CLASSIC CAR RADIO ALTES VINTAGE INTERFACE MP3 IPHONE IPOD RADIOMOBILE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 A bit of a waste of money since there's a digital changeover soon, like with TV, radios will now be DAB and not FM (although I dare say there'll be some pirate broadcasts going on). Of course the ippod/mp3 player aux plug conversion would be good. I just used to play my tears for fears and duran duran cassettes in my mantas, it adds to the experience ...and a mullet wig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autowatch Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 The expected date for DAB changeover of 2015 has now been abandoned due to very poor DAB sales so FM is with us for a while yet. The ebay product you mention goes in through the aerial lead and I'd guess the quality is pretty poor as AM reproduction is pretty poor anyway but it may be a simple solution.....there are companies offering a dedicated MP3/Ipod connection to old AM radios but these conversions don't use the AM receiver, just the amplifier, so the quality is pretty good. If there was enough interest in this idea I'd be willing to look into doing something for club members where it was possible.......? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert1234 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Problem solved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autowatch Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Problem solved......as long as it's a radio/cassette.... my Manta and Ascona both only have AM radios.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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