Hack: Adding Bluetooth to Car Stereos and Sound Systems
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ส.ค. 2015
- In this video I show how I integrated a Bluetooth receiver into my 20 year old car stereo system.
My Video about the first car stereo hack:
• Car Stereo Teardown, A...
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You know, my Grandfather tried for my entire childhood to teach me electronics and machining and I never fully appreciated it until now. I wish he was still around to I could say thanks. However, I wish to extend my thanks to this channel for helping me realize that and I have hope to build on the foundation my grandfather laid. Great mod. Well explained.
David Wellman , your a granddissapointment
David, I had the same grandfather, who passed this March from pneumonia. He taught me a little (e.g., how to solder, how to convert different number systems), but I should've spent with him 10 times more time than I did. I didn't think it would happen so soon, and I hoped I'd show him my projects, he would be so proud. I guess we'll have to continue finding inspiration on our own, but still imagining how cool it would be if they still were around.
My phone broke. Time to take apart my car.
Haha exactly.
"The switch had to be deleted." I love it.
The Signal Path Blog It had to be "terminated immediately" :P
+The Signal Path Blog I often find german people have the most novel use of english and often seem to have a more diverse english vocabulary than me which leaves me feeling stupid at my own language.
Just in case you wanted the real answer: the switch had to be removed
If you remove a feature from a car, it's known as deleting it.
For example: www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk/egr-removal-delete/
I feel both smarter and dumber (for not knowing how to do this) after watching this great hack, you take what looks complex and make it simple! Great job!
"takes up usable space in the car and makes for no fun" love it 😆
You are such and inteligent and adaptive person ! a rare jewel !love every video !
I just stumbled upon this video. GREAT STUFF! Thanks for all you do. I'll be watching more
Nice to see this channel active again. Keep the good work coming.
Dude ! You can't expect be a Rockstar all the time! You Know you are good at your craft when people look at you doing your Job and you make it look easy!
dude half the time i have no idea what you are talking about, but i love your videos and the way you explain what your doing, makes me want to grab a soldering iron and go crazy.
The gentle touch of my vice. LOL
Marlo Mitchell yes.
Brilliant hack. Very useful, too. Not all of us have a modern car with this amenity built-in.
Keep on doing your thing Inventor Man. I MacGyver when possible too, and I can totally relate to what your doing. Anyone in this vast world of stupidity and ignorance can "go buy a new head unit", however surprisingly few have the knowledge or the creativity to even consider thinking about doing this for themselves. For myself it's simply the appreciation difference that I get from the things that Ive built and/or modified. I hope to see more videos from you. Also, excellent narrating, the detail in your actions are noteworthy and very informative
I would have loved to see some glue added to the solder joints where you soldered the audio cable to the pads next to the audio jack as a strain relief. Also, I don't know if it's needed in Germany, but here in Iceland I would have tried to seal the voltage regulator pot with silicone or some hot-snot to prevent moisture from changing the resistance and thus changing the output voltage. :) Great hack! Good to see you back on your feet! :D
love seeing ingenuity in the making. great work.
Still listening to impressive music !! I like it !! Good to have you back too !!
wow what a view from your driveway. you have a beautiful home.
Great work, great instructions, I have almost 0 knowledge in electronics, but your instructions are crystal clear, you just earned a new subscriber :). Greetings from Egypt.
Great hack. I can see this giving new life to my other audio gear. Thanks for sharing.
DUDE YOU ARE A LEGEND!
You should make more of videos like this bringing older technology more usable using a bit of modern tech. Love to come back to your older videos.
"The gentle touch of my vice" :-)
That's some serious Shadowrun shit! Lol I love it! Keep up the great videos man!
Thanks for this video. I'll be doing this myself soon. I have an older high end receiver that will now be brought in to the modern age.
I really feel like I'm making progress learning electronics when I realised that I knew how this hack could be done early on in the video.. very Very cool vid👏👍👍👍
love the ingenuity and the how to of the video
I really enjoy the concept of your channel. U are awesome!
You've just given me an idea for something else, Thankyou.
This is a motivating video. I was just motivated to purchase a car stereo with built-in bluetooth.
Dan thank you very much for your reply, it had simplified a lot of thing for me and I'll check for videos about what you have suggested. thanks again
I can't believe this video got 192 thumbs down. I guess some people don't appreciate ingenuity.
Maybe they don't understand what love is dude 🤗
Maybe its because he doesn't even mention the car type.
Ibad Taylor you could say that.
Throttle Addiction its exactly that music which gave a good touch in the end according to me.
It's called JEALOUSY and it makes you nasty.
This ingenious hack could be used in old cars with old stereos, that for mounting purposes and originality a new stereo wouldn't work, look good, or would ruin the aesthetic in an old restored car. Bravo!
Great to see a new video from you!
