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AUTOMOBILE AUDIO SYSTEM xx AUDIO EQUIPMENT xx AUTOMOBILE RKV car amp. Low profile power amplifier for mounting under the seat outputs 75W into 4 ohms (or 150W into 8 ohms) per channel. Part 1. Design philosophy, DC-to-DC converter, peripheral circuit, etc. RKV car amp. Part 2. Audio amplifier stage, installation and speaker connections. Fine tuning your Ford AM/FM automobile radio. A 30W AF amplifier for cars is built around the Philips TDA1560Q integrated circuit. Build an automotive sub-satellite speaker system. An ambitious car-installation project. Tip: How to fabricate a temporary repair for a fender-mounted car antenna. How to care for your car's sound system. How to install an FM converter on a car radio. High-power hi-fi audio amplifier for your home or car. Delivers 100-watts RMS of audio into 4-ohms from a single National Semiconductor LM12 power op-amp IC. Separate power supplies (12-volt DC and 110-volt AC) are included. Est. cost: $149 (kit) plus power supply ($99-$119). High power hi-fi audio amplifier for your car delivers 135 continuous watts per channel, RMS, into 8 ohms. Est. cost: $245. Audio power booster uses a bridge-amplifier circuit to give an output power boost of about 9-watts rms into an 8-ohm load or 18-watts rms into a 4-ohm load for automobile audio systems. High-performance shortwave radio converter for an AM car radio. Est. cost: $13. Dual 20-watt rms booster amplifier for your car stereo. Est. cost: $31 (kit). Stereo booster amplifier for an automobile sound system features two separate high-power amps (20 watts RMS) on one printed-circuit board. Est. cost: $20 (kit). Six and 12-volt power supplies for car radios. Tips on installing a $40 portable tape recorder under the dashboard of an automobile. Good for entertainment listening or useful recording while driving. How to install a stereo tape system with four speakers in your car. CB converter for your car radio. Acoustic Field Generator II. An automotive version of a sound processor to recover the natural ambience and reflections hidden within any stereo audio signal. Est. cost: $95 (kit). How to determine if an automobile radio uses a floating-ground system. Build a diversity antenna and improve the performance of any FM car stereo by eliminating multipath noise. Est. cost: $51 (kit). How to install a stereo in your car (or remove one for servicing). Step-by-step procedures look at the wiring, mounting, speakers, etc. Build this subwoofer for your car. Est. cost: $150. Simple circuit to receive either the 6-MHz or 9.5-MHz shortwave band on a car radio. Build a 200-watt digital power amplifier for your car audio system. Est. cost: $100 (kit). Quieting ignition interference (boat, car, truck, etc.) with radio reception. Eight steps to car tape player repair. Simplicity converter (SimCon) for an auto radio allows you to hear the emergency bands (25- to 55-MHz). Est. cost: $14. Simple gadget used to adjust the height of 8-track player heads to eliminate cross-talk. Article includes tips on other adjustments and tests for 8-track players. How to install an 8-track or cassette tape player in your car. How to install two speakers on the rear window deck. Adding a power supply, loudspeaker and cabinet to a car radio for home use. Add a cassette player to your car and install a double pole/double throw switch to use the existing speakers with both the built-in radio and the cassette player accessory. Ten car radio repair tips. Seven steps to automobile cassette player repairs. How to wire your car for stereo for about half the cost of factory-installed systems. Tips on cleaning your automobile's cassette player. What to do when the radio doesn't work. Tips on checking connections, antenna, speakers, etc. Eliminating automotive radio noise. Some tips. Replacing a car's radio antenna. Some tips. Tip on eliminating an annoying popping noise coming from your automobile's radio. Replacing a broken power antenna mast. 12-volt power supply and a cabinet convert a car radio into a bookshelf stereo system. DX-Com. Crystal-controlled converter allows you to tune three shortwave-broadcast bands on your car radio. Est. cost: $15. Car stereo in your home. Adapt an orphaned car radio-cassette player for in-home use by adding a power supply and two speakers inside a wooden cabinet. Keep that automobile cassette deck in tip-top shape. Troubleshooting the most common cassette player problems. Build the audio coupler. Add an audio input to any cassette deck without altering the deck in any way. Adapt an audio cassette to accept input from an external source (scanner, handi-talkie, etc.) and amplify the output through the cassette player. Get better sound from a car radio. How to eliminate static and engine interference, improve reception and sound quality. Photos show how to remove a radio from the dashboard and how to test and replace an antenna. Preventive maintenance tips for automobile radios, antennas, speakers, and