Hi Bob, I would rephrase your statement to say something like "some people don't appreciate..." Since many others like you or me do appreciate it. :) Thanks
Right there with ya buddy. I was just curious if he did this internally. In America, they’re nearly all 5v. Sold as Bluetooth recievers, with the micro USB on one end for the power, and a 3.5mm headphone socket on the other. Right there, most quit once because brain can’t process it. The rest of us run a power wire from someplace in the device thats 12v-15v, along with a wire to ground, connect that to a cigarette lighter usb Charger, then from the charger to the Reciever use a little micro usb cable. Then an auxiliary cable from the 3.5mm socket, cut the other end off, and solder/wrap/crimp the L & R Audio wires to the inputs of the device. Tuck it all out of the way and seal her up. Or let her dangle like most people. My vintage 1970 HK Reciever has Bluetooth now and trips people out. Like it’s magic. *sigh*
Darieee what do you think can we connect bt on back side where is for changer place. R-in and L-in on back side of radio becouse my mechanic of cd is brocken? Or we cant use that input?
I didn't know this was possible. I live in compton, stealing stereos isn't as big of a pain as it was in the past but I don't want a shiny ass stereo unit in my old car. This is perfect.
I had to take the time to say you did a quality job on that man very good work, you heat shrinked every wire, you didn’t hot glue the module in you took the time to drill holes and screw it in, you twisted the wires so they weren’t just floating wires, i seen some taped down to the board too! Very quality work man
People who disliked this video clearly rather waste their money on buying new unit or not skilled enough to complete this mod. Great video and I'm gonna sign my unit up for this. Cheers!
mk3whitewide yes I might be able to install this but I’d rather not brake my stock radio this is worth 200+ and would be better to buy a isimple device
You are right. If bluetooth player costs x € you would still have to "waste" your time in the work to get that amount of money. Sorry, I gotta go to play some Fortnite ➡️
I was trying to do this to my stereo a few years ago but was too lazy to find all the inputs and so on. I ended up having to hack the steering wheel transport controls anyway to make them work with my new head unit. Im glad I bought the new head unit though since it plays music from USB and I only need to use the bluetooth for calls the new stereo also came with hard wired hands-free. This is a very useful video though and I am thinking of making a similar one on the hacking of steering wheel controls.
2004 Subaru, 70,00 ks and no USB Bluetooth and with a replacement kit for the stereo system being 1800 dollars this looks to be the solution to keeping the original Subaru system. Thanks for taking the time to share the clip.
Great work!I added Bluetooth to many old stuff!My favorite thing is adding Bluetooth fm modules to old tube radios that cant receive anything but their amplifiers still work.
This is best for a car where the hvac is built into the radio making it impossible to replace the radio. I.E. i did something similar in my 2008 Lexus is250. This car is just old enough to not have Bluetooth. It worked great, but if you don't know what is what you'll have to read a lot. I have some experience so it was easy for me to do.
Thank you sooo much for the video! And nevermind the haters. My Renault had the exact same stereo and I wanted so badly to add Bluetooth to it but I wasn't very knowledgeable about ICs and stuff to figure out where the audio input should go. Following your instructions now I have a revived stereo.
A few years ago I wanted to replace my e46's stock radio-TAPE but I was suposed to buy a "Standard Radio Frame" from $$$ BMW $$$... In the end, I converted the original to a Radio-Tape-BL (3 function) while the BOM was even cheaper: 5$ for the (cheapest I could find back then) bluetooth speaker to dismantle 0.5$ 1x 7805 ~0$ : 1x 1N4148 + 2x 33Ko I'm using it on a daily basis so it worth every second, Waste of Time my a$$.
