USB FM/AM tuner with RDS/RBDS

**GruvThang** · 07-25-2004, 03:55 AM

Mine will be of the complete variety, by the way.

**TheKingPlaza** · 07-25-2004, 04:03 AM

Count me in too.. What will be the price??

**moltensilver** · 07-25-2004, 04:08 AM

Sounds great. I hope you can make this happen. I will do anything to help as well. Good luck.

**Seth** · 07-25-2004, 04:17 AM

Originally Posted by TheKingPlaza

Count me in too.. What will be the price??

Hey guys slow down!!!

I don't have the sample ic's yet delivered from philips!!!
I can't give you an accourate price tag but I think it will be around $50-$60.
It all depends on how much components we will order (which in turn depends on how many of you guys are interested).
For now just keep those ideas flowing....

**GruvThang** · 07-25-2004, 04:20 AM

yeah 4 my way, maybe even some on ebay!

it is hard not to be excited this is what I have been waiting for to replace my HU.

**Seth** · 07-25-2004, 04:28 AM

Originally Posted by vipergda

It would be nice and probably better for reception if you just made it so we could plug the car antenna right in without adaptors.

Do u think this might be doable I know it would be more convenient for everyone?

Why not? Good idea. One less cable to route+better reception. Cool

**GruvThang** · 07-25-2004, 04:38 AM

What about an antenna that is removable and when you remove the OE antenna you can use that port to plug in the car antenna?

**Seth** · 07-25-2004, 04:48 AM

Originally Posted by lawrence

any plans for short wave or tv-uhf/vhf
it might be cool to have a scaner function to listen for police fire
or safty systems.

What frequencies are those?
The tuner chip can tune at SW from 5.73 to 9.99 MHz (including the 31 m, 41 m
and 49 m bands). Is it in that range? (I'm not aware of the U.S. SW broadcast system)
If it is then it's up to the coders here to make it happen

**Wizardtm** · 07-25-2004, 04:55 AM

This is absolutely great news !
If it's going to work and the radio-reception is good , I for sure want one.

Hopefully the design will be 100% smd-components, small and beatyfull ;-)

**Seth** · 07-25-2004, 05:01 AM

Originally Posted by GruvThang

What about an antenna that is removable and when you remove the OE antenna you can use that port to plug in the car antenna?

Sounds good but what I'd like to hear from you guys,at least for now, is what features you'd like to see implemented. Choosing the antenna connector is not difficult.
We want to come up with something that will make happy as many of you as possible.

Cheers