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External small FM radio antena

Is there such a thing? I dont use my wired headset since I am on bluetooth (Jabra BT8040) most of the time. Is there a small device that I can plug to USB to enable radio signal?
Thanks!

You can use any extUSB - 3.5mm adapter to make the FM work.

that's incorrect...
you need something plugged into the 3.5mm jack that acts as the antenna; however, i believe doing so will cause the touch pro to try to output sound to it.
so even if you did mod an antenna type thing to have a 3.5mm plug on it, i still doubt there's a way to get audio to the bluetooth headset.
i'd try it with the wired headphones plugged in, and if you can get audio over bluetooth, you can just make an antenna w/a 3.5mm plug.
i'd be very interested to know if/how that works if anyone has any experience.

well..
I actually did this as a test. If you stick the stylus into the 3.5mm jack, you can then use the FM radio through the loud speaker. I however don't recommend this as you could possibly damage the jack, just saying that it will work.

Correct me if I am wrong, but not all 'versions' of the Touch Pro have the FM radio hardware I thought. I have yet to find a list of which ones have it and which don't, if anyone has that info, it would be worth checking

chrialex said:
Correct me if I am wrong, but not all 'versions' of the Touch Pro have the FM radio hardware I thought. I have yet to find a list of which ones have it and which don't, if anyone has that info, it would be worth checking
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I think the hardware is there on all Touch Pro's but not all ROMs include the software. My Fuze had missing FM software with the stock AT&T ROM... flashed Energy and FM works like a charm.

I dont know about the bluetooth part, but I just took an old pair of headphones and ripped the rubber piece and wires down to just the plug, and it works great.
Here are a few pics.

qtipextra said:
I dont know about the bluetooth part, but I just took an old pair of headphones and ripped the rubber piece and wires down to just the plug, and it works great.
Here are a few pics.
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This works if you want to use the speaker-phone speaker but it does not work with bluetooth as far as I can figure out. Anyone get FM to work over bluetooth???

download the cab btaudio.cab . works perfect for bt stereo

huh????
so let me get this straight and please forgive me iam new when it comes to the fuze. so there is a fm tuner then why is there not a cab or something for those of us whom are not that savy

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427040
cab file for fm tuner software. google are your friend.

rastlin said:
so let me get this straight and please forgive me iam new when it comes to the fuze. so there is a fm tuner then why is there not a cab or something for those of us whom are not that savy
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In the update of the Fuze rom via HTC the FM tuner was included.

Anonymitee said:
I actually did this as a test. If you stick the stylus into the 3.5mm jack, you can then use the FM radio through the loud speaker. I however don't recommend this as you could possibly damage the jack, just saying that it will work.
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Sounds like a 3.5mm stereo plug and maybe 6-12 inches of soft wire soldered to one of the contacts (there are three of them; tip, ring and base) would do it. Wish my TP had a radio.

willr001 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427040
cab file for fm tuner software. google are your friend.
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If this works on my Sprint Touch Pro I will drink a beer in your name!

[Troubleshoot Discussion] SGS FM Radio issues, Stereo fix

Hmmm when I goto the FM radio there is no sound coming through the earphones. Check the volume is up and nothing at all. I have to rescan each time, and that re jogs the sound output through the headphones..
Also the quailty doesnt sound amazing at all, even with technics headphones.
Music player works fine.

dan 6a said:
Hmmm when I goto the FM radio there is no sound coming through the earphones. Check the volume is up and nothing at all. I have to rescan each time, and that re jogs the sound output through the headphones..
Also the quailty doesnt sound amazing at all, even with technics headphones.
Music player works fine.
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When you scroll with your finger to a frequency you have to press stop and then when you set the frequency press play.

Am pretty pleased with the quality myself, all works well, tunes fast, all the RDS data with station name and program info works.

