You know, my Grandfather tried for my entire childhood to teach me electronics and machining and I never fully appreciated it until now. I wish he was still around to I could say thanks. However, I wish to extend my thanks to this channel for helping me realize that and I have hope to build on the foundation my grandfather laid. Great mod. Well explained.
David, I had the same grandfather, who passed this March from pneumonia. He taught me a little (e.g., how to solder, how to convert different number systems), but I should've spent with him 10 times more time than I did. I didn't think it would happen so soon, and I hoped I'd show him my projects, he would be so proud. I guess we'll have to continue finding inspiration on our own, but still imagining how cool it would be if they still were around.
Dude ! You can't expect be a Rockstar all the time! You Know you are good at your craft when people look at you doing your Job and you make it look easy!
+The Signal Path Blog I often find german people have the most novel use of english and often seem to have a more diverse english vocabulary than me which leaves me feeling stupid at my own language.
This ingenious hack could be used in old cars with old stereos, that for mounting purposes and originality a new stereo wouldn't work, look good, or would ruin the aesthetic in an old restored car. Bravo!
I feel both smarter and dumber (for not knowing how to do this) after watching this great hack, you take what looks complex and make it simple! Great job!
dude half the time i have no idea what you are talking about, but i love your videos and the way you explain what your doing, makes me want to grab a soldering iron and go crazy.
Keep on doing your thing Inventor Man. I MacGyver when possible too, and I can totally relate to what your doing. Anyone in this vast world of stupidity and ignorance can "go buy a new head unit", however surprisingly few have the knowledge or the creativity to even consider thinking about doing this for themselves. For myself it's simply the appreciation difference that I get from the things that Ive built and/or modified. I hope to see more videos from you. Also, excellent narrating, the detail in your actions are noteworthy and very informative
I would have loved to see some glue added to the solder joints where you soldered the audio cable to the pads next to the audio jack as a strain relief. Also, I don't know if it's needed in Germany, but here in Iceland I would have tried to seal the voltage regulator pot with silicone or some hot-snot to prevent moisture from changing the resistance and thus changing the output voltage. :) Great hack! Good to see you back on your feet! :D
Great video, but one thing caught my eye… car battery is all most allways above 12volts … charger pushes around 13,8 to 14.6 volts to battery while car is running. So when you regulate the power to your bluetooth , you should take that into account if the modules voltage limit is critical. Often they have quite large scale tho.. as most of their cut out voltage is way below 3.7v and when in charger those will allso charge at around 3.88v up to 5v in some cases.
You don't need to scrap the LiOn battery and you dont need the voltage regulator. Just tap a +5V from the 20 yrs old car stereo board and solder it on the micro usb port of the Bluetooth receiver.
+soosai steven the +5V voltage regulator of the radio is designed for only very small loads (DIP 8 package without heatsink). That's why I used another regulator. I also didn't "trash" the battery, it is not needed in this application and I will put it on the shelf until I will reuse it for something else.
Hello friend, I want to add bluetooth to my old aiwa system, the more you watch scheme all the more confused I get, I realized something but not enough my knowledge of electronics is miserable I would be grateful for the help, to you is 20 min work, if you want me help, I would send you an email with device model that you can find scheme, Soldering and Remain is not an issue rather than where and what to add
I just received a similar Bluetooth module for an old Pioneer. It has two wires for being hard wired to 12v and the output is Pioneer's IP-BUS connector that plugs right into the back of the headunit.
Great work, great instructions, I have almost 0 knowledge in electronics, but your instructions are crystal clear, you just earned a new subscriber :). Greetings from Egypt.
thought about doing something simular for a long time :) Infact, i even thought about building my very own car stereo based on an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi with an LCD touchscreen :) Never got around to it though :)
I hate waste and adding to land fill. If something can be modified to make it useful again I'm all for it. I'm going to subscribe so I can learn about making things useful again. Cheers.
Me: "I'll go out and buy a cheap BT car radio" TPAI: "I'll just hack and mod some stuff I've got lying around and before you come back from the store it's up and running!" Marvellous!!!!
