FM Converter

[Jeff Rosansky CLC #28373]

Anybody have one of those old FM converters in their pile of stuff? You know, the kind that fits under the dash and transmits on an AM frequency.

Thanks

[35-709]

Bunches of 'em on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2499334.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC2.A0.H0.XFM+converter.TRS0&_nkw=FM+converter&_sacat=6000

[Jeff Rosansky CLC #28373]

Yes, I saw those, thanks. If possible, I would rather get one from someone here who may have an idea of if it really worked when pulled vs some guy who bought one at an estate sale and knows nothing about it.
Appreciate your looking.
Jeff

[Cadillac Jack 82]

https://redirad.com

[Mike Josephic CLC #3877]

That seems like a really neat solution.  It adds an auxiliary
input to an AM only or AM/FM radio.  I imagine you could add
XM radio as well.  I'll have to look into that.

Mike

[Cadillac Jack 82]

Redirad keeps the look of your original radio while giving you the option for other media solutions.  I used one in my 54 Buick Sonomatic and it worked wonderfully.  I was going to do the same with my 37 GE radio until I found out it was one of the rare 39 FM models....which was restored by the previous owner.  All I need for that is an FM transmitter on my smart phone.

[Caddyholic]

I am doing theirs school  Fm converter to my 62. I bought one off eBay in the box for 45. I bought a fm to blue tooth converter for 9 so I can blue tooth my phone to it. If you have a xm account you can download the app to your phone and use it in any car through your phone.

[Big Fins]

Bluetooth your phone to any FM radio with this.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F6YV1R5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's wonderful. Just plug it in the cigarette lighter socket. No need to do anything else to the car. Plus you can charge your phone at the same time. Plays mini SD cards and USB drives too!

[Jeff Rosansky CLC #28373]

You are correct Big Fins. The problem is that I need to get FM to AM first. So I bought an FM converter off Ebay. I ran a hot line out of the radio so that the converter is only powered with the radio on. I also ran a cig lighter power plug the same way so that the bluetooth to FM converter is only powered when everything else is.
Amazingly it works. And the 64 year old speakers work as well.
Jeff

[Big Fins]

Nice! Now you can listen to what you like, not what some radio station says that you are supposed to like. Where I am, you have to like country or rap-crap or a litany of political talk to listen to the radio. No, thank you. I like Classical.

[Dan LeBlanc]

I've had both the AM and FM versions of the RediRad.  They work very, very well.

I just bought the FM one for the 77.  I have a Sirius radio hidden in the glove box and the Sirius antenna installed under the defroster grille on the passenger side.  The RediRad is stuck to the a/c duct with 2 sided tape behind the dash and connected into the headphone port on the Sirius radio.  Never would even know it's in the car.  If I want to play music from my phone, I can connect it in less than 5 seconds by unplugging from the Sirius and direct into my phone.  Works great.

My experience with FM converters (and I've owned a few going back to the 80s when I wanted FM radio in Dad's AM radio car), is that when tuned into a frequency, the converter tends to drift, so you're fine tuning quite a bit.  RediRad eliminates that.  Plus you're not connecting a device (phone to Bluetooth receiver) to a device (Bluetooth to FM converter) to a device (FM Converter to AM radio).  Too many steps in the chain for me.  And...with the Bluetooth to FM converter, you're changing frequency as you travel to different areas as stronger FM signals can sometimes overpower the Bluetooth to FM converter (ran into that several times when using Sirius over FM instead of a hard connection).

Right now, I can drive the 77 anywhere listening to Sirius, and, since it's hardwired to the RediRad, I never have to change frequencies as the RediRad will kill the incoming antenna signal until the source it is playing is switched off.