The "standard radio frame" for the e46 is 5 to 10$. The problem is, aftermarket stereos look like ass in the e46's dashboard. I went with a simpler mod - I created an "aux in" by dismantling the tape drive inside the stereo, removed the read head, added filter capacitors and tiny resistors and soldered a wire with a jack to where the tape drive's head was. Then I jammed the tape drawer to fool the drive into thinking there's a tape in the stereo and done. When selecting the cassette player, I can use the jack to get quality audio via aux in. Then i got bored of that not being able to switch tracks using the steering wheel buttons, and got a Dension Gateway Lite adapter witch provides a USB port, works with the steering wheel controls, and can display track information on the stereo's display. It cost ~90$. Then I got bored of that and installed an aftermarket 2 din nav system witch looks identical to the car's original navigation, but has a touchscreen and android 8.0. It was expensive to do (270$ for the unit and another 100$ for a new ashtray holder to move the climate control down one slot) but it's so worth it. I have mp3 (via 2 usb ports or two sd card slots), video, DVD player, navigation via google maps or igo, Torque for scanning codes, youtube, a reverse camera and much more. I even put a NES emulator on it for kicks. Worth the 370$.
Super videos for the DIY! Much credit. For the NON-DIY, A decent Bluetooth to FM transmitter is 11$. I've found them at 5 below and dollar stores 1$. No radio disassembly or reinstall required. No tools to buy, Can run off batteries, fuse box, usb, cigarette socket, etc.
Darieee you are a genius. Thanks for doing this video. I just fitted Bluetooth to my daughter's Nissan pulsar stereo and it works thanks to your instructions and links. Now I've got 5 other car to do. I look like a genius.I'm
There's a practical argument to make for adding Bluetooth if the radio of yours is a favorite or plays cassettes, you don't have the deep pockets to buy it all that music digitally or you don't have the time to rip them to mp3, ogg-vorbis or whatever your favorite digital format is. There is also the idea of experimenting, learning and having fun with what you're doing unconcerned about whether the electronic project is practical or not.
This is a great video. It may be a lot of work but this is a great mod if you live in an area where aftermarket radios are stolen. Even if an aftermarket is cheap crooks will still steal it and sell it.
My AUX port was damaged since last 2 years. Yesterday I visited a local repair centre and the guy suggested to install BT module in addition to AUX repair. He added BT module on my Nippon stereo some what in same way. I am very happy to see BT working on my 12 year old car in just 12 USD (850 INR)
To have this man as a teacher i would not pass the class. But I would assume that would have been his goal. What a real difficult person to listen to for a second his way of communicating is unusual to our language I think.
And for future references this world is big enough for the both of us to keep distance no need in having hateful intent this world is big but time is not that long.
I live in Silicon Valley and as a child worked as a car stereo installer. Blaupunkt was the good stuff back then. I assume it's still very good. lol Just brought back some memories.
They're quite 'meh' these days .. this radio is okay quality wise, but after 5 years the buttons and encoder don't feel too good .. They make decent stuff for a reasonable price though
nice soldering iron , one of the best on the market and one of the last quality products 100% made in Romania. I think this model is from 1970 and still rocks on!
Sure does - bought myself 2 just in case the company making them does get stolen away too Does need a dimmer though, otherwise, you'll eat away your copper in a few hours
In my opinion these older more OEM stereos are much better, they don't blind you at night! I had the aux version of this stereo but it went in a car I scrapped :(
dimitris kaloupis I do not own a Porsche because I am rich. I own my Porsche because I am cheap....lol. But I enjoy learning and testing new things out. The Bluetooth modules cost up to 500. For that price, I rather purchase a new stereo. Plus, I had my car broken in before. So, I would like to keep it look stock.
A 55Ah battery drained with 50mA is empty after 46 days, not 114 years. And you shouldn't completely drain a car battery anyway. So let's say we can safely take out 30Ah, and the car electrical system also drains 50mA, then we're already down to 12,5 days, less than two weeks...