Well that is a lot of work to go through to get blue tooth integrated into the car radio but hey true you dont have to worry about a voltage drain any longer . Great video
Way back in the 80's, I designed a Pay TV Decoder and installed it in my SONY TV. My design decoded the signal line by line, so there was no PLL delay like the decoders on the market had. So there was no way you could see that you had selected a Pay TV channel. The total cost of the decoder parts was less than $6.00. I tried to sell my design to a cable company, but it was too good, is what they said. It had so few components, and all were old cheap standard components, thus anyone could copy it easily. Those were fun days back then.
If the jack is anything like the one on my Asus fonepad,id be grateful if you could point to me where I might be able to source one! Seems like these jack sockets are proprietary.
Pat Butete I would try aliexpress first... then Asus service centre. If all fails, you can look on ebay for cheap broken phone like yours and salvage the jack.
MasterBata Already tried Asus and no can do.They want $$$ to repair it.As for a broken ebay salvage job.It's a common problem broken jacks on these devices..so...not sure that is a wise move.
aliexpress has them for 4 dollars, i checked for a friend last night . he needs an asus fonepad usb socket ($4+) and a battery ($6) If you don't like fine soldering, buy the power / usb board with usb socket attached for $48, bit rich in my opinion.
I wish you could lend me your brain for a day or so to install bluetooth in my car, too ;-) I really love the way you don't let yourself be pushed back by any boundaries.
Would it be possible to add a bluetooth receiver into the car without taking the tape deck out? If I splice in the audio signal to the reader of the tape and then add the same step down voltage regulator circuit would it still work if I used a dummy tape to trigger the stereo to read?
One year late, but yeah You could. If You want to keep cassette, then it is easier to look up where radio receiver audio outputs are what go to preamp chip. Contact between that 6 pin switch, middle contacts go to amp and the switchable contacts become "inputs". Radio "thinks" that it is amping radio, but you switch it to whatever analogue.
One more thing. I've watched many videos on this and almost all of them also talk about tricking the system so that it thinks a cassette has been inserted. Don't you have to do this with this approach? I've watched the previous video where you install the aux input and there you scratch a path. Does it serve that purpose?
+Mikayil Abdullayev Hey. The mod in this video was only possible, because I modified the stereo in the older video. Cutting the paths was just done to cut the pre-amplifier off from the rest of the device. The "tricking" is done by the switch on the front panel. It activates two contacts, that are normally pushed by a cassette being inserted.
I love how you almost mix some German words into the English ones. Like Zwölf and Twelve turn into Twölf😂 Also, awesome hack. I have used your audio input hack on an old Grundig "Music Boy" radio reciever, and it works great!
ted clubber lang English language origin is German ... as he doesn’t have to speak English ... English has to learn German if they appreciate their own language ..,!!
Could this be done on a more modern radio by simply adding power to a bluetooth adapter and hijacking off of the already existing outside audio jack but instead soldering another to it inside ?
Could you please put a recipe list in the description so us new to electronics folks can have a handy shopping/salvaging list? You have me pretty excited to start doing some of these projects and its pretty intimidating when I'm not sure exactly what to buy/salvage.
If I want to skip the 3,5 mm jack installation, I just need to connet these wires to the bluetooth receiver output? Can I use a different bluetooth receiver with small DC-DC step down convertor?
This is really helpful. I have two audio amplifiers at home, but neither are bluetooth, and I don't wish to keep using my audio jacks, as they are easily damaged if someone tugs on the cable.
I just ordered a Bluetooth module and intend to do this to my factory Ford radio in my Mercury Mountaineer. My problem is that I have no aux input. Could I simply connect to the inputs from the CD player, or are they digital?
Great video, but one thing I was wondering, cars produce more than 12v when running, usually the alternator puts out 13.5v to 14.8v, so how well regulated would the pot based power supply you made be?
This is awesome but my question is does it in its current configuration support 2 way. IE would you be able to add a microphone for blue tooth calling or is this solely for blue tooth audio?
