Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Forum => Topic started by: DaOld Man on December 20, 2007, 07:18:42 pm
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Does anyone recommend a good PCI radio card to go in the computer of a jukebox?
Years ago, I had a FM radio card, which came with a pretty good program, but the card wouldnt work when I upgraded to Windows XP.
Does anyone have radio cards on their jukeboxes? (And I dont mean the streaming internet radios.)
Thanks..
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Is no one at all using a pci card on their jukebox to pick up "real" am/fm radio????
I have found some cards that have TV input and radio receiver built in, but I wont need TV on my jukebox (whenever I get around to building a jukebox).
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Ok, I found this:
http://www.griffintechnology.com/support/products/radioshark2
It looks very promising, but I wonder how one can make use the program that comes with it, without having to use a mouse or trackball?
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The old bt878 tv tuner cards with a radio on them are so cheap it would probably be the easiest way to go, but you will still have the problems with software not being designed for the arcade controls.
The other option are USB based ones like http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1929 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1929).... But there is no mention if it has configurable de-emphasis to suit the oddball FM that is used in the US, and no external antenna so yout stuck with what you can get with the wire attached to it, which will probably be nothing if your machine is in your basement.
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Found a cheap USB FM radio dongle.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1929 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1929)
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Thanks Bob, that looks interesting..
Ive been browsing ebay for old tuner/amps.
Wonder how we could interface this dongle with a jukebox program?