Mr. Christmas Lights & Sounds of Christmas - HQ Audio
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- I hacked into the Mr. Christmas unit that I used last year so that I could install an audio cable that I could use to play the music on a much better sounding external outdoor speaker, and broadcast the music with an FM transmitter. Basically I opened up the unit (you'll need a 2.5 mm triangle screwdriver to remove the plate on the back and to remove the screws on the bottom that connect the top half to the bottom half), snipped the white & yellow wires leading to the speaker, and spliced them with a 3.5 mm audio cable. I connected the red & white wires of the audio cable to the white speaker wire, and connected the bare wire of the audio cable to the yellow speaker wire. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the unit to feed the audio cable through.
WARNING: If you do this, make sure your unit is UNPLUGGED!!!
Using an audio splitter connected to the audio cable, I ran a 3.5 mm audio cable to my outdoor external speaker, and another 3.5 mm audio cable to my FM transmitter. The music now sounds fantastic when listening to it outdoors! So much more bass! When I tune my car's radio to the FM frequency that I'm using to broadcast the music, the music sounds as good as it does in this video.
To record the HQ audio for this video, I connected the audio cable (that I spliced into the Mr. Christmas unit) to the Line-In input jack of a high-quality digital audio recorder. If you watch this video and have a really good set of speakers or headphones, I think you'll agree that the built-in speaker in the Mr. Christmas unit doesn't do justice to the music.
Hopefully someday they'll manufacture the units with an audio output jack for the purpose of connecting the unit to a better speaker and/or an FM transmitter. Then we wouldn't have to risk damaging the unit by hacking into it to install an audio cable.
NOTE: If you use an FM transmitter, you'll have to set the volume of the unit to a low setting (I have mine set to about 9 o'clock, approximately 2 lines above MIN), and use an Inline Audio Volume Control before connecting to the FM transmitter because the audio level will be too strong for the FM transmitter and you'll hear mostly static on your radio unless you use an Inline Audio Volume Control.
DISCLAIMER: I am not an electrician, so if you choose to hack/modify your Mr. Christmas unit in the same manner as I did, do so at your own risk. Just make sure the unit is UNPLUGGED before you open it up and start cutting/splicing wires. And wear protective goggles, just in case!
Outdoor speaker: www.fullcompas...
FM Transmitter: www.amazon.com...
Inline Audio Volume Control: www.amazon.com...
Triangle Screwdriver Set: www.amazon.com...
Last year's Mr. Christmas light show: • 2020 Christmas Lights ...
This year's Mr. Christmas light show with HQ audio: • 2021 Christmas Lights ...
Song list:
Here Comes Santa Claus
Let It Snow
Santa Claus is coming to Town
Sleigh Ride
Winter Wonderland
I Saw Three Ships
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Angels We Have Heard On High
Here We Come A-Caroling
Deck The Halls
Good Christian Men Rejoice
We Three Kings of Orient Are
Joy to the World
O Come All Ye Faithful
The 12 Days of Christmas
Carol of the Bells
Jingle Bells
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Frosty The Snowman
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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It’s crazy to hear the pure recording of the songs, they sound so different when not coming through the unit and they do actually sound a lot better and to me they actually kinda sound like a old style 8-bit video game
Especially the song at 11:30
Sounds a little more 16 bit in my opinion, but I can see where you are coming from.
They mostly use an SNES soundchip
I have one that my families used for the longest time until the sounds stopped working,been trying to find another one
There's plenty on ebay
I love this
I’m definitely gonna do something like this when the speaker in mine goes out (which we all know they will) so then I’ll get a recording just like you did and I’ll hook up a jbl outdoor speaker to it
I have the Mr Christmas Musical laser light show and some of the songs it has are also on this. The songs that are on the laser projector are also redone and sound alot better, probably the best rendition of those songs
There also appears to be 3 different sound fonts with the boxes, There’s one that focuses more on the bass clef notes and parts, one that focuses more on the treble clef notes and parts, and one that has all the parts and equal volume and pitch, I believe you have the bass clef sound font
That makes sense because you can really hear the bass now that I've connected an audio cable to the unit. I actually had to turn the bass all the way down on my outdoor speaker because it was a bit overpowering, and even then it's still quite strong. The 2021 Mr. Christmas unit from Best Buy is different from last year's version. It has settings for "Siberian" and "Traditional", but doesn't have an "All Songs" setting like the 2020 version has. Some of the songs on the Traditional setting are also different. IMO the 2020 version is better. BTW I uploaded this year's Christmas light show already. ruclips.net/video/mzQ_PnbVKLI/видео.html
@@martinafan64 yea mine either has the treble clef sound font or all sounds sound font because mine sounds like this video here: ruclips.net/video/82iEVxUwEjE/видео.html
@@martinafan64 It's funny too because the built-in speakers for these at least for my July 2019/1440w unit (same as yours) lacks a lot of bass compared to the ones sold 10-15 years ago (back when they rebadged as GE and used the treble clef sound font).