Slight confusion: usually the power buttons of bluetooth devices respond to pushes of different lengths: click to pause or answer phone, 3 seconds for power on, 10 seconds to re-enter pair mode, etc. Here you've apparently been able to make it do a power on only? Or perhaps it always goes into pair mode and you have to repair with your phone every time? Anyway, some of the inherent functionality appears to be lost with this hack.
I like the auxiliary port added to the tape player. I might make one like this myself. I have a smaller tape opening. An old slot insert from a computer would work. Anyway all I have ever used is an iLive bluetooth receiver. I used a better quality tape adapter and ran the cable down through my dash to my floorboard in my 98 Grand Marquis. I had bought a Bell 3 12v adapter switch that has 2 usb ports also and uses a toggle switch as to not leave it on all the time. Used a 2 inch usb cable and the receiver was Velcroed to the carpet as well as the adapter. It sat on the transmission hump. All I had to do to use it was reach down and turn it own. I ran it off of battery and when it died I just switched the toggle switch on. Before I had it Velcroed to the dash trim along with the auxiliary cable ran through the dash up to it. Looked nice but no way to charge it and use it without it looking stupid. On the car's 12v port it was in the pull out cup holder. I removed it and had the Bell adapter plugged into it and hidden in the dash out of the way. Now that I had my 98 Ford Expedition XLT I am looking at all kinds of possibility to add it to places and hide gadgets to use. Already got a nice set up with an old iPhone 3g in an Otterbox defender case. I modified the holster to accept the charger through the bottom. It sets in my pull out cup holder. The tape adapter line is again ran through the dash and comes out the opening of the cup holder. My iPhone charger is ran from the 2 12v adapters across. The iPhone sets nicely down into the holder and everything is pretty much well hidden. I have added a toggle switch to the line to cut the juice when not running. The iPhone 3g is my favorite device to use for music in the car. I also have a nice dual screen dvd player set up in the back that is tied into the stereo through the aux port. When I add the bluetooth adapter I will need to come up with a way to have all three tied into the system without having to unplug and plug each time.
Recently started watching your videos, as an electronics technician I can't get enough. Did you consider removing your original 3.5mm jack and using the jack on the Bluetooth board? It seems better than having a parallel input circuit.
I have some problem with buzzing and ticking background sounds (digital processing and wireless connection) which are at the same level regardless of sound volume set. Any tip how to separate ground in BT module from ground in main radio electronics?
+Quoc Luu Hey. Please send me an E-Mail to inventordonations@gmail.com Please give me the brand and model number / name of the radio. A photo would also be good. If I can find a schematic for the model, I might be able to help you.
I had a plan to buy and fix up a 1965 MGB and install an iPod that only played music up to the age of the car... I like 60’s music. It would still have the radio and a Bluetooth module would be nice. I still have to buy the car.
can i connect "soldering"headphones Blutooth direct to the radio, if yes. to which dots on the car radio. i've an opel astra g-cc CD-R radio from Delco Electronics (CDR 500) thanks
Sir, you are very cleaver! I also wonder if you are a teacher? If you are not, you should be.. You explain your process very well. Thank you for your work, Eric in Oregon
This is the first video of this channel I watched and loved it. I feel so good watching this. Beautiful country side and wonderful music. Could you pls share the info of that music with us? Thank you. Cheers!
I really feel like I'm making progress learning electronics when I realised that I knew how this hack could be done early on in the video.. very Very cool vid👏👍👍👍
i have a vdo cd 1737x with bleutooth but i don t have the remote control...is there a different way too connect the bleutooth with the radio??? can not find the radio on the telefphone...............
Once you know the resistor value needed for the regulator,I would solder in a resistor in stead of that potentiometer. Temperatures inside the car are pretty extreme with full sun versus full winter etc. The potentiometers value is affected by that.
I've done a similar modification with my car stereo, but now I have quite a big amount of buzz I guess from the bluetooth waves. Do you have any recommendations to get rid of it?
