Scanner Audio Through Car Sterio

[mlevin]

A while ago I remember someone posting how to play your scanner audio through your car sterio speakers. How would I do that?

 

[Cobra_Commander]

A while ago I remember someone posting how to play your scanner audio through your car sterio speakers. How would I do that?

I play it through my car stero all the time. here is how you do it. you know those casette tapes that come with a cd player that has a car kit or you can just buy this casette tape at your local walmart and plug it into the scanners ear plug jack and push the tape into the player in your car and thats all and now it will play through your car stero. :wink:

 

[N_Jay]

A while ago I remember someone posting how to play your scanner audio through your car sterio speakers. How would I do that?

A few ways.

Get one of those adapters that looks like cassette tabe with a headphone cord for playing a CD or MP3 palyer through the cars cassette player.

OR

Get one of those adapters that lets you play a CD or MP3 player through your FM radio.

OR

Get one of those wire-in interfaces that gives you an extra AUX input connection on your stereo.

 

[Cobra_Commander]

A while ago I remember someone posting how to play your scanner audio through your car sterio speakers. How would I do that?

A few ways.

Get one of those adapters that looks like cassette tabe with a headphone cord for playing a CD or MP3 palyer through the cars cassette player.

OR

Get one of those adapters that lets you play a CD or MP3 player through your FM radio.

OR

Get one of those wire-in interfaces that gives you an extra AUX input connection on your stereo.

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[robwilson]

Two simple ways are using a cassette player adapter or a wireless FM transmitter. See the links below for examples.

Rob


Cassette Adapter

Mobile FM Transmitter

 

[Pro-95]

Mobile FM Transmitter

For the company plug.... RS also sells the adaptors both FM Modulator as well as cassette.

However, *most* FM Modulators broadcast on 88.1, 88.3, 88.5 & 88.7/9. If these frequencies are occupied in your area, or even nearby frequencies, the FM modulator generally doesn't have enough power to override even a low watt transmitting station. As much as I'd rather sell you $30 bucks of stuff, the $10 version (if you have a cassette player) is a much more reliable method of playing through your radio. Caveat, if your 88 freqs are clear the fm modulator works awesome.

Consider a powered/amplified auxillary speaker. Generally this is better capable of handling the uncompressed sound you will receive with your scanner. Snaps, pops, buzzes and scratches you pick up could damage your car stereo speakers, especially if you turn it up so you can hear while driving with the windows down.

In my case I use a monaural single ear, earplug. This allows me to hear quite well in my open topped daily driver, plus it keeps me legal as I still have one ear for emergency vehicles.

 

[mlevin]

Great thanks for all the info. I already have a Cassete tape for the Cd player so all is well.