PS: I think the unit in the photo is the one sold around 15 years ago because the one I have lacks the silver front knobs.
@@trainscoastersandmoretcm3255 Wow, I like that treble clef sound font much better! I wouldn't want the "Amazing Grace" song though because it reminds me too much of a funeral.
@@vina5428 Too bad they changed to a lower-quality speaker over the years. I hope someday they manufacture them with better speakers, or at least make them with a 3.5 mm audio jack so you can use a separate speaker and/or FM transmitter. There's a HUGE different in sound quality using a good speaker. Yep, the 2020 & 2021 units that I have also don't have silver knobs. The pic I used in the video is from this year's listing of Mr. Christmas from Best Buy, so they're obviously using a pic of an older model.
my 2007 Ge/ Mr Christmas box has a volume knob problem ( or thats what i think) so i have a fealing we may lose it, but i to have done the fm transmiter swap and it sounds amazing just a little bit of static here and there.🙂
Glad u were successful in hacking your Mr. Christmas box! I was paranoid and thought I might ruin it so I ordered another Mr. Christmas unit last year before I tried the hack in case I damaged my original. These are getting harder to find, so always good to have a backup unit!
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Really wish they made a box that I could play my own music out of
I get the impression this a common modification with these units, others have done it also and they've connected FM transmitters to their units also.
Yep, probably because the built-in speaker sounds terrible. The FM transmitter is great for people who want to stay warm in their cars while hearing the music for the light show. So far I've just told a few neighbors, friends, & coworkers which FM frequency I'm using, but I'm thinking of putting a "Tune to 96.5 FM" sign on our lawn.
@@martinafan64 That'll get the crowds coming.
Amazing job!!
@@martinafan64 ruclips.net/video/hjS1YapIb8s/видео.html
@@victorpedroso360 WOW!!! Any chance that your display is a contestant on The Great Christmas Light Fight? If not, it should be! I'd love to set up a big display like yours, but I'm limited due to cold/snowy weather. You can see some snow in this year's video, and we're getting possibly 8" of snow this weekend. ruclips.net/video/mzQ_PnbVKLI/видео.html
Update:
1. Yes I’m still messing with these things in June 🤣
2. I just got an original 2007 GE version, and it has a bigger speaker than the newer one and actually has bass! Like a lot of it too, ill link a video below this comment so if you watch it with some good headphones or some speakers with a good amount of bass, you’ll be able to hear it
ruclips.net/video/RT8nFHFMhEw/видео.html
That's really cool, looking forward to hearing that 2007 version! Unfortunately I may have to "go dark" this year. Having too many problems with my lower back and shoulders. I've already had physical therapy on one shoulder and will need it on the other soon. Switched to Mr. Christmas a few yrs ago because it's a much easier/faster setup compared to my Light-O-Rama setup, but I may have to skip doing an outdoor display this Christmas.
@@martinafan64 sorry to hear about injury!!
@@victorpedroso360 Thanks Victor! I think working out and lifting weights since I was a teenager are mostly to blame for my back & shoulder problems now. Plus I'm getting old. Father Time is undefeated lol!
6:53
I need these midis.
17:20
It sounds kinda Audio rip
This sound chip is a mess and a big downgrade from the original 2007.
Agreed. Now say if that was the first sound chip, and that came before the older one and the older was considered the newer one then we'd like them both. But unfortunately the fact that this is a newer sound makes it terrible sounding.
I plan to audio rip the original. I agree that the audio on this model is not good. It sounds cheap. The 67791 model is far superior.
I have one that my families used for the longest time until the sounds stopped working,been trying to find another one