tape players. Buying sound. Picking the automobile sound system that is right for you. Preventive maintenance tips for your automobile sound system and radio antenna. Car stereo update. How to choose the right audio system for your car. Tips on upgrading your automobile sound system. Make your own stereo speaker enclosures for the rear deck of an auto. Tips on making a mold and forming the enclosure from fiberglass. Tips on repairing car radios. How to maintain and troubleshoot car radios and tape players. Problem symptoms include reception only on strong stations, a rise in static and ignition noise or a sudden volume burst when you hit a bump. How to install stereo speakers in your car doors. Installing automobile stereo systems in tight quarters, such as the GM X-body cars. Moving up to better auto sound. What to look for in an AM/FM-Stereo radio, cassette, etc. system for your car and tips on the installation of tuner and speakers. Tape dubbing for car stereo. How to optimize home-dubbed tapes for the car stereo environment. Circuit to add a center-channel speaker to a nonfactory stereo radio. Two-band stereo LED power meter lets you visually monitor your car stereo system's high- and low-frequency output power. 100-watt-per-channel distortionless digital audio amplifier booster for your car's radio, tape cassette or CD player system. Est. cost: $150. Installing car speakers. Improve car stereo just by installing new speakers. Outboard RF amplifier improves fringe area reception of auto radios. How to install automobile stereo tape players. Outboard broadcast band preamplifier peps automobile radio reception by adding 8 to 10 dB of gain. Est. cost: $5. Install a portable FM or AM-FM radio under the dashboard of your car and pipe it through the audio section of your car's built-in AM radio. This will save you $30-$50 over the cost of buying a new car radio with built-in FM. The installation is not permanent and the portable FM radio may be removed. Transistor circuit to cut off DC voltage and kill unwanted commercials. VHF frequency converter for an auto radio covers 25- to 225-MHz service bands (police, fire, civil defense, etc.) Est. cost: $40. How to shield your auto ignition wires and distributor to prevent radio interference. Compact auto radio converter allows you to tune all 23 CB channels on any AM radio. Est. cost: $14. Build a silencer. Squelches auto radio or tape player whenever a CB signal begins or CB transmitter is used. How to get hi-fi sound in any auto. Selecting and installing high-quality audio components in an automobile. Special focus on mobile sound & CB. Includes a systems approach to car stereo, polarity protection for mobile equipment, electronic signal-seeking car radios, and tuning your CB antenna with a field strength meter. Circuit provides a regulated +12 volts to a battery powered radio even if the automobile voltage regulator should fail. High-performance shortwave converter for an AM car radio results in a portable SW receiver with good signal selectivity. Booster amp for your car stereo. A dual 20-watt rms amplifier circuit can be built from a kit or from scratch. Est. cost: $31. Wireless tape player. Use a wireless FM microphone to broadcast a portable tape player through the FM radio in your automobile. Eliminates the need to install an expensive tape player. Build a car-radio silencer. It turns down the volume on command from your radar detector, car phone, or CB radio. Build this 20-watt stereo amplifier for an automobile- or home-stereo receiver. It utilizes a pair of TDA2004 integrated amplifiers. Tip on protecting automobile speakers from dust by covering with panty hose material. Installing and troubleshooting car-audio systems. A high-current 110-volt power supply to operate car-stereo equipment. Build a shortwave converter for your car radio. Works with both analog and digital radios. Est. cost: $50 (kit). Build a 22-watt-per-channel stereo amplifier for an automobile sound system. Est. cost: $20. Selecting and installing the automobile slide mounts that allow radios and tape players to be easily removed from car to prevent theft. How to install stereo speakers in car door panels and in the rear deck. Car stereo speakers. How to select them for the best possible sound in your car. How to install a stereo in your car. Includes special instructions for installing speakers in the rear of a hatchback. How to install an FM converter on your AM car radio. Tip: How to locate and tune the antenna trimmer-adjustment screw in your car radio. How to properly install an antenna for an automobile radio. Both fixed and motorized antennas are discussed. Hassle-free hookups for car stereo. Basic installation rules to make the job go more smoothly. Tip: Tighten antenna mast nut to improve reception and protect antenna from damage. SPECIAL SECTION on the latest in "autosound" systems. How to upgrade your automobile sound system. Includes installation tips for wagons, hatchbacks, and