Local Fm transmission

[xy mosian]

Help please.
I know that I can transmit from my iPod to my car radio, using an FM transmitter. I understand that I can also transmit from an audio source in the home to a local FM reciever. Sadly I am getting very confused trying to find equipment that will allow me to recieve a signal in my garden. Are there any experts in the forum, or failing that anyone with any expertise in this area. Looking forward to having the confusion cleared.

xy

 

[RogerS]

The thing is that legally these have a very very limited range...typically a few feet. However this article talks about a bloke soldering on a longer aerial http://www.avforums.com/forums/dab-digi ... legal.html although he doesn't say where.

 

[Harbo]

Earphones?

But why play music in the garden - what's wrong with the sound of nature?

Rod

 

[cambournepete]

Some cordless headphones have a reasonable range don't they?

 

[xy mosian]

Roger, thanks for the link. I thought I had trawled through AvForums, obviously I didn't ask the correct question.

Rod, there is nothing at all wrong with the sound of nature, just sometimes I would like to mix Kapsberger and Scarlatti with the Kia and Suzuki. Or maybe listen to a play.

Pete (?), I had not considered wireless headphones. I'll look into them. The only ones I have come acroos before were infra-red transmission, and from memory they preferred line-of-sight. Perhaps things have moved on un-noticed by me.

Thanks all for your input, more to think about for me.

xy

 

[eggflan]

I have a set of Phillips wireless headphones that work all over the house and cover at least 2 3rds of the garden (not sure about the full garden as ive never ventured down the bottom end with them on ) , i usually lay out in the bath upstairs while the base is plugged into the pc downstairs in my office so the signal travels through a few walls before it reaches them and they sound very clear

 

[Chems]

I have a pair of Sony wireless, they are RF ones not infra red and have a very good range. They weren't very expensive about £40. The trouble with wireless headphones is unless you spend over £100 and even then you get a bit of hiss. Mine have a hiss if there is no sound, but funnily enough I only wear them when I'm listening to something and in use they are excellent. Very comfy too.

Other options are a wifi radio which run about 70+ and these can steam music from any other PCs etc on your network.

I would stay well clear of the FM transmitters, I had a FM transmitter, before they were legal had to have it imported and it was ok but often interrupted by passing aircraft and it only worked if you could find a station nearby that was completely blank with a bit of a buffer on either side or else you got no a horrible reception.

 

[xy mosian]

Mic, Chems, Thanks for the information, it's good to start a search from a known 'good point'.
Chems, I hadn't considered Wi Fi at all, I must as the PC is where most of the music is. The warning about FM transmission? very appropriate, again good to hear from someone with first hand experience.

xy