Do you know if there is any module that can work as transmitter, not as a reciever? I want to transmit the stereo sound from my TV, via bluetooth, to my bluetooth speakers. So, I need the bluetooth module to work as transmitter. I thought about connecting the TV audio output to the mic, but it wont be stereo... and probably low quality.
Great video! _The day is not complete without at least one project / custom product mod._ Classic comedy set up: At 17:07 the trap for young players was set... One video edit later, after the 3rd (or 4th) nut had been recovered from the strong speaker magnet, the final assembly was resumed and FINALLY, the project was completed. Well, at least that's what I imagined had happened, lol
Very cool. Curious though... would the speakers have fit mounted to adjacent sides of the box (90 degrees apart instead of 180)? I think they’d sound better that way.
The acrylic case is cut with tabs so it won't go together any other way, also the soeakers would be touching anyway, so they wouldn't fit. This doesn't sound bad considering it is a very small speaker. I have another bluetooth module I need to decide what I am going to install it in. Perhaps my old Sony CFS6000 AM Stereo / FM Stereo Auto reverse cassette boombox. It has an AUX in, so adding a line level BT receiver might just be in the works for that boom box, and it has very good sound.
So after reading the comments: Will this board deliver stereo output or is it a bridged input to both amps, actually resulting in two mono outputs as a "stereo"?
I could put that battery pack inside, but I was thinking more on the line of being able to plug it into a USB adapter so that is why I made the power lead external, as it gives me options, as having the battery internal would mean having to fit the charge port on it anyway to charge it up.
True, but you never know what may come along, and if it dont then no harm done :-). For my dodgy ears i would try to give it more bass and cut the treble a little, although i cant listen to any music for long without it sounding distorted by my tuning fork factory in my head. Its the reason i blow raspburys at next doors cat just to be mean :-D
Does that module pair as just a media audio device or does it have a call setting? I've had trouble with the slightly different XS3868 modules before. My go to module for Bluetooth audio is the KRC86B V4.0. It has simple line out stereo, the pinout sucks though because they used a 2.0mm header pin instead of the standard 2.54mm. This module looked like a good alternative for something that is simply plug and play, although I don't care for the Integrated amplifier setup. The real question is the connection distance and the noise. The last KRC module I installed into a stereo needs a filter to get rid of the high frequency noise, it is super annoying. Last real question, does it create it's own unique ID if you have multiple active devices using the same module in the same space?
It has call ability. That is what the microphone input is for. You can take line level off it. Just connect to the input pin of the amp. I have another one that is a line level only that I will be building into a boom box. Just have to decide if I want to build it into a vintage sony that has AM stereo, or build it into a later modem that has a CD player, or perhaps my old really good Panasonic boom box with the 25 watt amplifier. That would be the perfered choice because of the sound quality of this unit, but my brain dead son took it, and now doesn't remember where he put it. The unit is like 2 feet long, and 8" high and he managed to misplace it.
12voltvids Sorry missed the call part in your video. I admit to skipping through a bit to see your application and outcome. The last time I installed a BT module I wanted to add an enable and standby function. I put the module into an old home theater receiver I found on the curbside. It has a standby circuit but I got impatient after mounting wiring and adding a voltage regulator twice. Once for an XS3868 and again for the KRC when I found out the hard way that the XS3868 sucks. I think they are BT transmitters of some sort, but I'm not sure. It took calls but not media. I ultimately want to build a Bluetooth stereo that is completely controlled remotely. I haven't seen anyone do that yet, although I haven't looked all that hard. -Jake
It has call settings, so if a call come in, it will go to the speakers, and therefore you need a microphone to use this. Might just get around to adding one for that purpose if I decide to use this with my activated cell. Just uses a standard condenser microphone.Distance wise I got about 12 feet indoor before it started cutting out. Clearly this is designed for a speaker that is sitting next to you on the table. You are not walking around the house and staying connected. Will be interesting to see how the next one that I build into a big high power Panasonic boom box works. It has a CD player, and an auto reverse tape deck, and an AUX in, so interfacing a BT board will be a piece of cake. That one will be coming up soon. I don't have more than one device under this design to test. My other xy_bt devices id all ID on my phone but one says xy_bt, the next xy_bt(1), xy_bt(2) ect. Can't answer if this one does the same as I only have one of them.
This little board has a built in amplifier. I did review a different one that I built into a tuner that would be better for this application, but one has to consider that many radios of this era were line powered and had no transformer, so isolation is a must which would require more work.
this is a link to the radio someone had noticed i did electronics as a hobby( mainly lcd tvs etc though) so so i thought i would as you as you will have a better idea if its even possible? trouble is they dont want too mess the case up can the module be run via a battery? thanks www.radiomuseum.co.uk/R200.html
That's a solid state. No problem putting a bluetooth receiver in there. The better one to use is this one. www.icstation.com/csr8635-bluetooth-wireless-audio-receiver-module-loudspeaker-bluetooth-p-9963.html It has internal switching, so when music not actually playing from phone it will pass the existing audio through. Just goes in ahead of the volume control.