Awesome!!! Does it also support A2DP, as in you can hear an incoming call thru the radio and drive hands free while having a conversation? I love your channel!!!!!!
Super Video leider bin ich kein Elektroniker und vieles war für mich wie Chinesisch aber es zeigt dass es nicht so schwer ist wenn Mann sich etwas auskennt. Danke fürs zeigen!
Very clear video, I would like to try this however I have a question, can you recieve phone calls through this and is there anyway to add a microphone and an answer/reject button.
+FifthTechnik It really just depends on the bluetooth receiver. The radio does not interact with the phone in any way. It simply amplifies the analog audio signal coming from the bluetooth receiver. The model that I used is treated like a set of bluetooth headphones (without a mcirophone) by the smartphone. If someone calls me, his voice will be heard on the car's speakers. If you want o add a microphone, you simply have to use the receiver of a bluetooth headset (with microphone) and integrate it into the radio.
You know, my Grandfather tried for my entire childhood to teach me electronics and machining and I never fully appreciated it until now. I wish he was still around to I could say thanks. However, I wish to extend my thanks to this channel for helping me realize that and I have hope to build on the foundation my grandfather laid. Great mod. Well explained.
David Wellman , your a granddissapointment
David, I had the same grandfather, who passed this March from pneumonia. He taught me a little (e.g., how to solder, how to convert different number systems), but I should've spent with him 10 times more time than I did. I didn't think it would happen so soon, and I hoped I'd show him my projects, he would be so proud. I guess we'll have to continue finding inspiration on our own, but still imagining how cool it would be if they still were around.
My phone broke. Time to take apart my car.
Haha exactly.
Dude ! You can't expect be a Rockstar all the time! You Know you are good at your craft when people look at you doing your Job and you make it look easy!
"The switch had to be deleted." I love it.
The Signal Path Blog It had to be "terminated immediately" :P
+The Signal Path Blog I often find german people have the most novel use of english and often seem to have a more diverse english vocabulary than me which leaves me feeling stupid at my own language.
Just in case you wanted the real answer: the switch had to be removed
If you remove a feature from a car, it's known as deleting it.
For example: www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk/egr-removal-delete/
"takes up usable space in the car and makes for no fun" love it 😆
Dr. Strangelove hacks a car stereo. I love it!
This ingenious hack could be used in old cars with old stereos, that for mounting purposes and originality a new stereo wouldn't work, look good, or would ruin the aesthetic in an old restored car. Bravo!
I feel both smarter and dumber (for not knowing how to do this) after watching this great hack, you take what looks complex and make it simple! Great job!
dude half the time i have no idea what you are talking about, but i love your videos and the way you explain what your doing, makes me want to grab a soldering iron and go crazy.
Brilliant hack. Very useful, too. Not all of us have a modern car with this amenity built-in.
Keep on doing your thing Inventor Man. I MacGyver when possible too, and I can totally relate to what your doing. Anyone in this vast world of stupidity and ignorance can "go buy a new head unit", however surprisingly few have the knowledge or the creativity to even consider thinking about doing this for themselves. For myself it's simply the appreciation difference that I get from the things that Ive built and/or modified. I hope to see more videos from you. Also, excellent narrating, the detail in your actions are noteworthy and very informative
Nice to see this channel active again. Keep the good work coming.
Still listening to impressive music !! I like it !! Good to have you back too !!
I would have loved to see some glue added to the solder joints where you soldered the audio cable to the pads next to the audio jack as a strain relief. Also, I don't know if it's needed in Germany, but here in Iceland I would have tried to seal the voltage regulator pot with silicone or some hot-snot to prevent moisture from changing the resistance and thus changing the output voltage. :) Great hack! Good to see you back on your feet! :D
At 10:00 you can hear the bottles of alcohol rolling into each other in the back seat. That aside, wonderful work!
maybe it´s water bottles rolling arround?
This guy is fancy, wine only.
