USB FM RDS Solution with sofware - Page 10

SmoL · 01-29-2007, 12:50 AM

so guys hows the units?

Frankino · 01-29-2007, 01:10 PM

no news? Someone should make a summary page with the resources needed and some place to buy this stuff, in europe and US.. I might even do it myself :P

Jarrod · 01-29-2007, 11:33 PM

Havent received my unit yet....

Bj · 01-30-2007, 12:43 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by SmoL

so guys hows the units?

see page seven for my thoughts on it

NiSlo · 01-30-2007, 08:08 PM

I've just ordered mine through Lisa at Braemac and it should be shipped to me today. AU$61.55 inc. Postage to the Gold Coast.

I've got my the WRX bezel and mounting brackets and the slot load dvd rom on their way from MP3car, along with this radio. I'll finally be able to start thorwing it all in the car.

I'll let you all know how it works for me.

SmoL · 01-31-2007, 04:37 AM

same here nislo, ordered myne today should getit 2moro. where u putting that slot load btw, im thinking of getting my wrx bezel modified to flip down and reveal the player behing the screen

NiSlo · 01-31-2007, 06:16 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by SmoL

same here nislo, ordered myne today should getit 2moro. where u putting that slot load btw, im thinking of getting my wrx bezel modified to flip down and reveal the player behing the screen

Interesting, could be tricky though. Make sure you keep us up-to-date if you do give it a go.

As I don't smoke, I was looking to remove the ash tray and put the rom in there. I'd be looking to keep the flap that hides it all though. I've taken a quick look at it, but until my dvd-rom arrives from mp3car and I can visually see how it will fit, it's still just an idea.

Back on-topic though. They were having issues with my credit card and it seems I may not receive my usb tuner for a few days yet

NiSlo · 02-04-2007, 08:12 PM

Schweet.

Just received my unit from Braemac (along with some other blokes order of $2,500 worth of GPS reciever chips by accident) and it's works great. **** easy to setup. Download the program from the silabs website, plug in the tuner and off you go. I'm in the office surrounded by concrete walls and I got reasonable reception, that got quite clear when I moved the antenna wire around to certain places.

I'll play more at home and report back...

lez · 02-05-2007, 03:59 AM

>They are £17 and £6 postage. Oh.....Then bloody VAT at 17.5%

> Ends up £27.03

8 quid postage now..........

SmoL · 02-05-2007, 04:50 AM

got myne aswell, works great. So easy to set up. I even tried it with the radiator plug in posted here earlier, that worked straight away aswell. I noticed that not all the settings were there for radiator but most of it was there, certainly everything you need. I wouldn't mind helping in the creation of a proper plugin but i dont know how to make one, i can code so if anyone knows how to make dll's let me know and i'll see what i can do!

portreathbeach · 02-07-2007, 01:49 PM

Finally recieved my USB radio today.

I have got to say that I was very impressed with the quality of the sound, it is excellent. I used to find that the search function on radiator was crap, but with this USB radio, it seems to search a lot better. I have only had a quick play with the USB radio, but even with the 24 inch piece of wire that it uses for an arial, it picks up signal well.

Can't wait to use it in the car

Frankino · 02-07-2007, 01:53 PM

can't wait to know hot it works in a moving environment, that's the important thing

hari-bhari · 02-08-2007, 04:02 PM

when i use this radio with the included software, i get the music stuttering and skipping probably 3-5 times per second, making it pretty much unusable. did anyone else have this issue? how can i fix it?

NiSlo · 02-08-2007, 04:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by hari-bhari

when i use this radio with the included software, i get the music stuttering and skipping probably 3-5 times per second, making it pretty much unusable. did anyone else have this issue? how can i fix it?

On my work computer and home computer it works perfectly. On a third computer, it does a similar thing to what you have described. Very stuttery and unusable. I'm yet to figure out why though...

hari-bhari · 02-08-2007, 04:59 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by NiSlo

On my work computer and home computer it works perfectly. On a third computer, it does a similar thing to what you have described. Very stuttery and unusable. I'm yet to figure out why though...

i think it has something to do with my usb devices. i noticed that if i unplug the other devices from my computer (i use a 4 port pcmcia card for usb 2.0), then the audio comes through fine. however, if i plus my BT dongle back in, the stuttering begins. Same thing with if I connect my usb hub back in with its devices. I also noticed that when i change the station, the first 2-3 seconds of audio come in just fine before the stuttering.