The bluetooth modules on the single speaker units puts out two channel stereo then there are resistor and capacitor networks that join the two channels to make mono then the 8 pin btl amp is fed with this
Specs say 3.6 to 6.5 volts so I would say that 12v will probably fry this one, but there are other bluetooth boards I have reviewed that will work in 12 volts.
would it be possible to use with a SONY Sound bar and Sub woofer, no the boom box of yours will self destruct because of the strength of the magnets used in those speakers and the back will be repelled.
I never knew Bluetooth speakers were MONO ! We need to teach the young ones what STEREO means . The market will not tell. Even guys in their 30s are miss led . Its time to demonstrate ! 👍
I have a phone that actualy has stereo speakers. One of my favorite phones. the one that I show in this one as my music source. That is a Blackberry Z30, and it has full stereo from the phone itself. I use that as an internet radio these days because it has such good sound right out of the phone itself, and when messages arrive (still can use it for email) the notification sounds don't interrupt music playing over BT. My current android phone is annoying. If I have music streaming over BT at a loud level, and a message comes in, it blasts the notification sound over the BT audio. Very annoying.
I have Motorola Razer I . there is none of that interruption when using headphone jack to the sound system , unplug charger cable no sound telling me that battery is to low nothing interrupting it . It is a one off as it has no bloat were on it ether . The sound could be a bit deeper for this system it dose get there compared to other common brands which are what you mentioned . I use it mainly for meditation & Subliminals . Its a really tough phone . Now I know about the Blackberry sound . Thanks .
For what it is it works great. I will be doing a few more larger BT speaker builds as I have a few modules with more power so they are going to sound much better.
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Looks like they have your build highlighted on their listing.
Do you know if there is any module that can work as transmitter, not as a reciever? I want to transmit the stereo sound from my TV, via bluetooth, to my bluetooth speakers. So, I need the bluetooth module to work as transmitter. I thought about connecting the TV audio output to the mic, but it wont be stereo... and probably low quality.
Great video! _The day is not complete without at least one project / custom product mod._
Classic comedy set up: At 17:07 the trap for young players was set...
One video edit later, after the 3rd (or 4th) nut had been recovered from the strong
speaker magnet, the final assembly was resumed and FINALLY,
the project was completed. Well, at least that's what I imagined had happened, lol
Where did you get the kit from for the speakers and case?
how small are these boards, it is ridiculously tiny. have you tried customising the EQ or BT name with those programable ports?
Very cool. Curious though... would the speakers have fit mounted to adjacent sides of the box (90 degrees apart instead of 180)? I think they’d sound better that way.
The acrylic case is cut with tabs so it won't go together any other way, also the soeakers would be touching anyway, so they wouldn't fit. This doesn't sound bad considering it is a very small speaker. I have another bluetooth module I need to decide what I am going to install it in. Perhaps my old Sony CFS6000 AM Stereo / FM Stereo Auto reverse cassette boombox. It has an AUX in, so adding a line level BT receiver might just be in the works for that boom box, and it has very good sound.
So after reading the comments: Will this board deliver stereo output or is it a bridged input to both amps, actually resulting in two mono outputs as a "stereo"?
It is stereo.
Thats much neater and compact, the only thing it needs is an internal battery, perhaps one will come along and you can eliminate the power cable :-D
I could put that battery pack inside, but I was thinking more on the line of being able to plug it into a USB adapter so that is why I made the power lead external, as it gives me options, as having the battery internal would mean having to fit the charge port on it anyway to charge it up.
True, but you never know what may come along, and if it dont then no harm done :-).
For my dodgy ears i would try to give it more bass and cut the treble a little, although i cant listen to any music for long without it sounding distorted by my tuning fork factory in my head.
Its the reason i blow raspburys at next doors cat just to be mean :-D
Does that module pair as just a media audio device or does it have a call setting? I've had trouble with the slightly different XS3868 modules before. My go to module for Bluetooth audio is the KRC86B V4.0. It has simple line out stereo, the pinout sucks though because they used a 2.0mm header pin instead of the standard 2.54mm. This module looked like a good alternative for something that is simply plug and play, although I don't care for the Integrated amplifier setup. The real question is the connection distance and the noise. The last KRC module I installed into a stereo needs a filter to get rid of the high frequency noise, it is super annoying. Last real question, does it create it's own unique ID if you have multiple active devices using the same module in the same space?
It has call ability. That is what the microphone input is for.
You can take line level off it. Just connect to the input pin of the amp. I have another one that is a line level only that I will be building into a boom box. Just have to decide if I want to build it into a vintage sony that has AM stereo, or build it into a later modem that has a CD player, or perhaps my old really good Panasonic boom box with the 25 watt amplifier. That would be the perfered choice because of the sound quality of this unit, but my brain dead son took it, and now doesn't remember where he put it. The unit is like 2 feet long, and 8" high and he managed to misplace it.