Now you know where the Patreon money is going :D
what makes you think it is alcohol?
its wine or beer
Great video, but one thing caught my eye… car battery is all most allways above 12volts … charger pushes around 13,8 to 14.6 volts to battery while car is running. So when you regulate the power to your bluetooth , you should take that into account if the modules voltage limit is critical. Often they have quite large scale tho.. as most of their cut out voltage is way below 3.7v and when in charger those will allso charge at around 3.88v up to 5v in some cases.
You are such and inteligent and adaptive person ! a rare jewel !love every video !
You should make more of videos like this bringing older technology more usable using a bit of modern tech. Love to come back to your older videos.
love the ingenuity and the how to of the video
You are a genius, great idea to use a car-radio cassette.
love seeing ingenuity in the making. great work.
This is a motivating video. I was just motivated to purchase a car stereo with built-in bluetooth.
"The gentle touch of my vice" :-)
wow what a view from your driveway. you have a beautiful home.
very smart. good for the environment and who would want to steal a modified factory deck that is 20+ years old ? no one ( i hope).
I would steal his radio if he gave it to me... LOL
You don't need to scrap the LiOn battery and you dont need the voltage regulator. Just tap a +5V from the 20 yrs old car stereo board and solder it on the micro usb port of the Bluetooth receiver.
+soosai steven the +5V voltage regulator of the radio is designed for only very small loads (DIP 8 package without heatsink). That's why I used another regulator. I also didn't "trash" the battery, it is not needed in this application and I will put it on the shelf until I will reuse it for something else.
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor .. Oh, Ok. Great work. Inspiring.
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Please answe is this a Corsa or a Tigra
+Sokol Murati It's a Corsa, as noticed in another video ;)
Hello friend, I want to add bluetooth to my old aiwa system, the more you watch scheme all the more confused I get, I realized something but not enough my knowledge of electronics is miserable I would be grateful for the help, to you is 20 min work, if you want me help, I would send you an email with device model that you can find scheme, Soldering and Remain is not an issue rather than where and what to add
Kool voice and ascent....goes perfectly together. You know your stuff!
I just received a similar Bluetooth module for an old Pioneer. It has two wires for being hard wired to 12v and the output is Pioneer's IP-BUS connector that plugs right into the back of the headunit.
what is the music you are playing ?
Great work, great instructions, I have almost 0 knowledge in electronics, but your instructions are crystal clear, you just earned a new subscriber :). Greetings from Egypt.
thought about doing something simular for a long time :)
Infact, i even thought about building my very own car stereo based on an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi with an LCD touchscreen :)
Never got around to it though :)
I hate waste and adding to land fill. If something can be modified to make it useful again I'm all for it. I'm going to subscribe so I can learn about making things useful again. Cheers.
cobra sixtysix appreciate your attitude and spirit. I'm joining you too. Good luck and cheers. 😊👍
Best of all the dash looks factory (with some black paint) and nothing to steal if parked some place dodgy. Nice work!
The gentle touch of my vice. LOL
Marlo Mitchell yes.
Me: "I'll go out and buy a cheap BT car radio"
TPAI: "I'll just hack and mod some stuff I've got lying around and before you come back from the store it's up and running!"
Marvellous!!!!
Well that is a lot of work to go through to get blue tooth integrated into the car radio but hey true you dont have to worry about a voltage drain any longer . Great video
Way back in the 80's, I designed a Pay TV Decoder and installed it in my SONY TV. My design decoded the signal line by line, so there was no PLL delay like the decoders on the market had. So there was no way you could see that you had selected a Pay TV channel. The total cost of the decoder parts was less than $6.00. I tried to sell my design to a cable company, but it was too good, is what they said. It had so few components, and all were old cheap standard components, thus anyone could copy it easily. Those were fun days back then.
Thanks for this video. I'll be doing this myself soon. I have an older high end receiver that will now be brought in to the modern age.
Why didn't you replace the faulty jack in your phone? You definitely have the tools and skill to do it.
If the jack is anything like the one on my Asus fonepad,id be grateful if you could point to me where I might be able to source one! Seems like these jack sockets are proprietary.
