That aux jack looks like it might have a switch built in that automatically switches to whatever you plug into it. If it does, you could use that instead of the switch.
@@thedoubtfultechnician8067 it would also require you to yoink out the module every time you wanted to use the radio, some people just don't wanna do that.
An up and coming channel for sure. Love the content and humor, look forward to all releases. Wish there were more frequent videos. Keep up the good work
I recognized it literally seconds after it started, long before it mentioned astronomy/Mars. ;) Still watching the video and hoping the first thing he plays through the Auxiliary jack is Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (prog-rock album).
classic americans were/are one of the only ways to get a car that you can tinker with and (sort of) legally tune for more power in a place like finland. they're also otherwise just seen as the thing to have for some sub cultures like rockabillys besides that. part of it is that first off they're american and they were sort of rare(only for very wealthy) before, so a status thing on top of anything american being cool, there's a scene with a magazine and shops etc and them having v8's is a big part of it, it just has this mythical status. even any old dart is desirable, any chassis that shipped from factory with a v8 is, since it means that you can swap a v8 in(as long as you get the other parts the factory shipped them with, but since you could option the old americans with whatever even the bad brakes those are okay too). hotrodding ties into it all but there's just restoration hobbyists as well. and unlike central europe most of nordics is actually pretty rural, so a bigger hobby car is just fine, you don't need to worry about fitting through centuries old city roads, maybe you have a barn to work on it and so forth, maybe you also have a stetson and have a saloon at your farm and if you were in 80s/90s looking at 25 year old used cars to import without crippling taxes then naturally you would look at american cars.
basically all european cars of the past are small but also have smaller engines, but on top of that stock the european engines are high output for the displacement so there's little gains to be had by naturally aspirated messing about with heads and cams and intakes - and even if you do get the per liter output a bit higher, it's still quite low compared to a v8. plus they're american, yeehaw!
Im so glad we still have Jaycar here. Plenty of times its saved me being able to buy components same day. Or test fit components in something I'm building. I fondly remember riding my bike to Jaycar to buy another fun electronics kit I was convinced would totally change our families lives. Of course the beer powered radio will be used more than once dad! Of course we need a touch sensitive switch for the lamps! Of course we need a distance sensor in the garage for parking with a couple of dim LEDs!
Man it's makes me happy to see you finally getting the views and subs you deserve. I've been with you since 1.5k. Hopefully, you'll make it to 100k soon!
I did tomething similar to my old 50's kithcen radio. Works like a charm :) Btw, recently found this channel. Thank God for yt algorithms! Now I finally have a valid reason to call in sick on Monday
Came for the 'rocket science', stayed for the humor (and rocket science), as usual. We have the same sense of humor and rocket science and will have to do a collab when my channel is actually up more than just randomness.
We keep you down with the metric system. Slowly the commie system has been infiltrating over here though. It's been sad to watch our dominance slipping away. Decades ago our iron grip was much firmer.
there are still a few radioshacks up here in alaska, and i hit 2 of them this summer (valdez and glenallen). i was in cordova but when i got to the radioshack it was closed for the day, so...2 1/2. they also all sell guns, making for a festive atmosphere
Nice! I have a convoluted setup in my glovebox that uses: 1. An RF module that plugs into the radio's antenna jack and overrides a certain frequency. 2. An "MP3 player" module that connects to the RF module that allows me to use a USB drive, SD card, or Bluetooth. 3. A USB power point wired into the an accessory circuit in the car, so that it turns on when the car is on, which turns on the MP3 module 4. A switch in the radio face to enable or disable the RF module. It's low-quality audio, too quiet, and the RF module reduces the signal strength of _all_ frequencies when it's on. Since I also use the regular radio at times, that means to switch to the custom input is a two step process of flipping it on _and_ tuning to the right frequency. Overall, it's really not a very good setup. This looks _way_ better. I had no idea it was this simple to tie into the original radio's volume knob. I am curious how you do this for a stereo radio, though. Will the wiring for the volume knob be different?
As someone who's done this, I would highly recommend getting a high quality switch that's meant for audio. A cheap toggle switch that I used started losing connection and making the audio fuzzy after a couple of years. Also If you have a stereo radio, you can use a DPDT switch to switch both (left and right) channels.
If you want something more "permanent" of sorts, there are little bluetooth modules (KCX_BT_EMITTER) that you can buy and wire internally. The only thing you need is a spare 5v dc line in the radio or a voltage regulator (an LM7805 should be more than enough). You can even reprogram the module to show a custom name.
yt I rip music from here. Now take the first two characters and the last three from this comment and put a hyphen between them and go download that. It's better than Napster dlp
The radio should also be renovated a bit, it seems to be a tube based design so at the very least, coupling capacitors should be changed Could be solid state output, but if that breaks, good luck with finding replacement semiconductors. Better replace those parts now than deal with consequences later. Drifting resistors can also throw off the bias and cook the output transistors too.
