Comments on: How to Make an Old-Time Radio Into an Mp3 Player Speaker http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 25 May 2013 13:48:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Matt http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-332009 Matt Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:07:40 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-332009 I am highly interested in doing the mod the hard way. I have a college buddy who is an EE senior so it should be rather simple if I need help but I’d like to see a how to on using the original tube amp.

]]> By: Tommy http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-317635 Tommy Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:14:34 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-317635 There needs to be more info in this mod. There are 5 leads coming out of the pot, shouldn’t you cut all of them to isolate the switch (pot)?

]]> By: Callum http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-316400 Callum Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:05:22 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-316400 Hey this is great but I would like to make use of the old amplifier rather than just put a new one in as the valves sound so much better. Has anybody bluetoothed one yet like this?

Anybody done this yet please send through the link???

]]> By: Doug http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-306109 Doug Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:24:17 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-306109 OK, OK – Those of us who DO restore tube radios are aware that there are various radios going back to at least the ’30s that allowed playing record players through the radio’s amplifier (mostly the bid consoles), radios from at least the late ’40s on into the ’60s that had input jacks to allow using the radio’s amplifier to take input from record and tape players, and various current designs to hook up an MP3 player, iPhone, etc. to the original radio’s amplifier. That being said, I’m always interested in seeing someone else’s design approach, since there’s usually more than one way to accomplish the same end. After all of preceding innumerable replies, when do we get to see your brother-in-laws “hard way” design for using the radio’s original amplifier and speaker?

]]> By: Bret http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-294999 Bret Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:06:31 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-294999 Why does the cap for the volume pot have to be removed? Does the original radio have to be plugged in in order for the volume pot to control the volume of the amp board?

]]> By: chip http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-291738 chip Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:08:13 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-291738 anybody done this with a bluetooth receiver in the radio? I was going to try and figure that out over Christmas.

]]> By: joe tha red http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-289365 joe tha red Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:45:37 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-289365 I’d like to put the ipod right inside the radio, but i don’t see a way to get an ipod to play once it is powered up. ideally you could rig the power to turn the ipod on, and then the volume would work as described above. I guess I could just put a shuffle inside with some sticky tape and leave it on shuffle. turning the volume all the way down would be “off”.

I just wish there was a way to power it on and off with another knob. Any ideas?

]]> By: A.M. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-284664 A.M. Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:34:22 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-284664 Or you could just purchase one of these:

http://electrobrand-usa.com/encore/28-nostalgic-multi-source-cd-recorder-system.html

]]> By: Adam http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-275394 Adam Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:53:35 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-275394 This mod only partially worked for me. It plays, but the volume cannot be adjusted through the pot, and if the song stops, or if my ipod is removed from the jack, a loud buzzing starts… help?

]]> By: David http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-260751 David Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:02:29 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=20235#comment-260751 I have a 1930 Philco Cathedral radio that I’d love to be able to play cassette/CD’s of old radio programs through. It works but there’s nothing worth listening to on AM anymore. I don’t have an ipod and don’t need one being an old timer but have other sources like a cassette player(s) and CD player.

How much trouble would it be for me to be able to do this? I can solder, replace resistors, capacitors, etc as that’s what I did (along with tube replacement) to get the Philco to play. It’s got a large speaker but not sure if it’s the permanent magnet type or not.

thanks

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