Pat Butete I would try aliexpress first... then Asus service centre. If all fails, you can look on ebay for cheap broken phone like yours and salvage the jack.
MasterBata Already tried Asus and no can do.They want $$$ to repair it.As for a broken ebay salvage job.It's a common problem broken jacks on these devices..so...not sure that is a wise move.
aliexpress has them for 4 dollars, i checked for a friend last night . he needs an asus fonepad usb socket ($4+) and a battery ($6)
If you don't like fine soldering, buy the power / usb board with usb socket attached for $48, bit rich in my opinion.
MasterBata lol that's EXACTLY what I was thinking.
I can't believe this video got 192 thumbs down. I guess some people don't appreciate ingenuity.
Maybe they don't understand what love is dude 🤗
Maybe its because he doesn't even mention the car type.
Ibad Taylor you could say that.
Throttle Addiction its exactly that music which gave a good touch in the end according to me.
It's called JEALOUSY and it makes you nasty.
Dan thank you very much for your reply, it had simplified a lot of thing for me and I'll check for videos about what you have suggested. thanks again
I wish you could lend me your brain for a day or so to install bluetooth in my car, too ;-) I really love the way you don't let yourself be pushed back by any boundaries.
So how do you pair with a different devise?
Would it be possible to add a bluetooth receiver into the car without taking the tape deck out? If I splice in the audio signal to the reader of the tape and then add the same step down voltage regulator circuit would it still work if I used a dummy tape to trigger the stereo to read?
One year late, but yeah You could. If You want to keep cassette, then it is easier to look up where radio receiver audio outputs are what go to preamp chip. Contact between that 6 pin switch, middle contacts go to amp and the switchable contacts become "inputs". Radio "thinks" that it is amping radio, but you switch it to whatever analogue.
One more thing. I've watched many videos on this and almost all of them also talk about tricking the system so that it thinks a cassette has been inserted. Don't you have to do this with this approach? I've watched the previous video where you install the aux input and there you scratch a path. Does it serve that purpose?
+Mikayil Abdullayev Hey. The mod in this video was only possible, because I modified the stereo in the older video. Cutting the paths was just done to cut the pre-amplifier off from the rest of the device. The "tricking" is done by the switch on the front panel. It activates two contacts, that are normally pushed by a cassette being inserted.
your a genius. ingenuity at its best..
Hi sir i have problem with sound when i listen Radio station. Sound us like speaker membrane is defected... can you have idea what is problem.
Nicely done!
I fully understand how hacking your radio to make it do what you want is much more satisfying than just buying a new new.
Bravo !
Cool video :) perhaps you wire the play, pause, fast forward, rewind and skip track buttons to with the bluetooth controller to
I love how you almost mix some German words into the English ones. Like Zwölf and Twelve turn into Twölf😂
Also, awesome hack. I have used your audio input hack on an old Grundig "Music Boy" radio reciever, and it works great!
ted clubber lang English language origin is German ... as he doesn’t have to speak English ... English has to learn German if they appreciate their own language ..,!!
wasser -> water, strasse-> street, kalt -> cold, weiss-> white, grün-> green, blau->blue...
I would like to find out a hack to Volkswagen's RCD 300. Any of the 2 sollutions would be cool: Aux or bluetooth
+MallV0lli0
I have V Gamma Radio wanna hack it but i can`t faund chanal
easy get a new radio
yes but rcd300 can't be plugged with that adaptor.Just RCD500 which has possiblity to add cd changer
RCD 300 also has. The difference between them is that RCD 500 includes an inner 6 cd changer.
Could this be done on a more modern radio by simply adding power to a bluetooth adapter and hijacking off of the already existing outside audio jack but instead soldering another to it inside ?
But why did you not add LEDs to the former Cassett Deck hole to show BlueTooth connected.???? Please update.
Great hack. I can see this giving new life to my other audio gear. Thanks for sharing.
Great to see a new video from you!
This is genius and beautiful work of art. Great work!
im looking for a way to hack the sirius xm radio antenna to broadcast wifi.