Thanks for the video and keep up the good work for the haters I have old car I am restoring right now it's already have aftermarket headunit I replaced it for the original old stereo and I want bluetooth feature to be in it, so this video helped me
This is perfect because buying a unit is a good solution but it really does not fit the style of the rest of the car. This keeps that same look but with an upgrade.
if u have problems with the voltage regualtor to work, solder a 100nf capaitor close to input and output, many cheap alternatives to lm7805 dont work well without these caps
Great video, but a fair amount of work, the reason people are saying just buy a new unit is because a new unit does Everything & this is more work than buying a new stereo & fitting it.
Some people just like doing this stuff, like me. I'm in for such a project. Specially since it's not one of those dumb "discard your CD drive, NO ONE USEZ ITT" stuff, people who knows how to do this kind of stuff are in for a weekend project. This is the kind response, I could also just say "GIT GUD" too.
Nice Way to upgrade your factory radio and because i´m not a genius i did it the dumb way and bought a radio transmitter with bluetooth for 17 bucks. Works surprisingly perfect.
+Ferdinand Autermann hmm, must live in a quiet area .. I get a shit ton of interference when using a ~20 aukey one (didn't yet dare tear down my dad's car :-s)
Hah! I was thinking to buy an cd changer emulator for my original stereo in my car (seems to be the only way to enable the audio input to hook up some kind of player, phone or whatever) but that costed me kind of a lot.. Never thought about a "silent CD". For sure this is the path I will take! Thanks for sharing the idea! :))
You could buy a Radio Adapter - buying a non-bluetooth one should help with getting as clean a radio signal as possible. Here's some on amazon amzn.to/2snA9ot
man, just call them on thursday, they got that call in request hour, you could request "Emit Silence" they will probably play it for you as long as it's not got cussing in it
I hate it when people don't know how to provide positive constructive criticism. Use the sandwich technique: Good, constructive, good. E.G I'm glad you provided this video with constructive criticism and insight to what the audience would appreciate from the poster. Take a communications course. I'm sure you will improve in this area if you considered the advice I supplied.
Let us know how it turns out ! To be honest I mainly did it because of the aesthetics - really hate the blingy piece of shit new stereos nowadays Even if I would have bought a new one, this one would've gotten resold, they still fetch quite a price on ebay
Some folks enjoy to make little things with their own hands no matter if that thing cost a penny, others enjoy going to the store to buy the same thing and then continuing with their boring life.
Thanks for interesting content. It is not about to do this project or buy a new cheap radio with bluetooth. It is about a little fun project you can do and learn electronics and grow your skills. Many thumbs up Darieee.
Thanks man ! I'm glad you enjoyed it I'd also say it's about the cool-factor of having a stock radio that secretly has bluetooth - I feel quite awesome knowing that Do check the other mods I've done on radios if this kind of thing floats your boat :)
Thats an awesome modification bro, I like this tutorial, you are amazing , and I need to ask you one question , if we need to add the Aux pin to the car stereo instead of the bluetooth , should we do the same thing? I mean should we connect the Aux wires to the same audio's pins in the audio module?
The best option is to place the Bluetooth module OUTSIDE the metal case of the stereo because this metal case can be consider as a Faraday cage which might block the RF signal.
First, it's only for improvement. Second, the distance is not a factor, if the signal is blocked, nothing is coming out. Third, the fact that is works for you does not say anything about Faraday's cage. Maybe your specific case and the specific place you placed the module is OK but in general, the signal might be blocked. Try to put some RF module inside a Microwave oven for example and you will see. Great video.
Hey man, great video, better than those with "better diction" because it's more educational this one, at least for me. I am trying to recreate what you've did but I'm stuck on mine. I have a TDA7404D and I can't seem to trace where are they going (sel1r, sel1l / sel2r,sel2r). It's a Panasonic unit. If you can help me I would appreciate it. I have the schematics for the car stereo and the TDA chip. Thanks in advance. Keep up the good work.
