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2009-11-11 , 12:47
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#21
Originally Posted by pycage View Post
But be careful to not enable any filter bypass switches there because sending unfiltered low frequencies to the speakers can damage them.
Since:
  • We need headphones plugged in for the FM antenna
  • Plenty of people will only want to listen through headphones (not speakers)

Would it be possible to send the receiver output directly to the speakers without recapturing (& hence save battery) when the phones are plugged in?
 
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2009-11-11 , 16:22
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So there is currently no functioning radio with good quality and does not require a computer science degree to operate?

We need one fast or the coming flood of posts will be even greater by us noobs!
 
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2009-11-11 , 16:25
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#23
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Would it be possible to send the receiver output directly to the speakers without recapturing (& hence save battery) when the phones are plugged in?
The next version will send the output directly to the headphones because this is safe. But the receiver output must not be sent directly to the speakers, because very low frequencies are dangerous for them and have tio be filtered out.

To sum it up: you can save battery in the next version if using headphones for listening.
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2009-11-11 , 16:35
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#24
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So there is currently no functioning radio with good quality
Reception quality is good. Filtering out low freqs for the speakers doesn't hurt much on the usual FM radio program.

Originally Posted by Rushmore View Post
and does not require a computer science degree to operate?
No, you don't need a degree to operate.
Either it works, or it works not.
If it doesn't work, you can try switching off Bluetooth before activating the radio, or wait for an update. There is currently an issue with Bluetooth that is being worked on.

Don't get frightened by our tech talk.
The FM radio is safe for users, hence it's in the extras-repository and on http://maemo.nokia.com/maemo-select
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2009-11-11 , 16:55
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#25
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE
Developers! Developers! Developers!

Yeah, I fell for it. steverolled again.
 
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2009-11-11 , 17:15
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Originally Posted by pycage View Post
Reception quality is good. Filtering out low freqs for the speakers doesn't hurt much on the usual FM radio program.



No, you don't need a degree to operate.
Either it works, or it works not.
If it doesn't work, you can try switching off Bluetooth before activating the radio, or wait for an update. There is currently an issue with Bluetooth that is being worked on.

Don't get frightened by our tech talk.
The FM radio is safe for users, hence it's in the extras-repository and on http://maemo.nokia.com/maemo-select
Cool. I thought there might be a noise issue due to the microphone and in order to offset the problem or the low freq issue, you had to hack some registry changes.
 
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2009-11-11 , 18:27
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Originally Posted by pycage View Post
The next version will send the output directly to the headphones because this is safe.
Yes, that's what I meant! That's great news (assuming you're talking about the next version of pyFMRadio, not the next N-series!).

Thanks for all the work.
 
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2009-11-12 , 18:13
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Yes, I'm talking about the next version of the FM radio app, which I am currently working on.

Anyway, any sound you hear on the built-in speakers, no matter if from the media player or from FM radio is high-pass filtered, because this is a necessity for the speaker hardware. So FM radio doesn't sound worse than playing music with the music player. Both go through the HP filter.
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2009-12-28 , 17:36
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Does anybody know if it is possible to use a bluetooth divice in combination with the FM radio?
Or is this still 'under construction"?

Nevertheless, as a complete noob, iḿ happy with you developers!
 
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2010-01-12 , 23:30
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Did a search but couldn't find the answer, is the FM receiver supposed to output in stereo through the headphones and speakers? I'm only getting mono through the 'phones which is a bummer, not fussed through the speakers as I only use them for background music at work.
 
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