I just stumbled upon this video. GREAT STUFF! Thanks for all you do. I'll be watching more
Could you please put a recipe list in the description so us new to electronics folks can have a handy shopping/salvaging list? You have me pretty excited to start doing some of these projects and its pretty intimidating when I'm not sure exactly what to buy/salvage.
If I want to skip the 3,5 mm jack installation, I just need to connet these wires to the bluetooth receiver output?
Can I use a different bluetooth receiver with small DC-DC step down convertor?
This is really helpful. I have two audio amplifiers at home, but neither are bluetooth, and I don't wish to keep using my audio jacks, as they are easily damaged if someone tugs on the cable.
I just ordered a Bluetooth module and intend to do this to my factory Ford radio in my Mercury Mountaineer. My problem is that I have no aux input. Could I simply connect to the inputs from the CD player, or are they digital?
Could you go into a little more detail on the voltage regulator? Thanks!
I want to do this but I have a question. What about pairing your devices. Doesnt the BT receiver have a push button for pairing devices?
Have you consider soldering a new jack connector to your mobile?
Ok, but using also a 12V to 5V usb ready made adapter (or gutting a lighter socket one) would have not be easier to power the bluetooth module?
Your name alone rewards you a new subscriber. ✊🏿
Great video, but one thing I was wondering, cars produce more than 12v when running, usually the alternator puts out 13.5v to 14.8v, so how well regulated would the pot based power supply you made be?
Great video and liked, but for gods sake what were you listening to at the end? Sounded very Medieval.
sounds like persian folk music
This is awesome but my question is does it in its current configuration support 2 way. IE would you be able to add a microphone for blue tooth calling or is this solely for blue tooth audio?
I appreciate the video. Thanks. What camera were you using in the car towards the end? The zoom was much nicer than mine
Beautiful road and location :)
My moto G has a dodgy jack too. Didn't get as bad as yours but it will soon so I went ahead and got a new phone. Cool mod.
Slight confusion: usually the power buttons of bluetooth devices respond to pushes of different lengths: click to pause or answer phone, 3 seconds for power on, 10 seconds to re-enter pair mode, etc. Here you've apparently been able to make it do a power on only? Or perhaps it always goes into pair mode and you have to repair with your phone every time? Anyway, some of the inherent functionality appears to be lost with this hack.
I like the auxiliary port added to the tape player. I might make one like this myself. I have a smaller tape opening. An old slot insert from a computer would work. Anyway all I have ever used is an iLive bluetooth receiver. I used a better quality tape adapter and ran the cable down through my dash to my floorboard in my 98 Grand Marquis. I had bought a Bell 3 12v adapter switch that has 2 usb ports also and uses a toggle switch as to not leave it on all the time. Used a 2 inch usb cable and the receiver was Velcroed to the carpet as well as the adapter. It sat on the transmission hump. All I had to do to use it was reach down and turn it own. I ran it off of battery and when it died I just switched the toggle switch on. Before I had it Velcroed to the dash trim along with the auxiliary cable ran through the dash up to it. Looked nice but no way to charge it and use it without it looking stupid. On the car's 12v port it was in the pull out cup holder. I removed it and had the Bell adapter plugged into it and hidden in the dash out of the way. Now that I had my 98 Ford Expedition XLT I am looking at all kinds of possibility to add it to places and hide gadgets to use. Already got a nice set up with an old iPhone 3g in an Otterbox defender case. I modified the holster to accept the charger through the bottom. It sets in my pull out cup holder. The tape adapter line is again ran through the dash and comes out the opening of the cup holder. My iPhone charger is ran from the 2 12v adapters across. The iPhone sets nicely down into the holder and everything is pretty much well hidden. I have added a toggle switch to the line to cut the juice when not running. The iPhone 3g is my favorite device to use for music in the car. I also have a nice dual screen dvd player set up in the back that is tied into the stereo through the aux port. When I add the bluetooth adapter I will need to come up with a way to have all three tied into the system without having to unplug and plug each time.
Cool dude ; ) factory stereos have the best fm reception.