Sir, you are very cleaver! I also wonder if you are a teacher? If you are not, you should be.. You explain your process very well. Thank you for your work, Eric in Oregon
...a gifted and skilled person... 👍🍻
thought about doing something simular for a long time :)
Infact, i even thought about building my very own car stereo based on an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi with an LCD touchscreen :)
Never got around to it though :)
I love this video, so creative and useful!
Kool voice and ascent....goes perfectly together. You know your stuff!
This is the first video of this channel I watched and loved it. I feel so good watching this. Beautiful country side and wonderful music. Could you pls share the info of that music with us? Thank you. Cheers!
At 10:00 you can hear the bottles of alcohol rolling into each other in the back seat. That aside, wonderful work!
maybe it´s water bottles rolling arround?
This guy is fancy, wine only.
Now you know where the Patreon money is going :D
what makes you think it is alcohol?
its wine or beer
Man. Iv been waiting for your video.
Keep it up ;)
Beautiful road and location :)
This is genius and beautiful work of art. Great work!
Best of all the dash looks factory (with some black paint) and nothing to steal if parked some place dodgy. Nice work!
Nice modification ;)
Thumbs up :D
Alex
nice to see you're still alive :D
Sweet! That is a great hack!!! Nice music selection also.
very simple and works very well .
I appreciate the video. Thanks. What camera were you using in the car towards the end? The zoom was much nicer than mine
Superb hack, thanks for sharing.
I love how you almost mix some German words into the English ones. Like Zwölf and Twelve turn into Twölf😂
Also, awesome hack. I have used your audio input hack on an old Grundig "Music Boy" radio reciever, and it works great!
ted clubber lang English language origin is German ... as he doesn’t have to speak English ... English has to learn German if they appreciate their own language ..,!!
wasser -> water, strasse-> street, kalt -> cold, weiss-> white, grün-> green, blau->blue...
Loved it. Good Job. Keith
Your name alone rewards you a new subscriber. ✊🏿
Recently started watching your videos, as an electronics technician I can't get enough. Did you consider removing your original 3.5mm jack and using the jack on the Bluetooth board? It seems better than having a parallel input circuit.
I hate waste and adding to land fill. If something can be modified to make it useful again I'm all for it. I'm going to subscribe so I can learn about making things useful again. Cheers.
cobra sixtysix appreciate your attitude and spirit. I'm joining you too. Good luck and cheers. 😊👍
This is really helpful. I have two audio amplifiers at home, but neither are bluetooth, and I don't wish to keep using my audio jacks, as they are easily damaged if someone tugs on the cable.
Great vid, you make it look so easy.
You're an amazing person.
Great video love the folk music.
Me: "I'll go out and buy a cheap BT car radio"
TPAI: "I'll just hack and mod some stuff I've got lying around and before you come back from the store it's up and running!"
Marvellous!!!!
hi that was a well needed one for me. thanks.
and just to know is it possible to install a microphone also?. so that dont have to talk with the ph 😋
I just received a similar Bluetooth module for an old Pioneer. It has two wires for being hard wired to 12v and the output is Pioneer's IP-BUS connector that plugs right into the back of the headunit.
Great video, but one thing I was wondering, cars produce more than 12v when running, usually the alternator puts out 13.5v to 14.8v, so how well regulated would the pot based power supply you made be?
I wish you could lend me your brain for a day or so to install bluetooth in my car, too ;-) I really love the way you don't let yourself be pushed back by any boundaries.
Could you please put a recipe list in the description so us new to electronics folks can have a handy shopping/salvaging list? You have me pretty excited to start doing some of these projects and its pretty intimidating when I'm not sure exactly what to buy/salvage.
I like the auxiliary port added to the tape player. I might make one like this myself. I have a smaller tape opening. An old slot insert from a computer would work. Anyway all I have ever used is an iLive bluetooth receiver. I used a better quality tape adapter and ran the cable down through my dash to my floorboard in my 98 Grand Marquis. I had bought a Bell 3 12v adapter switch that has 2 usb ports also and uses a toggle switch as to not leave it on all the time. Used a 2 inch usb cable and the receiver was Velcroed to the carpet as well as the adapter. It sat on the transmission hump. All I had to do to use it was reach down and turn it own. I ran it off of battery and when it died I just switched the toggle switch on. Before I had it Velcroed to the dash trim along with the auxiliary cable ran through the dash up to it. Looked nice but no way to charge it and use it without it looking stupid. On the car's 12v port it was in the pull out cup holder. I removed it and had the Bell adapter plugged into it and hidden in the dash out of the way. Now that I had my 98 Ford Expedition XLT I am looking at all kinds of possibility to add it to places and hide gadgets to use. Already got a nice set up with an old iPhone 3g in an Otterbox defender case. I modified the holster to accept the charger through the bottom. It sets in my pull out cup holder. The tape adapter line is again ran through the dash and comes out the opening of the cup holder. My iPhone charger is ran from the 2 12v adapters across. The iPhone sets nicely down into the holder and everything is pretty much well hidden. I have added a toggle switch to the line to cut the juice when not running. The iPhone 3g is my favorite device to use for music in the car. I also have a nice dual screen dvd player set up in the back that is tied into the stereo through the aux port. When I add the bluetooth adapter I will need to come up with a way to have all three tied into the system without having to unplug and plug each time.
nice job I like your approach
thats such a nice video.thanks for posting
Nicely done!
