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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Car Audio / July 2004XM with FM Modulator - Wired / Wireless?
I just purchased a Delphi Rhodey, and am very dissapointed with the wireless FM modulator. It just doesn't seem to work very well, the quality is slightyl better then FM, and not at all close to CD. Although I've tried all the station settings, in my metro area every station has a signal, therefor it often sounds like the wireless FM Modulator is competing with the external FM broadcast. Would all my problems be solved with a wired FM modulator? Afterall, many CD changers use wired FM Modulators and sound much better than the radio. Anyone else dissapointed with wireless FM modulator? Anyone think the difference won't be very extreme? Thanks, Justin > I just purchased a Delphi Rhodey, and am very dissapointed with the > wireless FM modulator. It just doesn't seem to work very well, the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks, > Justin If you're finding the wireless FM modulator sounds "slightly better than FM" then it's doing better than I would have guessed. A wired type FM modulator will probably sound better, but it still won't come close to CD (nor do CD changers with FM modulators). > I just purchased a Delphi Rhodey, and am very dissapointed with the > wireless FM modulator. It just doesn't seem to work very well, the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks, > Justin The wireless mods are nowhere near the wired mods. The new wireless mods are pretty good, but nowhere near the wired. The wired modulator will give you far better sound than you get from FM off the air. The difference WILL be extreme. The new Roady's wireless is decent, but still is nowhere near as good as the wired mod in one of my cars. If you're a demanding listener, no wireless mod is going to do the trick. Your analogy to the CD changer is appropriate. Satellite radio gives you sound that approaches, but is not quite equal to CDs. However, in a moving car, you would be hardpressed to know the difference with the wired mod. Hope this helps. > I just purchased a Delphi Rhodey, and am very dissapointed with the > wireless FM modulator. It just doesn't seem to work very well, the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks, > Justin You said that in your area, "every station has a signal". Do you mean that every frequency that you can tune (88.1, 88.3, 88.5 etc. etc.) already has a signal being broadcast on it? If that's the case, even switching to a wired FM modulator may not help you. If you can find a frequency that isn't being used by a radio station, and it only has a little bit of interference from adjacent stations, you may get that to work if the signal from the modulator is much stronger than the interference, but there's no guarantee. Also, you'll need to check to see what frequencies the modulator supports. Some only support two or three possibilities. Scott Gardner If you run your XM signal into an FM modulator you will convert the crystal clear digital FM (like CD) into analog FM radio quality sound! You will lose all the clear high frequencies and all the deep bass and hear only mid frequencies. P. > I just purchased a Delphi Rhodey, and am very dissapointed with the > wireless FM modulator. It just doesn't seem to work very well, the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks, > Justin > If you run your XM signal into an FM modulator you will convert the crystal > clear digital FM (like CD) .... /snip/ NO! It's not like cd, it's compressed digital. And, it may be digital from the satellite, but it is NO LONGER digital when it goes through an FM modulator OR EVEN THROUGH THE RCA CABLES if you have the ability to direct connect..... Eddie > > If you run your XM signal into an FM modulator you will convert the > crystal [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > NO! It's not like cd, it's compressed digital. To clarify, I did mean that all the stations 88.1 .3 .5, etc have broadcasts that often interfere with the wireless FM modulator. As a side note - I returned my broken Roady (only 3 weeks old), for a Sky-Fi, the Sky-Fi (they were out of stock of Roady's) sounded much better (fuller) than my Roady, and I was using the same wireless FM modulator. The problem I find with the sky-fi is it is too big for my car, it also doesn't auto-power-on which is EXTREMELY annoying, especially when I turn on the car and am welcomed by blastic static. I'm returning it today for the Roady2 > And, it may be digital from the satellite, but it is NO LONGER > digital when it goes through an FM modulator OR EVEN [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > NO! It's not like cd, it's compressed digital. WHY NOT get an FM modulator that connects directly to the anotenna jack at the back of the factory radio? I install alot of the delphi skyfis and Terk Commanders with the WIRED FM modulator and they sound GREAT!! Eddie > To clarify, I did mean that all the stations 88.1 .3 .5, etc have > broadcasts that often interfere with the wireless FM modulator. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > > > > NO! It's not like cd, it's compressed digital. Well, the SkyFi kinda sucked for the car so I returned it. The SkyFi didn't auto-power on with the vehicle, and a small annoyance that was driving me nuts. Fortunately Best Buy took back the SkyFi, and gave a full-refund. Circuit City had the Roady2, so I purcahsed that instead. I also purchased a bracket (sold at CC) for mounting it to the dash (via the stereo chassis). I also purchased the FM modulator and hard-wired everything. This setup is FAR better, the sound quality is exponentially better than that of the wireless. ALSO!!!! The Delphi FM Modulator (wired) DOES IN FACT cancel all incomming stations and ask as somewhat of a switch. You can't tune to any radio station unless the Roady unit is powered off, the FM modulator then returns the connection to the cars external antenna. This is absolutely the SUPERIOR way to install XM in your car in my opinion. It was very easy too hook up (took about 1 hour), and the only reason it took that long is after I installed everything, put everything back together, I found I mounted the bracket to low on the stereo chassis, and the bottom of the Roady2 was blocking my cup holder, so I had to pull everything out again and remount it. Looks great, sounds even better! I stronly recommend it! -Justin > WHY NOT get an FM modulator that connects directly to the anotenna > jack at the back of the factory radio? I install alot of the delphi skyfis [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > > > > > NO! It's not like cd, it's compressed digital. |
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