Actually you don't need a separate switch. You can buy a headphone jack with a built-in switch and if there is no jack plugged in it will automatically switch to "radio mode". Can't see on video, but probably your jack already has a switch, you can test it with a multimeter
Solder not sticking only has a couple causes. You could be using poor solder. Or you could be trying to solder with contaminates present. Or you could be trying to solder something solder doesn't stick to. That's about it.
I would add insufficient heat transfer to that list as well. If the tip is hotter than the part to be soldered… it’s just gonna ball up and roll off. Also if it’s a dirty tip- I’m lazy and give her a kiss with the bench grinder’s wire wheel from time to time.
@@thedoubtfultechnician8067 you do have to melt the solder, yes. Some iron tips are solid copper and some are plated iron. If you grind the latter they're compromised then. Tinning and wetting are important topics with soldering. A bit too winded to get into here though. But if your tip isn't tinned and wetted properly you're going to have the ball up issue. The dreaded black tip.
Great video! I am lazy and cheap, i still use my cigarette plug/adapter to 3_5mm from 2007. Does the job on my 30 min commute to work. In town, every once in a while, someone hijacks my song and i hijack theirs when we get close. I go on the hunt, i look everywhere from the theif who is listening to my song, then i spot them, i lock eyes with them while they sing my song: Call Me Maybe. Always a great laugh :)
This is not difficult. There is an entire market dedicated to adding modern conveniences and enhancements to old automobiles-many of which aim to preserve the original look of the interior.
"There are two kinds of nations. Those who use the metric system, and those who have sent dudes to the moon." That said, metric is excruciatingly better in every way.
@BustaHymen I know, I jest. And I remember that, imagine being the engineer sitting at your desk when your supervisor lets you know that you're single handedly responsible for the loss of the mission. The press statement named "an engineer", but everyone at NASA and the ESA knows who you are lol.
I don't understand these projects. If you're gonna replace the speakers and input, why not add a modern amp and have the quality too. BT already has volume. The switch could have swapped the speakers from old to new and you didn't have the drill the poor original radio. Better yet, add a relay and hook the input to radio power and it will swap speakers to AM when the dashboard radio is turned on. Am I missing the point of this video?
Yes you are. Drill a hole in the radio housing, or drill a hole in the firewall to run a new high amperage cable to the battery for the new amplifier? Your method is costlier and more complex and increases sound quality beyond what is relevant for an antique car with two speakers.
@@thedoubtfultechnician8067 If you're gonna use the same speakers then the amp is basically the same power, why not reuse the stereo power? They never run at the same time. More complex? Depends on how you look at it. Drill a hole and put a wire through versus opening up electronics, identifying its guts and just hoping that the BT output is fine for an antique radio that works at God knows what voltage and impedance. I suspect there's distortion at some volume range because of the voltage mismatch. If that radio gives out would it surprise anyone? I'm sure you can find something that can give you 10A under the dash and skip the drilling. In a pinch, uprate a fuse. Listen, it's your project, I shouldn't even be here, picking at it. I just don't understand the line. It's not a conservation, since drills and solders and new tech added, but it's not modern so you get the quality and reliability. I'm not funny enough to make my projects into YT videos, so feel free to go your own way. In my car, though, I hid an amp under the seats and the player/connectors inside the glove compartment. No holes needed.
That aux jack looks like it might have a switch built in that automatically switches to whatever you plug into it. If it does, you could use that instead of the switch.
It does, but I did this as if it didn’t because not everyone has that kind of jack. But I’m gonna pin this so people know this is an option!
@@thedoubtfultechnician8067 it would also require you to yoink out the module every time you wanted to use the radio, some people just don't wanna do that.
An up and coming channel for sure. Love the content and humor, look forward to all releases. Wish there were more frequent videos. Keep up the good work
Babe wake up, NileAvE just uploaded.
War of the worlds? the og radio broadcast? I mean that's kinda fitting for this so yeah.
I recognized it literally seconds after it started, long before it mentioned astronomy/Mars. ;) Still watching the video and hoping the first thing he plays through the Auxiliary jack is Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (prog-rock album).
