Speaker cable to 3.5mm?

HairyMerkin · 6th October 2009, 4:45 PM

Can you join a L+R source to 3.5mm jack?

Criminal_Colt · 6th October 2009, 4:50 PM

Yes, you can buy that sort of thing in the shops for under $10 too.

HairyMerkin · 6th October 2009, 6:08 PM

I don't think you understand, so I'll explain better.

I'm building a carPC.

To get FM radio, I'm going to use the existing radio, and just get the speaker l+R wire, and put it line in on the motherboard.

So I'm asking if I can get live ended wire, and solder it to a 3.5mm jack.

Dale-C · 6th October 2009, 6:09 PM

Yea they sell 3.5mm jacks in DSE for about $1.00 if that

Dexamenus · 6th October 2009, 6:10 PM

the speaker out's from a radio will be coming from an amp inside the headunit, i believe this will be too much current/voltage for the motherboard

I could be wrong though

Pugs · 6th October 2009, 6:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HairyMerkin

I don't think you understand, so I'll explain better.

I'm building a carPC.

To get FM radio, I'm going to use the existing radio, and just get the speaker l+R wire, and put it line in on the motherboard.

So I'm asking if I can get live ended wire, and solder it to a 3.5mm jack.

first off you didnt even indicte it's use so no one had a easy idea on what type of solution you wanted...

other the fact that it wn't be line level and may destroy said carpc....

line level and speaker level are two very diffeent things....

HairyMerkin · 6th October 2009, 6:29 PM

Can I buy line level attenuators?

Pugs · 6th October 2009, 6:31 PM

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Originally Posted by HairyMerkin

Can I buy line level attenuators?

yeah jaycar or altronics..

terrastrife · 6th October 2009, 8:41 PM

why not just use line out form your headunit?

unless it is like.. early 90's.

ikonz0r · 6th October 2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by terrastrife

why not just use line out form your headunit?

unless it is like.. early 90's.

What he said.

Just take your RCA out (nearly all aftermarket headunits made in the past decade have at least 1 pair) and buy a 2x Female RCA to 3.5mm Stereo cable for $10 as mentioned above.

If your using a factory head unit, your probably better off just installing a TV tuner card in your Car PC which i think most can do AM/FM frequencies??

HairyMerkin · 7th October 2009, 8:32 AM

It's a factory headunit..

I don't want to be spending 100 if I can only spend 20.

Sempak · 7th October 2009, 9:02 AM

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This converter is used when a car stereo amplifier has line level inputs only (RCA sockets - low level) and is used with a car stereo deck that has speaker wire outputs only (high level) (no RCA sockets).

AA0480

$16.95, sounds perfect to me.

HairyMerkin · 7th October 2009, 10:12 AM

It does..

So, from what I read, it takes the speaker wire, and turns it into RCA. Which I could then just use an RCA to 3.5mm cable.

Correct?

Sempak · 7th October 2009, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by HairyMerkin

So, from what I read, it takes the speaker wire, and turns it into RCA. Which I could then just use an RCA to 3.5mm cable.

Correct?

Correct. It has 4 bare wires on the input that you'd connect to the left and right speaker outputs on the head unit then a left and right RCA socket for output on the other side. It also features individual adjustable gain for both channels. All you'd need is a 2xRCA-3.5mm cable between this device and the line in on the motherboard, which can be had for a few dollars.

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