sport/utility rigs. Tips on prolonging the life of an automobile power radio antenna. Top-down tunes. Tips on configuring a sound system for use in a convertible at highway speeds. Maintenance tips for automobile radio antennas. Tip on using a portable AM radio to locate the source of RFI (radio frequency interference) in an automobile's electrical system. Clearing up interference on a car radio. Tips on installing your own car radio. Build a tape player for your car from a preassembled tape transport. Plays prerecorded tape cartridges, either the "300" or "600" size. Est. cost: $60. For car, camper or boat, the new take-along music systems. Tips on choosing and installing cartridge, cassette or FM stereo systems. Add-on burglar alarm circuit to protect tape deck also shown. Automatic switch for your car radio turns it on and off so it does not interfere with CB reception or transmission. Est. cost: $15. High performance minispeaker system to build. Two speakers fit into an 8"x4"x3" enclosure. Use also in automobile hi-fi systems. Estimated cost: $30. Restore tube-type car radios with this astable-multivibrator circuit. Instructions for trimming AM auto radios whenever a new antenna is installed or the radio is replaced. Broadcast-band RF amplifier circuit can be added to a low- to mid-priced receiver or car radio to improve AM reception. New life for old car radios. How to convert a car radio into a high-quality receiver for your home. Part 1. New life for old car radios. How to convert a car radio into a high-quality receiver for your home. Part 2. Build a shortwave converter. Antique radios for antique autos. Tips on repairs, installation, etc. How to connect a long-wire antenna to the low-impedance cable input of an automobile radio. High-power hi-fi audio stereo amplifier project for your home or car. Uses an IC capable of pumping out 100-watts RMS of audio into 4-ohms. Est. cost: $149 plus power supply ($100-$119). Servicing the new digitally-tuned AM/FM radio receivers. Part 1. Servicing the new digitally-tuned AM/FM radio receivers. Part 2. One-band shortwave converter for a car radio. Covers any 1-MHz segment between 5-30 MHz depending on components selected. Audio amplifiers IC's. A look at practical IC audio-power amplifiers in automotive applications. Build a high power hi-fi audio amp for your car. Performance includes 270 watts output power (135 watts per channel, RMS, into 8 ohms), low distortion, and exceptional output current capabilities. Power supply can deliver over 600 watts. Est. cost: $245 (kit). Tips on repairing transistorized automobile radios with only three test instruments, a noise generator, transistor checker, and a VOM or VTVM. Converter to tune 158.88 MHz on a standard automobile radio. Ten automobile radio repair tips. Noise suppression in antique car radios. Tip on curing auto radio interference by grounding the hood. Troubleshooting tips for a car radio that is hissing, producing static, or not working. Car radio repair symposium. (1) Auto radios and the solid state vibrator. (2) Care and feeding of classic car radios. (3) Car radio repairs you can do yourself. (4) Servicing car radio vibrators. How to improve a pre-1975 car sound system. A Thunderbird isobarik. Construction of a low-frequency three-way loudspeaker system for an automobile. Symmetrical loading for automobile subwoofers. Constructing compact, low-cost subwoofers for use in any hatchback, sedan or van. GMC Jimmy needs deep bass. Dimensions and basic construction for a dual-channel Isobarik subwoofer enclosure suitable for use in a sport utility vehicle or elsewhere. Upgrading a Ford Bronco's sound system. Advice on designing and building an Isobarik tunnel enclosure for automotive use. Toyota X-cab pickup upgrade. Converting a light truck's sound system. Includes a loudspeaker enclosure for the rear seat area. T-Rex minisubwoofer, a bypass subwoofer design for automotive use, uses a pair of 6.5" mid-bass drivers. Est. cost: $84. The Achilles, a two-way transmission line speaker for automobile use. The speaker enclosure is designed to sit on the floor in front of driver and passenger seat. Overall enclosure dimensions: 14"x6"x6". From sad to sparkle, a SAAB story. Part 1. How to block out noise and reduce rattles to prepare an automobile for a new sound system. From sad to sparkle, a SAAB story. Part 2. Designing and installing a loudspeaker and crossover system. Real backseat bass. Removable subwoofer boxes for the backseat floor of your automobile add high-fidelity bass without the boomy resonance of a trunk installation. The sensible sub. How to modify your existing automobile sound system and add a subwoofer which does not detract from your cargo-carrying capacity. Auto passenger space as a listening room. A modeling method that shows the most efficient speaker placement. How to install a used radio beneath the seat in a van. Est. cost: $20. | |||||||||
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