12voltvids
Sorry missed the call part in your video. I admit to skipping through a bit to see your application and outcome. The last time I installed a BT module I wanted to add an enable and standby function. I put the module into an old home theater receiver I found on the curbside. It has a standby circuit but I got impatient after mounting wiring and adding a voltage regulator twice. Once for an XS3868 and again for the KRC when I found out the hard way that the XS3868 sucks. I think they are BT transmitters of some sort, but I'm not sure. It took calls but not media. I ultimately want to build a Bluetooth stereo that is completely controlled remotely. I haven't seen anyone do that yet, although I haven't looked all that hard.
-Jake
It has call settings, so if a call come in, it will go to the speakers, and therefore you need a microphone to use this. Might just get around to adding one for that purpose if I decide to use this with my activated cell. Just uses a standard condenser microphone.Distance wise I got about 12 feet indoor before it started cutting out. Clearly this is designed for a speaker that is sitting next to you on the table. You are not walking around the house and staying connected. Will be interesting to see how the next one that I build into a big high power Panasonic boom box works. It has a CD player, and an auto reverse tape deck, and an AUX in, so interfacing a BT board will be a piece of cake. That one will be coming up soon. I don't have more than one device under this design to test. My other xy_bt devices id all ID on my phone but one says xy_bt, the next xy_bt(1), xy_bt(2) ect. Can't answer if this one does the same as I only have one of them.
did you ever make the video with this board thats only line level?
Great vídeo. Congratulations!
someone has asked me is it possible too fit a bluetooth module into a roberts r200 radio this radio dates around 1960/1964 do you think its possibe?
This little board has a built in amplifier. I did review a different one that I built into a tuner that would be better for this application, but one has to consider that many radios of this era were line powered and had no transformer, so isolation is a must which would require more work.
this is a link to the radio someone had noticed i did electronics as a hobby( mainly lcd tvs etc though) so so i thought i would as you as you will have a better idea if its even possible? trouble is they dont want too mess the case up can the module be run via a battery? thanks www.radiomuseum.co.uk/R200.html
That's a solid state. No problem putting a bluetooth receiver in there. The better one to use is this one.
www.icstation.com/csr8635-bluetooth-wireless-audio-receiver-module-loudspeaker-bluetooth-p-9963.html
It has internal switching, so when music not actually playing from phone it will pass the existing audio through. Just goes in ahead of the volume control.
ok thank you i will pass this information on and see if they still want it done.
I can't believe an amp chip can be that small. Is it class d?
Its class ab
no heatsink? wow
Is this gonna be your modified pc speaker now?
The bluetooth modules on the single speaker units puts out two channel stereo then there are resistor and capacitor networks that join the two channels to make mono then the 8 pin btl amp is fed with this
Yes but they are still MONO. Why wants to listen to mono.
I just said that
Can it run on 12V input or will it fry?
Specs say 3.6 to 6.5 volts so I would say that 12v will probably fry this one, but there are other bluetooth boards I have reviewed that will work in 12 volts.
How do you locate an amp chip on a circuit board?
The amp chips are the 2 8 pin chips on the bottom.
would it be possible to use with a SONY Sound bar and Sub woofer, no the boom box of yours will self destruct because of the strength of the magnets used in those speakers and the back will be repelled.
I never knew Bluetooth speakers were MONO !
We need to teach the young ones what STEREO means .
The market will not tell.
Even guys in their 30s are miss led .
Its time to demonstrate ! 👍
I have a phone that actualy has stereo speakers. One of my favorite phones. the one that I show in this one as my music source. That is a Blackberry Z30, and it has full stereo from the phone itself. I use that as an internet radio these days because it has such good sound right out of the phone itself, and when messages arrive (still can use it for email) the notification sounds don't interrupt music playing over BT. My current android phone is annoying. If I have music streaming over BT at a loud level, and a message comes in, it blasts the notification sound over the BT audio. Very annoying.
I have Motorola Razer I . there is none of that interruption when using headphone jack to the sound system , unplug charger cable no sound telling me that battery is to low nothing interrupting it . It is a one off as it has no bloat were on it ether .
The sound could be a bit deeper for this system it dose get there compared to other common brands which are what you mentioned .
I use it mainly for meditation & Subliminals .
Its a really tough phone .
Now I know about the Blackberry sound .
Thanks .
Actually most of bt speakers are stereo
Nice!!
Wow, a small but great Boombox Built, really awesome and creative, thanks very much.^0^
Nice
Sounds like a Tin drum
What do you expect from such small speakers.
Hmmm, I'll expect Sony Quality :-)
Next module goes in a kick ass Panasonic CD boom box with a 20 WPC amplifier.
8 bucks.? u might have to buy new Bluetooth. but great video though.
Not bad a dipole speaker system. LOL
For what it is it works great. I will be doing a few more larger BT speaker builds as I have a few modules with more power so they are going to sound much better.
NICE!