@emmettturner9452 Brace for disappointment!
classic americans were/are one of the only ways to get a car that you can tinker with and (sort of) legally tune for more power in a place like finland.
they're also otherwise just seen as the thing to have for some sub cultures like rockabillys besides that. part of it is that first off they're american and they were sort of rare(only for very wealthy) before, so a status thing on top of anything american being cool, there's a scene with a magazine and shops etc and them having v8's is a big part of it, it just has this mythical status. even any old dart is desirable, any chassis that shipped from factory with a v8 is, since it means that you can swap a v8 in(as long as you get the other parts the factory shipped them with, but since you could option the old americans with whatever even the bad brakes those are okay too). hotrodding ties into it all but there's just restoration hobbyists as well.
and unlike central europe most of nordics is actually pretty rural, so a bigger hobby car is just fine, you don't need to worry about fitting through centuries old city roads, maybe you have a barn to work on it and so forth, maybe you also have a stetson and have a saloon at your farm and if you were in 80s/90s looking at 25 year old used cars to import without crippling taxes then naturally you would look at american cars.
basically all european cars of the past are small but also have smaller engines, but on top of that stock the european engines are high output for the displacement so there's little gains to be had by naturally aspirated messing about with heads and cams and intakes - and even if you do get the per liter output a bit higher, it's still quite low compared to a v8. plus they're american, yeehaw!
Im so glad we still have Jaycar here. Plenty of times its saved me being able to buy components same day. Or test fit components in something I'm building. I fondly remember riding my bike to Jaycar to buy another fun electronics kit I was convinced would totally change our families lives.
Of course the beer powered radio will be used more than once dad! Of course we need a touch sensitive switch for the lamps! Of course we need a distance sensor in the garage for parking with a couple of dim LEDs!
Man it's makes me happy to see you finally getting the views and subs you deserve. I've been with you since 1.5k. Hopefully, you'll make it to 100k soon!
Thanks! Appreciate the support!
Man, I'm so glad I found your channel. Your content is the type of thing RUclips needs more of
Bonus points for the Mopar approved plum crazy purple, great videos!
I did tomething similar to my old 50's kithcen radio. Works like a charm :)
Btw, recently found this channel. Thank God for yt algorithms! Now I finally have a valid reason to call in sick on Monday
wanna do that to my old turntable too, but I'd really recommend turning the AM radio circuit off while not using it... specially if it has tubes.
Came for the 'rocket science', stayed for the humor (and rocket science), as usual. We have the same sense of humor and rocket science and will have to do a collab when my channel is actually up more than just randomness.
I am a Nancy boy foreigner, Love the videos!
We keep you down with the metric system. Slowly the commie system has been infiltrating over here though. It's been sad to watch our dominance slipping away. Decades ago our iron grip was much firmer.
It would have been really cool to finish on the Bluetooth with Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, after your first recording
there are still a few radioshacks up here in alaska, and i hit 2 of them this summer (valdez and glenallen). i was in cordova but when i got to the radioshack it was closed for the day, so...2 1/2. they also all sell guns, making for a festive atmosphere
Nice!
I have a convoluted setup in my glovebox that uses:
1. An RF module that plugs into the radio's antenna jack and overrides a certain frequency.
2. An "MP3 player" module that connects to the RF module that allows me to use a USB drive, SD card, or Bluetooth.
3. A USB power point wired into the an accessory circuit in the car, so that it turns on when the car is on, which turns on the MP3 module
4. A switch in the radio face to enable or disable the RF module.
It's low-quality audio, too quiet, and the RF module reduces the signal strength of _all_ frequencies when it's on. Since I also use the regular radio at times, that means to switch to the custom input is a two step process of flipping it on _and_ tuning to the right frequency. Overall, it's really not a very good setup. This looks _way_ better. I had no idea it was this simple to tie into the original radio's volume knob.
I am curious how you do this for a stereo radio, though. Will the wiring for the volume knob be different?
As someone who's done this, I would highly recommend getting a high quality switch that's meant for audio. A cheap toggle switch that I used started losing connection and making the audio fuzzy after a couple of years. Also If you have a stereo radio, you can use a DPDT switch to switch both (left and right) channels.
If you want something more "permanent" of sorts, there are little bluetooth modules (KCX_BT_EMITTER) that you can buy and wire internally. The only thing you need is a spare 5v dc line in the radio or a voltage regulator (an LM7805 should be more than enough). You can even reprogram the module to show a custom name.
Spit up my coffee on that friends joke man! Well played, sir
Finally, bro keeps us thirsty!
You really need something like the Inkspots playing on that radio. The good news is that they can be ripped from the Fallout 3 video game.
yt I rip music from here. Now take the first two characters and the last three from this comment and put a hyphen between them and go download that. It's better than Napster dlp
Love this, I may do this to my mint condition 90s isuzu radio
The radio should also be renovated a bit, it seems to be a tube based design so at the very least, coupling capacitors should be changed
Could be solid state output, but if that breaks, good luck with finding replacement semiconductors. Better replace those parts now than deal with consequences later. Drifting resistors can also throw off the bias and cook the output transistors too.
I hope we will finally hear Raymond Raichello and his ocestra !
Actually you don't need a separate switch. You can buy a headphone jack with a built-in switch and if there is no jack plugged in it will automatically switch to "radio mode".
