Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

Spill the beans.... how long we have to use the hack ? :wink:wink

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

Selected beta testers are not at liberty to say... and if they were there would be another thread for it. :)

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Back on topic... Since I was appointed the example boy, DO NOT FORGET TO DISABLE the "Extras-Developer" repository when you are through downloading.

With a new firmware update coming or even with the installation of everyday programs from the "safe" repos, it is very easy to mung it all up if it pulls un-tested versions of dependencies out of "Extras-Developer" because you forgot to disable it.

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

thanks for the package, just tried it and works like a charm!

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

It is possible to find out when fmtx is activated by listening on the dbus. So it is easy to make this script run automatically whenever that happens.

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

YoDude is just speeding away,
Thought he was Texrat for a day
Then I guess he came to see,
Lyrics weren't his specialty
-- he said:

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

The best is to write a small daemon that listens to the d-bus. The problem is that the relevant events have array and list arguments, which dbus-scripts does not support.

The second best, but much easier, is depend on the package dbus-scripts, and include in your package a file /et/dbus-scripts.d/fmtx including a line:

/usr/bin/fmtx-power * * com.nokia.policy info connected 1

This way the script /usr/bin/fmtx-power will be called whenever fmtx is enabled. The main problem I have is that this event looks generic, and not fmtx specific, though I did not see it generate by anything else. I suggest that the script should first check that the power_level is non-zero, before writing 118.

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

sorry if its repost but just incase ...

here's the FM transmitter hack :

pt 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mztH87af4SI

pt 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmCmZ5kYSaU

Better range and also RDS profile through radio says "NOKIA" instead of station freq :)

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

I see how he is Bratag, he couldn't even wait for me to finish the song either. :rolleyes:
:D


Apologies to Mr. Rabinowitz for mangling his lyrics and kudos to Herbie Flowers on fretless bass for that mesmerizing compound interval that somehow makes the rhythm of both sets of lyrics work...

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

there is now an app that runs the hack script when u run it...

tested today with my N900 and g/friends ford fiesta with FM RDS notify which shows device name and music tags on cars cd player screen!! works perfect :D

checkout my setup.. wont use it often, but it looks the goods and now it works!

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

Same question.