What do you think? Has anyone done it? I am thinking of getting Nostalgia radio to do it. It will cost about $500 to get it running Fm added and an Aux port added. The only thing I am worry about its only about 15 watts X 2. Not a real lot of power. Suppose I can add a small amp.
Has any one done it? and who did it? and is 15 watts enough? I have a set of Pioneer Splits.
Cheers Brett

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Easiest thing in the world is to just rig it up as a dummy radio, and have an amplifier under a seat running your speakers. Your amp can get it's audio input from an ipod or another FM radio/CD player hidden elsewhere in the car.

why not just buy an i-pod radio signal thing. Sorry im not sure what they are called but they are a connection that you put on the bottom of the ipod which transmits a radio signal that you then tune into your radio.

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That's a good idea but I don't think you'll find one of those transmitters in AM.

they tune in to fm

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The fleet:
1949 Fiat Topolino
1965 Morris 1100
1966 Mini Van (project)
19?? Morris 1500 (for sale)
1979 Chrysler Regal
1990 FSM Niki

I got one of these and use it in my work vehicles.
It beats listening to clone radio but the quality isn't as good as a direct cable link.
I'd go with the ipod connected to the hidden amp idea if I wanted tunes in my 850.

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'72 English Van...'72 Export Moke ...63' 850...KZ 750E1...'74 P76

Forget the FM transmitter on an iPod/etc if you care about audio quality. I have one and it's awful, you get a persistent background hiss in the best case, and clearly audible noise/warbling at worst.

It may be different in the sticks where there's no FM radio though

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Your right Simon.
There's only 4 FM stations around here so no radio interference but you still have the white noise.
In the city I found I had to adjust the frequency occasionally.

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'72 English Van...'72 Export Moke ...63' 850...KZ 750E1...'74 P76

+ 1

Bought one of those & ended up chucking it - severely

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

If it's 15wrms then it's on par with the best head units. They always quote 50w or whatever but they are only 15wrms (wrms is the true power).

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I reckon you would eventually start to like the horse racing on AM!

I like the amp with the ipod idea, and the new ipod classics have a built in FM!