Thread: HD Radio Cables READY!

mitch...for some reason, my visteon wont turn on with ur cable...but it will via the included display module that came with the radio...any idea whatswrong?

ive downloaded ur software, no luck..it cant find the radio, ive checked my bios...its all good...all serial ports are operational...ive checked in RR with DFX3.0 and still no luck...

please help

using hdradio pcr

1. comport issue
2. bad cable (unlikly, i test them all)

mitch

I am having this same issue. Going to continue to work on it.

Edit/Update: Turns out I am going to have to buy a usb extension afterall. The problem was with my com port which I also use to turn on/off my amp. When the computer boots up it turns the amp and radio off when it should turn them on. lol.
Going to try one more experiment then if it doesn't work I'll have to buy the usb cable.
I was hoping to get away from usb. I am running out of ports.

Originally Posted by rijndael

mitch...for some reason, my visteon wont turn on with ur cable...but it will via the included display module that came with the radio...any idea whatswrong?

ive downloaded ur software, no luck..it cant find the radio, ive checked my bios...its all good...all serial ports are operational...ive checked in RR with DFX3.0 and still no luck...

please help

got a printer port? use a line there to control amps
course u need right software to have access to old style printer port IO
but its out there...
just a thought

did u actually have you amp and my cable on the same comport?

mitch

Originally Posted by mitchjs

got a printer port? use a line there to control amps
course u need right software to have access to old style printer port IO
but its out there...
just a thought

did u actually have you amp and my cable on the same comport?

mitch

You could also use a software called AMP CTRL. It uses pin 4 on a serial port to turn on the amps. The software waits for your soundcard to turn on, then turns on the amps. Only issue is you have to have a extra serial port. Thankfully I have 4 of them.

Originally Posted by mitchjs

got a printer port? use a line there to control amps
course u need right software to have access to old style printer port IO
but its out there...
just a thought

did u actually have you amp and my cable on the same comport?

mitch

Yes, took your cable apart and soldered a wire to the pin #4 connection and put it back together. Then connected the amp turn on to that wire.

The post above this one mentions amp control. That is what I use. You drop it in the startup folder and when windows boots it turns on that serial port thus giving +12v on pin 4. Reason is that the sound card is initialized so late that the amp is already on by then and you get a loud thump. I didn't think it through when I did this. I realize that the pin 4 is what turns on the hdradio. Thus if I am not using the radio, the amp wouldn't power.

I ordered a usb cable yesterday. It already shipped so I'll just use it I guess..


I now have road runner working with the hdradio (sorta). It now turns it on/off as it should. Someone helped me by providing a needed line in the rr.ini "hdradioport=X" Where X = com port#.

Now I just have to figure out how to switch bands from am to fm and back. The "band" button doesn't seem to do anything.

Also your software stopped working for me. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it but it still generates an error. Double click the icon to start "This application has generated an error and can not continue... etc.." Haven't figured out why yet. I think it may be because I ran "runmefirst.cmd" from the hdradio.zip file I downloaded from you and then I did it again from within the road runner/hdradio directory when I found it there. thinking that is why rr wouldn't work with it.
may have corrupted or confused something.

Suggestions on how to clean it out and start over?

my cable uses PIN 4
not to mention, access to the same comport usually isnt allowed


define "your software stopped working" what is my software?

hdradio pcr, runs on its own

whats the error, usually there is a number
or more details...

Man I wish these cables came in black they'd be so MUCH sexier....

i ended up getting mine to work, but doesnt work in RR...so i am now skipping RR altogether and just using Itunes and your HDRadioPCR...I will try that line in RR.ini and see if that works...

BTW...it wasnt a problem with the cable...it was what i call a BCAK problem (Between the Chair and Keyboard)...i swear i restarted the computer after installing everything, but another restart after i typed in the problem fixed it...go figure...

its pretty funny...the only reason i wanted this was so that i could listen to Fischer and Boy in the morning on 97X here in Tampa...and whats funny about that is that 97X is the only station that has horrible reception...everything else is crystal clear...lol

EDIT: I have an extra serial port on my box...if i use that AMP CTRL and run a wire from the serial port pin 4 to my amp remote line, would that fix the thump i get?