bobbycrispbox
Member Since: 15 May 2006
Location: Where women glow and men plunder
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Having not got around to getting an external speaker for my permanent 2-way radio installation, but wanting to have a play with it, I decided to plug it in to the RCA connectors of the iPod ACM. What a result.  When the radio is on, I get ipod from the LHS of the vehicle, and radio output on the right. When the radio is off, I get stereo ipod output. I can control the balance of the radio / ipod with the volume control of the radio and the master volumne on the stereo.
It works a treat, but I'm not sure it's 'as designed'. Can anyone tell me if the setup above will damage the radio, iPod, ACM or stereo?
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 31st May 2008 11:17 am |
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90BHP
Member Since: 18 Oct 2006
Location: Half way along the road on the right
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oooooh tell me more, is this something I can do with my Entel ?
Will have a go at sorting once my replacement car arrives, ironically I have to have a new ipod kit too as this one is broken  "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
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| 2nd Jun 2008 5:42 pm |
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TallPaul
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Near Reading
Posts: 1214
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| Re: iPod ACM + 2-way radio |
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bobbycrispbox wrote: get ipod from the LHS of the vehicle, and radio output on the right. When the radio is off, I get stereo ipod output. I can control the balance of the radio / ipod with the volume control of the radio and the master volumne on the stereo.
It works a treat, but I'm not sure it's 'as designed'. Can anyone tell me if the setup above will damage the radio, iPod, ACM or stereo?
I suspect as the radio is mono, this is why you only get one channel (right), if you swap red/white wires you get left only I expect.
What's interesting is that Radio still comes out of other channel, thats strange, interesting feature though well discovered! Disco3 is now gone but not forgotten. Waiting for Disco6 with full aluminium construction weight reduction and hybrid engine...
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| 3rd Jun 2008 10:28 am |
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