My experience of the radio is that its utter crap. I tested it on a number of strong signal radio stations and all of them come out mono, no stereo from the radio at all.
also the sound quality sounds like a crap speaker sitting in a bean can. hollow sounding rubbish, very surprised that they can make a radio that rubbish these days.
Mp3 player sounds great though, nice clean full sound.

you can listen radio online

I thought I read somewhere that you can listen to the FM radio through the phone loudspeaker instead of the headphones?
If so, how???

You can but you would still need the earphones as they act as an antenna

discophil said:
My experience of the radio is that its utter crap. I tested it on a number of strong signal radio stations and all of them come out mono, no stereo from the radio at all.
also the sound quality sounds like a crap speaker sitting in a bean can. hollow sounding rubbish, very surprised that they can make a radio that rubbish these days.
Mp3 player sounds great though, nice clean full sound.
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I thought I was coming crazy. all the stations sounds in MONO. incredible....

danielherrero said:
... incredible....
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No, SGS .

discophil said:
My experience of the radio is that its utter crap. I tested it on a number of strong signal radio stations and all of them come out mono, no stereo from the radio at all.
also the sound quality sounds like a crap speaker sitting in a bean can. hollow sounding rubbish, very surprised that they can make a radio that rubbish these days.
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Agree, although utter crap is just too positive a description.

fm radio .. what about transmitter
we have an fm radio at least one step up from nexus one..
does anyone know if the chip has the hardware for an fm transmitter.. maybe someone can implement an app for this..
thanks

Fm radio is mono or stereo
Pls help.
My FM Radio is still MONO.
FM Radio on SGS is MONO or STEREO ?
For what is still MONO ?

It's stereo
The headphone that comes in the package is not good, please use any other headphone[I used the iPhone 2G headphone] and the FM radio is "stereo"[I have Galaxy S in India], the FM just need any headphone not necessarily "samsung". Try this, I have tried it and it works as expected!
-Pramod

I'm sorry for the stupid question, but how do I check whether FM is running in MONO mode or STEREO mode on my phone?

I use other headphone - Coss Porta Pro. FM Radio is still MONO.
I use active loudspeaker, still MONO.
Anybody has STEREO FM radio ?
Pls help with this problem.

I have radio playing MONO too in my SGS. It's not much important for me, but I think it's serious bug in Samsung's flagman phone that costs more than 500 $ ...

did you people even read the previous message, the #2 reply?
the FM radio is STEREO you just need to plug in a STEREO head phone for it to work.
in areas of poor reception it might sound like mono, but that happens even if you have a $3000 car stereo, it's not the phone fault for weak FM sources radio station.
in my city there is a channel i really like to listen to 103.5 but the reception is very poor on most FM radio at home/work/car unless you are near the source, which is on the other side of the city.
luckly they have Online streaming, so i listen to them online when my FM radio reception is poor in whever i happen to be at the time.

mine always plays mono...

AllGamer said:
did you people even read the previous message, the #2 reply?
the FM radio is STEREO you just need to plug in a STEREO head phone for it to work.
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The standard head phones are stereo, you don't need other.
Checked with an STEREO TEST MP3.
But my Radio is also always MONO

AllGamer said:
did you people even read the previous message, the #2 reply?
the FM radio is STEREO you just need to plug in a STEREO head phone for it to work.
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Sennheiser CX300 are the mono headphones you think?
I'd plugged many different headphones, sound ALWAYS MONO instead of mp3-player that STEREO. All radiostations in good quality of reception always mono. It's a bug of Samsung...

Fm radio

Can the fm radio become a fm transmitter? Dumb question I know.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Hardware wise there is no reason why not but the software doesn't exist.
Sent from my Desire HD

Another question here, Why can not we use the Fm Radio without headset? Does not this phone have an antenna for Radio?
It's so annoying because I am using a bluetooth headset and Desire HD insistently asks for wired headset for signal.

