FM Transmitter Reception

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   In case it helps anyone... if you're getting bad FM reception and you've tried:
- building a new antenna
  - borrow cable crimper
  - by rabbit ears
  - set it up on the side of the house
- adjusting your transmitter
- breaking out the old documentation on your transmitter and start measuring voltages
- driving down the street to see how it sounds in your car, your friend's, the neighbor's
- waiting for "bad weather" to clear to see if that helps
- frustration watching cars drive off since they can't hear it very well either

If any of this applies to you, try lowering the volume on your computer.

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deweycooter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Development Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Location: League City, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 674	Quote Reply Topic: FM Transmitter Reception Posted: 16 Dec 2009 at 9:53pm
	In case it helps anyone... if you're getting bad FM reception and you've tried: - building a new antenna - borrow cable crimper - by rabbit ears - set it up on the side of the house - adjusting your transmitter - breaking out the old documentation on your transmitter and start measuring voltages - driving down the street to see how it sounds in your car, your friend's, the neighbor's - waiting for "bad weather" to clear to see if that helps - frustration watching cars drive off since they can't hear it very well either If any of this applies to you, try lowering the volume on your computer.
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ChrisL1976 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Kankakee, Ill Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2009 at 8:15am
	If that doesn;t work and to avoid 4 more hours of hair pulling .....if you have crap reception and its plugged directly into the head phone or speaker jack on the computer, plug it into the head phone jack on the computer speaker.
	Chris www.lightsonsixth.com

Slinkard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Location: El Cajon CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 243	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2009 at 3:55pm
	Make sure the wire isn't touching any other wires too.
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LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2009 at 5:29pm
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Comporder1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Location: Brookhaven, MS Online Status: Offline Posts: 163	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2009 at 9:25pm
	Yep. Mine does the same thing. There is no overmodulation protection in these small transmitters. If the level is too high on regular audio gear, it's just distorted. But if it the level is too high to the transmitter it overmodulates and produces a sound worse than distortion! Just sounds like bad reception/static.
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