# So what's a good FM transmitter? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 26, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whats-a-good-fm-transmitter/40789 "2007-12-26T10:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Harvey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/harvey/32/5069_2.png) [@Harvey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Harvey)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whats-a-good-fm-transmitter/40789/41 "2007-12-27T11:46:37Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > eesti have you ever actually used one of these with an MP3 player? > > … > > OK, the antenna wires all looked roughly the same size, so I plugged the car antenna into the Sirius box and the sirius box into the truck stereo. FM reception is great. If I unplug either side of the Sirius box the signal’s gone, so it seems like I don’t need any adapters there. > > But, the Sirius radio connector is a 2.5mm mini-jack. So I stopped at radio shack and got a 3/32" to 1/8" adapter. But I plug in the MP3 player and I get nothing. The fm radio keeps playing like I never plugged it in. > > :ham: Not the same one, but a similar piece, I believe it was made by Clarion. Most of the universal ones use a switch. ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whats-a-good-fm-transmitter/40789/42 "2007-12-27T12:23:45Z")
IIRC from my Stereo Advantage days, Audiovox had something that is similar to the thing that you apparently bought and wired in, but it has an analog 1/8" male cable coming out of it (snake this thing out from under the dash, into a center console, wherever your little heart desires) and you can plug it into anything that has a 1/8" output. EDIT: i _think_ its this thing…let me actually read the website lol and i’ll get back to ya [http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Customer-reviews-for-Audiovox-FM-Modulator-FMM100A/sem/rpsm/oid/80974/rpem/ccd/productDetailReview.do](http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Customer-reviews-for-Audiovox-FM-Modulator-FMM100A/sem/rpsm/oid/80974/rpem/ccd/productDetailReview.do) EDIT #2: yeah thats the thing, its for a CD changer, but they (Audiovox) makes an adapter cable to get you to the 1/8" analog plug ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whats-a-good-fm-transmitter/40789/43 "2007-12-27T12:26:54Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#): > > IIRC from my Stereo Advantage days, Audiovox had something that is similar to the thing that you apparently bought and wired in, but it has an analog 1/8" male cable coming out of it (snake this thing out from under the dash, into a center console, wherever your little heart desires) and you can plug it into anything that has a 1/8" output. > > EDIT: i _think_ its this thing…let me actually read the website lol and i’ll get back to ya > [You are being redirected...](http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Customer-reviews-for-Audiovox-FM-Modulator-FMM100A/sem/rpsm/oid/80974/rpem/ccd/productDetailReview.do) Bah. Haha I hit quote just a second too late. I didn’t think a mustang would fit under my dash. 😛 I’ll look that over. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whats-a-good-fm-transmitter/40789/44 "2007-12-27T12:29:49Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Bah. Haha I hit quote just a second too late. I didn’t think a mustang would fit under my dash. 😛 yeah i noticed that as soon as i posted, please forgive me i am trying to do about 4 things at once right now…i must have ctrl + C the wrong page…should be the right one now lol ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whats-a-good-fm-transmitter/40789/45 "2007-12-27T12:31:19Z")
oh, and if in doubt, im sure you could just go to Stereo Advantage (or circuit city seen as how they seem to carry this thing) and ask one of the installers. I know we used to do these installs all the time, for this specific purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whats-a-good-fm-transmitter/40789/46 "2007-12-27T12:37:24Z")
Now that looks like it would work. Only $50, same price as everything else. Only difference is that I’d have to splice for power, but that’s no big deal. Hmm… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whats-a-good-fm-transmitter/40789.md?page=2)