FM antena
Hi, I think that this is a usual think that mobile phones doesn't have a FM antennas built in. It uses your headphone wire as the antenna.

snooffy said:
Hi, I think that this is a usual think that mobile phones doesn't have a FM antennas built in. It uses your headphone wire as the antenna.
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Exactly. FM transmission is using wavelength of about 3 meters, so the antenna should be much bigger than the phone itself to give you a good reception. You can try to fabricate something out of a 3.5 mm jack and a wire, but the results will be more than doubtful. And in top of that the phone will most probably recognize it as a headphones set, so you'll have to route the sound to your BT headset, not the antenna.
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Even though we manage to establish a antenna as you said the phone directly gives the sound to it and unfortunately eliminates the bluetooth sound transfer. It's really really annoying.
Briefly you can not listen to Fm Radio with your bluetooth headset, you have to use a wired headset.

dr.m0x said:
Hardware wise there is no reason why not but the software doesn't exist.
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Hello dr.m0x, merry christmas,
not only the antenna is quite different for fm radio, the complete transmitting hardware needs a different part of hf amplifier for fm frequencies. Software doesn't help here.
The original headset seems to be optimized as fm antenna, tried another headset but fm radio had poor radio reception.
WBR peschi

Additional info.
DHD's FM radio receptin quality is really poor compared to Sony Ericsson WM600 bluetooth headset (including radio).

FM Radio not working with all headphones

Hi,
having the Moto X Play for a few days now, I experienced that the FM Radio app does not work with all headphones. With all in-ear headphones and an audio cable to a stereo, the FM Radio app says "headphone not connected", but when plugging in the jack, the app flashes bright and back again, as if it recognized the headphone.
Music plays over headphones normally, and when forcing radio with headphones not plugged in in the settings, radio perfectly works.
With my on-ear headphones, FM Radio works normally.
Now my question is: Is this a bug in the FM Radio app, or a hardware bug, or are the in-ear headphones just not well-suited for radio reception?
Thanks!

Do your headphones have a Fm antenna built in?

No, is this needed for smartphones?
FM Radio works fine with old on-ear headphones, that were built before smartphones with FM Radio existed.

The headphones don't have a antenna built in they use the wires going to the speakers as a antenna.
I'm using 8~10 year old Logitech earbuds quite fine with my Moto X Play.
So if they're not working properly with one particular set its likely that set rather than the style.
Also there is a moto update to the Fm radio app - it let's you use it without any headphones connected.
The reception really sucks using that way but might work for you.
You go into the radio settings to change that (using the revised app).
FWIW

Ok thanks for this explanation. :thumbup:
Using the radio with the option you mentioned works. So I suppose/hope it's not a hardware bug of the Moto.

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jellysheep said:
Hi,
having the Moto X Play for a few days now, I experienced that the FM Radio app does not work with all headphones. With all in-ear headphones and an audio cable to a stereo, the FM Radio app says "headphone not connected", but when plugging in the jack, the app flashes bright and back again, as if it recognized the headphone.
Music plays over headphones normally, and when forcing radio with headphones not plugged in in the settings, radio perfectly works.
With my on-ear headphones, FM Radio works normally.
Now my question is: Is this a bug in the FM Radio app, or a hardware bug, or are the in-ear headphones just not well-suited for radio reception?
Thanks!
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same problem

Music in car radio system

Hi
How can i listen to my mp3 music played from my Note4 on my car radio? Do i need some extra device?
Tks

Via Bluetooth connection to your car radio or via physical connection using similar jack used in earphones (if your car radio has at least one of these)

Tks.
My car radio has none.
I think i heard about some FM device broadcasting from note4 to radio, and on radio note4 would act as another radio FM station.
Any clues?

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Top-10-Car-FM-Transmitters-/10000000204926964/g.html You need such Car FM transmitter device.

Thanks so much. Will check

I've done this using an amplifier with hi level input. So i connect note to amp with earphone/rca cable, speaker cables to amp and radio to amp's hi level input and I ear fm from car radio and mp3 from note
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