I fully understand how hacking your radio to make it do what you want is much more satisfying than just buying a new new.
Bravo !
Awesome!!! Does it also support A2DP, as in you can hear an incoming call thru the radio and drive hands free while having a conversation?
I love your channel!!!!!!
Well that is a lot of work to go through to get blue tooth integrated into the car radio but hey true you dont have to worry about a voltage drain any longer . Great video
"this switch needs to be deleted..."
I laughed.
Bully! That was sheer delight to watch!
That was a cool video to watch.. thank you.Here's your thumbs up.
My moto G has a dodgy jack too. Didn't get as bad as yours but it will soon so I went ahead and got a new phone. Cool mod.
Absolute GENIAL!! This is just what I need for my 1986 DODGE RAM D-150 TRUCK. A bit over my pay grade, but I have a friend who can probably get this done. Super so see great examples of German Engineering - for household use! Liebe Gruesse as Nashville.
Interesting video.
Thinking to do the same with my car, I have a Mercedes ML, older version. You mentioned you connected the "audio out" I'm parallel via the aux sockets on the board I'm sure I'm case you wanted to use the aux port by it self. Could this cause an issue? Or is it like a regular stereo that it would just play both "channel" if both are engaged?
I don't have a aux mode on my unit, but I do have a tape mode that I never use, thinking to connect it to there. What are your thoughts?
Also, need to find a power source, and I have a old car phone unit near that is ignition activated so might be a good power source.
Basically, did you see any issues connecting it in parallel?
really cool! good job. one could just take a 3.8 V DC-DC converter, but you even built that yourself =) Super Sache!
Cool dude ; ) factory stereos have the best fm reception.
I love this kinda stuff...as luck would have it, i have a bluetooth receiver in my parts that i been what to do with. I wont be putting it in car stereo but i at least know how to wire it up when i find a good use for it....whoever you are dude, thanks for that vid. reaspect, peace
Great hack, very nicely done.
This tech guy is terrific!
You are a genius, great idea to use a car-radio cassette.
Super Video leider bin ich kein Elektroniker und vieles war für mich wie Chinesisch aber es zeigt dass es nicht so schwer ist wenn Mann sich etwas auskennt. Danke fürs zeigen!
This is so dang cool! Great video!
very smart. good for the environment and who would want to steal a modified factory deck that is 20+ years old ? no one ( i hope).
I would steal his radio if he gave it to me... LOL
Very nice hack.
In your other video you mentioned the radio having a Voltage Regulator with 5V output for the digital circuits. Did you consider using that instead of your own regulator / would it be a good idea to do so?
***** The problem is, that the 5 V regulator that is already inside the stereo is only made for very small output currents. I didn't want to damage it.
Thank you for this wonderful hack! I would like to know that the bluetooth would be on. So I was thinking of detaching the light node and transferring it to the dash panel that you created. Is it as simple as desoldering the light node (like the other items) and extending the connection with a wire and placing it through a hole on the panel?
Dr. Strangelove hacks a car stereo. I love it!
Welcome back! :D
Great video, but one thing caught my eye… car battery is all most allways above 12volts … charger pushes around 13,8 to 14.6 volts to battery while car is running. So when you regulate the power to your bluetooth , you should take that into account if the modules voltage limit is critical. Often they have quite large scale tho.. as most of their cut out voltage is way below 3.7v and when in charger those will allso charge at around 3.88v up to 5v in some cases.
This is awesome but my question is does it in its current configuration support 2 way. IE would you be able to add a microphone for blue tooth calling or is this solely for blue tooth audio?
Nicely done!
1:09 Wow, I have that exact phone.
Righteous!
Cool video :) perhaps you wire the play, pause, fast forward, rewind and skip track buttons to with the bluetooth controller to
You, sir, are magnificent.
Great video and liked, but for gods sake what were you listening to at the end? Sounded very Medieval.
sounds like persian folk music
Way beyond my abilities right now. Pretty impressive.
Very nice, next you should try steering wheel control buttons for the radio
This is great and very handy. I have a late ‘70s car where I need to keep the original head unit but would want to add something like this: USB, Bluetooth and DAB+. Any suggestions? I can share pictures of the Blaupunkt or Becker head unit.