Can't see on video, but probably your jack already has a switch, you can test it with a multimeter
Laughed real hard at your jokes ;-). Keep up the good work!
I love your videos I have watched almost all of them
Omfg dude crackin me up it’s midnight here can’t sleep and watching your vid. I work on these cars for a living and yea they suck
What a great video! I may have to do this to my old Buick radios
Huh, well shoot it really is that easy xD Thank you so much, love the humor can't wait to see more vids from ya :D
I'm impressed by all the solder joints: I can't seem to get solder to stick to my current wiring project.
What are you trying to solder?
Solder not sticking only has a couple causes. You could be using poor solder. Or you could be trying to solder with contaminates present. Or you could be trying to solder something solder doesn't stick to. That's about it.
I would add insufficient heat transfer to that list as well. If the tip is hotter than the part to be soldered… it’s just gonna ball up and roll off. Also if it’s a dirty tip- I’m lazy and give her a kiss with the bench grinder’s wire wheel from time to time.
No rosin?
@@thedoubtfultechnician8067 you do have to melt the solder, yes. Some iron tips are solid copper and some are plated iron. If you grind the latter they're compromised then. Tinning and wetting are important topics with soldering. A bit too winded to get into here though. But if your tip isn't tinned and wetted properly you're going to have the ball up issue. The dreaded black tip.
Great video! I am lazy and cheap, i still use my cigarette plug/adapter to 3_5mm from 2007. Does the job on my 30 min commute to work. In town, every once in a while, someone hijacks my song and i hijack theirs when we get close. I go on the hunt, i look everywhere from the theif who is listening to my song, then i spot them, i lock eyes with them while they sing my song: Call Me Maybe. Always a great laugh :)
The doubtful technician uploaded? Let me get my chips and beer
Great web video! Il do this for my self at some point, i mean its not a classic but same thing
Ok, I need more videos
In Soviet Union Bluetooth transmits to you.
More fury excellent. Nice job. Choice in music eh
This is not difficult. There is an entire market dedicated to adding modern conveniences and enhancements to old automobiles-many of which aim to preserve the original look of the interior.
"There are two kinds of nations. Those who use the metric system, and those who have sent dudes to the moon." That said, metric is excruciatingly better in every way.
Metric was used extensively by NASA. Until they tried to land something or another on Mars a few years ago ;)
@BustaHymen I know, I jest. And I remember that, imagine being the engineer sitting at your desk when your supervisor lets you know that you're single handedly responsible for the loss of the mission. The press statement named "an engineer", but everyone at NASA and the ESA knows who you are lol.
@@JustInTime-zx7zs If I've ever felt sorry for anyone ever, this would be them. Jeeez
Agreed but miles are better than kilometers
@@COSMIC_SECRET How so?
Ah finally been waiting for this
Very cool!
i just plop a bluetooth jbl speaker in my glovebox of my 57 chevy.
You need to blur the phone my dude.
Interesting
What are you doing to your videos? Why are they so horrifically bright compared to the rest of the screen
It’s not on my end. Your monitor settings aren’t compatible with HDR video. If you’re on an iPhone, try turning on low battery mode while watching.
I don't understand these projects.
If you're gonna replace the speakers and input, why not add a modern amp and have the quality too. BT already has volume. The switch could have swapped the speakers from old to new and you didn't have the drill the poor original radio. Better yet, add a relay and hook the input to radio power and it will swap speakers to AM when the dashboard radio is turned on.
Am I missing the point of this video?
Yes you are. Drill a hole in the radio housing, or drill a hole in the firewall to run a new high amperage cable to the battery for the new amplifier?
Your method is costlier and more complex and increases sound quality beyond what is relevant for an antique car with two speakers.
@@thedoubtfultechnician8067 If you're gonna use the same speakers then the amp is basically the same power, why not reuse the stereo power? They never run at the same time.
More complex? Depends on how you look at it. Drill a hole and put a wire through versus opening up electronics, identifying its guts and just hoping that the BT output is fine for an antique radio that works at God knows what voltage and impedance. I suspect there's distortion at some volume range because of the voltage mismatch.
If that radio gives out would it surprise anyone?
I'm sure you can find something that can give you 10A under the dash and skip the drilling. In a pinch, uprate a fuse.
Listen, it's your project, I shouldn't even be here, picking at it. I just don't understand the line. It's not a conservation, since drills and solders and new tech added, but it's not modern so you get the quality and reliability.
I'm not funny enough to make my projects into YT videos, so feel free to go your own way. In my car, though, I hid an amp under the seats and the player/connectors inside the glove compartment. No holes needed.
@ndi4926 glovebox on this car is literally cardboard, and there’s nowhere discrete to mount it. That was another factor for sure
waste of time. never met a single person dealing with classic cars over the last 40 yrs that said "omg the radio isnt factory!"