Recently started watching your videos, as an electronics technician I can't get enough. Did you consider removing your original 3.5mm jack and using the jack on the Bluetooth board? It seems better than having a parallel input circuit.
I have some problem with buzzing and ticking background sounds (digital processing and wireless connection) which are at the same level regardless of sound volume set.
Any tip how to separate ground in BT module from ground in main radio electronics?
If I changed phones, how would I go about pairing the new one to the Wi-Fi receiver once inside the radio?
Can I run these bluetooth dongles without battery but 5VDC in its place ,from standart phone charger in my car?
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Was the Bluetooth was over driving it while in normal use too?
I like that " mat" ( the one you have, grayish tan with the circles. ) where could I buy it? Also, your vise. Where can I buy that as well
Nice video. i have an old AM radio in my 65 Buick skylark. could this AM radio add on the bluetooth? could you help me? thank you
+Quoc Luu Hey. Please send me an E-Mail to inventordonations@gmail.com
Please give me the brand and model number / name of the radio. A photo would also be good. If I can find a schematic for the model, I might be able to help you.
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor That's nice of you to help him/her! Vintage AM Bluetooth radio would be a nice touch. :)
I had a plan to buy and fix up a 1965 MGB and install an iPod that only played music up to the age of the car... I like 60’s music. It would still have the radio and a Bluetooth module would be nice.
I still have to buy the car.
Is it possible to replace the cars auxiliary component with this hot wired blue tooth?
can i connect "soldering"headphones Blutooth direct to the radio, if yes. to which dots on the car radio. i've an opel astra g-cc CD-R radio from Delco Electronics (CDR 500)
thanks
1:09 Wow, I have that exact phone.
Righteous!
Way beyond my abilities right now. Pretty impressive.
Nice Hack, just a question, there is a 1 k ohm resistor but is not in the diagram, should this be between terminal 1 and 2 of the LM317?
Sir, you are very cleaver! I also wonder if you are a teacher? If you are not, you should be.. You explain your process very well. Thank you for your work, Eric in Oregon
In the intro at 0:11 the video shows a creditcard shaped travelling card behind a coil, and I'm wondering where you got it!
This is the first video of this channel I watched and loved it. I feel so good watching this. Beautiful country side and wonderful music. Could you pls share the info of that music with us? Thank you. Cheers!
I really feel like I'm making progress learning electronics when I realised that I knew how this hack could be done early on in the video.. very Very cool vid👏👍👍👍
I have similar car stereo in my Astra. I can power it on only in the car. Do you know a way to test it on my desk with 12V power supply?
That's not a hack: that is called retrofitting. Good job with that !
i have a vdo cd 1737x with bleutooth but i don t have the remote control...is there a different way too connect the bleutooth with the radio??? can not find the radio on the telefphone...............
Once you know the resistor value needed for the regulator,I would solder in a resistor in stead of that potentiometer. Temperatures inside the car are pretty extreme with full sun versus full winter etc. The potentiometers value is affected by that.
I've done a similar modification with my car stereo, but now I have quite a big amount of buzz I guess from the bluetooth waves. Do you have any recommendations to get rid of it?
Awesome!!! Does it also support A2DP, as in you can hear an incoming call thru the radio and drive hands free while having a conversation?
I love your channel!!!!!!
Super Video leider bin ich kein Elektroniker und vieles war für mich wie Chinesisch aber es zeigt dass es nicht so schwer ist wenn Mann sich etwas auskennt. Danke fürs zeigen!
Very clear video, I would like to try this however I have a question, can you recieve phone calls through this and is there anyway to add a microphone and an answer/reject button.
+FifthTechnik It really just depends on the bluetooth receiver. The radio does not interact with the phone in any way. It simply amplifies the analog audio signal coming from the bluetooth receiver. The model that I used is treated like a set of bluetooth headphones (without a mcirophone) by the smartphone. If someone calls me, his voice will be heard on the car's speakers. If you want o add a microphone, you simply have to use the receiver of a bluetooth headset (with microphone) and integrate it into the radio.