Nice project, but you can buy Bluetooth adapters that plug into your cigarette outlet and tune to any frequency on your radio for less than $20. And they have a built in mic for phone calls, which isn't great most of the time but works ok. I doubt anyone could hear you talking into this setup.
This setup doesn't have a microphone at all The sound quality over FM is pretty limited, even with perfect signal transfer ... If you don't mind the loss in quality, then this kind of hack for sure isn't worth it, I agree There's ones for 10$ and lower too
Man, i consider myself techSavvy. I've repaired ps3's (complete BR lense replacement) , hacked ps2's /NDS / PSP's , root + unlock bootloader on Android , jailbreak'd iPhones, repaired PC's and all that basic stuff, but i'm completly lost here. This is NOT for beginners , neither for adepts. But koodos on this stuff. This is impressive. But not for me :/ , cheers !
Hi, really great video, I was able to learn from it what to do so that it works on my own radio unit. I think it's very nice that I'm not the only one who wants to keep the contemporary look of the radio in the car. But I have a question: Well, it worked and I was able to bring in the bluetooth signal via the cassette connection to the speaker of my car. But I have a lot of interference noise. Do you have any ideas where the noise could come from? Thanks a lot
I enjoyed the video. But you should have included the process of bluetooth pairing with iPad since this BT module doesn't have any display or controls.
@@Darieee The onboard antennas are not the best, but okay, I do believe you. It might not be the case for everybody though and the placement inside can be of influence to the range. You did use a Bluetooth 4.0 which has a much better range than a Bluetooth 3.x or lower. I would advice people to take the highest Bluetooth version available and if possible place the module outside of the metal case.
Mmmm, as long as your radio has any form of opening in the metal chassis, you're fine I now mod mercedes radios and .. yeah .. all of them have been super fine > with having the module inside; of course as close to the cassette/cd opening as possible Went with the csra64215, so bluetooth 4.2 .. splendid performance indeed
love your work and great skills and explanation thank you for the information I am using this board from Aliexpress (QCC3031 APTXHD Bluetooth 5.0) hopefully will do the job
Mmm, no idea ... I can look it up in about 3 weeks if you really need it It's an original dacia logan or dacia sandero radio... 2011 or prior or maybe even earlier Paid around 60€ for mine at the time
Very good video and really helpful. Congrats for this guide. Is there any way to connect the bluetooth chip to a PC and configure it? Like rename it or anything else? Thanks again.
Oh, how useful this video is for beginners! Can you tell, what capacitor did you used? How i need to choose the right one if i’ll be using this scheme?
@@Darieee Thanks a lot! Going to order some stuff and begin my little project. Although my nissan altima 2005 radio is a “little” bigger, but i hope it will be ok) Thank you veery much, really useful and good video!
this is a fantastic video man. i really appreciate it because my car (2009 honda civic) made impossible to connect the built in amplifier to aftermarket radios so ill try this. what id like to know is, given that is going to be connected to the CD source, AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE MY STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS TO CHANGE A TRACK just like when i do it with regular cds????
@@Darieee knowing this, if my car has aux do you think it would make any improvement in quality audio to do this procedure instead of continue using the aux cable? The thing is that I want to mount and connect a surface pro 4 heheh. Thank you very much for your reply it's awesome you take a moment to do it.
No worries, my pleasure to help out! Sound-wise BT4.0+ with the right protocols, sounds equally good to an AUX cable in a car environment at the very least If you can get the bt module to power up with the radio, then it'll automatically connect, so ... that's another convenience benefit
@@Darieee oh thnx, I guell I'll te it it out then. I found the bt module at Amazon with prime for quick and free shipping. CSR8645 APT-X Mini Wireless Bluetooth 4.0 Stereo Amplifier Board Module Digital Audio HiFi Receiver Amp Board 2 Channel for Car Speaker www.amazon.ca/dp/B07D17JQG5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_BNw2CbM9XJPHY Once again thank you
