Radio band expanders ?

Radio band expanders ?

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Viper

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10,005 posts

280 months

Friday 19th December 2008
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would a 'Radio band expander' work on a US stereo?
trying to get my stereo to tune into more radio stations

roscobbc

3,633 posts

249 months

Friday 19th December 2008
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Considered the Pure Highway DAB in-car radio converter at about £70? Recieves all DAB broadcasted stations in local area - you simply tune FM car radio to predetermined frequency - Highway then transmits all DAB stations to existing radio in stereo but as a FM frequency.

Viper

Original Poster:

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280 months

Friday 19th December 2008
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yea i thought of that but dont really want a gadget on the dash

roscobbc

3,633 posts

249 months

Friday 19th December 2008
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Viper said:
yea i thought of that but dont really want a gadget on the dash
Know what you mean - if you have sat nav + mobile charge lead etc etc it all gets a little messy.

mutz nutz

38 posts

195 months

Tuesday 30th December 2008
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Hi, Just found out about a 'band expander' for us radios, it moves it 0.1 mhz, want to get one for my Dodge Ram. Company is Merlin Productions, quoted me £29.95 inc P&P, not sure if cheap or not ? Let me know what you think !

Roo.

11,503 posts

214 months

Tuesday 30th December 2008
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A guy in the MOCGB used to have one of these in his car.

http://www.edl.co.nz/

mutz nutz

38 posts

195 months

Wednesday 31st December 2008
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Hi, Have been in touch with the guy via e-mail, it seems it fits in-line on the aerial cable ( means its hidden ) and you put a switch on the power supply, so you power it up when you want a even numbered station ! It doesnt seem that cheap though, others are on e-bay much cheaper albeit they say for Japenese cars. Did think about asking for a deal if we could come up with a 'group buy' sort of idea ( depending on numbers, to make it worthwhile ! ).
In the meantime will keep looking and may well e-mail the company put forward in NZ.

Viper

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Wednesday 31st December 2008
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im definately interested, ive done a bit of research and dont think the jap ones will work as they will still have the odd/even decimal point tuning problem

mutz nutz

38 posts

195 months

Thursday 1st January 2009
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Hi, I have e-mailed the company in New Zealand ( mentioned by roo ). Will let you know.

FM Band expander

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190 months

Monday 5th January 2009
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Viper

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Monday 5th January 2009
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FM Band expander said:
isnt this for jap imported cars though? i cant see how this would work for US vehicles, unless made to order?



Edited by Viper on Monday 5th January 13:26

FM Band expander

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190 months

Monday 5th January 2009
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Yes, we can make it to order, a 100 kHz Band expander for American Imported car Radios if you wish. Actually, it is two FM band expanders in one! First one will increase incoming bandwidth for 26.600 MHz and second one will decrease it for 26.500 MHz and the difference will be 0.100 MHz.
Regards
Stephan

mutz nutz

38 posts

195 months

Monday 5th January 2009
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FM Band expander said:
Yes, we can make it to order, a 100 kHz Band expander for American Imported car Radios if you wish. Actually, it is two FM band expanders in one! First one will increase incoming bandwidth for 26.600 MHz and second one will decrease it for 26.500 MHz and the difference will be 0.100 MHz.
Regards
Stephan
Does this enable our american radios to get the 'even' and 'odd' numbered stations without there needing to be a switched supply to your unit, or is it like the others where you use the radio as normal for 'odd' numbered stations then flick a switch for 'even'. Could you also give us an idea of price per unit for these and the postage/shipping price if possible. Maybe for more than one unit also ( discounted for one parcel maybe ) Regards.

mutz nutz

38 posts

195 months

Thursday 8th January 2009
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mutz nutz said:
Hi, I have e-mailed the company in New Zealand ( mentioned by roo ). Will let you know.
Hi, Have heard from the company in New Zealand, they are quoting $87 for the unit and $20 postage
( prices are NZ dollars ). That converts to about £42.00 !!! Still gonna keep looking !headache

FM Band expander

3 posts

190 months

Monday 9th February 2009
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Price for American 100 KHz Band expander is 30 Euro-s inc ordinary postage to UK. Interested??
Regards
Stephan

NELUP

1 posts

178 months

Saturday 23rd January 2010
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hi. i need one to use in europe with a pionner mp3 player buyed from usa. tell me please how much it cost with shippment included to romania. thanks a lot.

BLUETHUNDER

7,881 posts

267 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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These "band expanders" are these the things that will enable me to tune in to UK radio stations???.

redtwin

7,518 posts

189 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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I had one from NZ to use on a US radio and it did work allowing even and odd numbered stations, but I was never satisfied with it. There is no RDS or auto tuning which may not sound like much of an issue, but I found that even on my short 10 mile commute to work, stations would fade out until I manually tuned up or down to the next frequency. I imagine that UK market radios with auto tuning will automatically switch to the strongest frequency.

In the end I found it too annoying and sold the radio and the expander and bought a UK radio.