Poquito
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Post by Poquito on May 9, 2018 3:36:32 GMT -8
Has anyone installed a Bluetooth or Sat radio in their vintage camper? I asked my son, hint, hint, if it could be done. At 17, I figured he would be an expert on what was needed to get something like that. I understand this could work only in WiFi available areas or with some hotspot thingy. My other option for music or news would be my cell phone synced to a bluetooth speaker...
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Post by kudzu on May 9, 2018 5:11:43 GMT -8
Sirrus or .... well, I think there is another one, is satellite based and doesn't need WIFI to work. As long as you have a clear sky to the satellite it should pick up signal just fine.
Bluetooth is just a wireless method for connecting two devices like your car radio and your phone. I listen to Pandora on my phone (over the internet) with headphones in the shop, at the gym and while I mow grass. When I get in my Suburban I installed a Radio with Bluetooth and it connects with my phone and plays Pandora through my trucks speakers.
If you have 12 volts in your trailer, you could install a car style radio with BlueTooth and/or Satellite receiver. Pretty sure with satellite your going to have to install an small antenna outside though. So you will have to run a cable outside.
If you have music saved on your phone you could connect with the Bluetooth ad play that music over speaker connected the radio. If you have internet signal you could listen to an Internet 'radio station' such as Pandora using Bluetooth to you radio.
Make sense?
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Post by RinTin on May 9, 2018 6:00:14 GMT -8
I put a digital media player in mine. It is Sat and bluetooth compatible.  Bluetooth speakers and your smartphone would be much simpler and easier. |
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Post by Poquito on May 10, 2018 6:43:53 GMT -8
Thanks Kudzu and Rin Tin, will mull this over before mother's day...
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Post by Ten on May 10, 2018 12:48:11 GMT -8
There are a few ways you could accomplish this. The best might be a setup like above, a satellite-ready media player with the antenna and speakers set up similarly to RinTin's in the trailer.
A simpler way might be to add a bluetooth speaker synched with your phone. Sirius-XM offers a subscription for internet streaming, through a smartphone app. (Not sure why I know that....) The only requirements then would be a data plan for your phone or wifi access when you are camped.
When I first got my equipment for the XM service (back before the companies merged) I bought a set with a boombox that housed the receiver. The package came with all that was needed to add it into the car or play it freestanding, with a base-type antenna.
The drawback it that you need a subscription to the satellite service, but even so, I love having it in the truck I drive for work.
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