Motorhome Speakers

[syelad]

Hello All,

Does anybody use factory fitted speakers in their motorhome to output sound from a TV? I think it's possible to use a bluetooth transmitter, does anybody have any experience of one or would it be better to get a soundbar?

Thank you!

 

[Googlebot]

We do that with an eBay cheapy Bluetooth receiver that plugs into the aux socket of the head unit and connects via Bluetooth. It was £4 delivered.

 

[kevenh]

Bluetooth receiver that plugs into the aux socket of the head

Is one shown here?

 

[Googlebot]

Here you go, bit more pricey now at £8.

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[syelad]

Thank you John - does it work okay, is there much of a lag?

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[Googlebot]

Thank you John - does it work okay, is there much of a lag?

Works great, we connect it to phones and the iPad to watch TV, haven’t noticed any lag at all.

 

[Manic]

I’ve wired my tv so I can use the head unit but I use a sound bar with a bracket under tv because it’s easier and I prefer the sound coming from the tv direction if that makes sense, I have sound bar plugged into to the headphone output on tv to stop Bluetooth lag.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Hello All,

Does anybody use factory fitted speakers in their motorhome to output sound from a TV? I think it's possible to use a bluetooth transmitter, does anybody have any experience of one or would it be better to get a soundbar?

Thank you!

We simply plug the transmitter gadget into any live cigar socket in the van. You can see below it's transmitting on 106.3FM. Tune the van radio into that frequency and pair the Bluetooth with the TV. Job done.

 

[syelad]

Thank you John, much appreciated.

Richard n Ann - when you say pair the bluetooth with the TV, how does that work? Is it hard wired?

 

[Badknee]

We use a hard wired sound bar, works for us

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[Richard n Ann]

Thank you John, much appreciated.

Richard n Ann - when you say pair the bluetooth with the TV, how does that work? Is it hard wired?

No the Bluetooth feature is built into the TV, you select settings - sound - Bluetooth - search - pair etc.

If the TV hasn't got Bluetooth you can get a gadget that plugs into the headphone socket and that sends it, got no experience of those mind

 

[syelad]

Ah okay cool thank you - it's an Avtex connected TV which I don't think has bluetooth. I think it's the little gadget John has posted that I need. For £8 it's worth a punt!!!

 

[Richard n Ann]

Also when driving I plug the Bluetooth transmitter into the dashboard socket and the phone pairs to it, all the navigation instructions, phone calls (it has a mic), streaming radio and music comes out of the van speakers

 

[Googlebot]

Ah okay cool thank you - it's an Avtex connected TV which I don't think has bluetooth. I think it's the little gadget John has posted that I need. For £8 it's worth a punt!!!

We use iPads with it, not sure it will work without Bluetooth.

It can also transmit on Bluetooth though if your head unit can receive Bluetooth?

 

[syelad]

Yeah, the head unit can receive bluetooth. I've ordered the unit from the link John sent - looks like it should work. Fingers crossed. Thank you all.

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[Richard n Ann]

Yeah, the head unit can receive bluetooth. I've ordered the unit from the link John sent - looks like it should work. Fingers crossed. Thank you all.

Hopefully the van stereo will pair as if it's the pair of headphones then

 

[kevenh]

it's transmitting on 106.3FM

JFF: What??!
That’s a frequent used by this lot: -
FM: 106.3 MHz: Cando FM
FM: 106.3 MHz: Chester's Dee Radio
FM: 106.3 MHz: Kingdom FM
FM: 106.3 MHz: MKFM
FM: 106.3 MHz: Original 106
FM: 106.3 MHz: Q Radio - Mid Ulster 106
etc.

Seriously though, for stationary use at a campsite your little FM transmitter won’t likely be bleeding into peoples homes.
Maybe if you use the FM Transmitter as you drive around the isle you’ll get radio stations swamping you.
The frequencies from 87.5-88 are reserved for short-term services using a Restricted Service Licence, so regular stations don’t use them.

That’s the range of frequencies best used for our Bluetooth to car stereo applications.
My Pure Highway uses one in that range & I’ve not noticed overlap.

 

[royandsharont]

We have a Cello TV & used a pair of 240V powered computer speakers through the headphone socket & they worked really well throughout the 8 years. The downside is they needed 240V power. In our new to come van we are short of 240V sockets but have lots of USB. I found a small USB powered sound bar that would do the trick & I plan to Velcro it to the bulkhead below the TV or even attach it to the TV if possible. It then connects via cable to the headphone socket. It has Bluetooth too & is simple. The problem was it was not available via Amazon UK so I bought it from the USA Site & it arrived safely with no additional costs, only the delivery. It works well & sounds just fine for inside a van. HERE it is. Hopefully it will be just fine when the van eventually arrives, I got it now as there are not many USB mains powered ones about (no adapter needed) with decent reviews.

 

[Jev88]

Previous owner of our RV ran an audio jack from TV to plug in and out of AUX socket of radio.... Works well (too well, keep trying to turn bass down!)

 

[Richard n Ann]

JFF: What??!
That’s a frequent used by this lot: -
FM: 106.3 MHz: Cando FM
FM: 106.3 MHz: Chester's Dee Radio
FM: 106.3 MHz: Kingdom FM
FM: 106.3 MHz: MKFM
FM: 106.3 MHz: Original 106
FM: 106.3 MHz: Q Radio - Mid Ulster 106
etc.

Seriously though, for stationary use at a campsite your little FM transmitter won’t likely be bleeding into peoples homes.
Maybe if you use the FM Transmitter as you drive around the isle you’ll get radio stations swamping you.
The frequencies from 87.5-88 are reserved for short-term services using a Restricted Service Licence, so regular stations don’t use them.

That’s the range of frequencies best used for our Bluetooth to car stereo applications.
My Pure Highway uses one in that range & I’ve not noticed overlap.

I've just changed the frequency actually, when we got to the site we're on at Bournemouth there was something on the 105.8 and I didn't want to wipe the local station out for anybody in a 20 metre radius so I changed it to 106.3.

I only knew there was a station on 105.8 because as you switch the ignition off the transmitter goes off ½ a second before the radio and you can then briefly hear the station. Stations are never a strong enough signal to interfere with it.. Not yet anyway.

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[kevenh]

I've just changed the frequency actually, when we got to the site we're on at Bournemouth there was something on the 105.8 and I didn't want to wipe the local station out for anybody in a 20 metre radius so I changed it to 106.3.

I only knew there was a station on 105.8 because as you switch the ignition off the transmitter goes off ½ a second before the radio and you can then briefly hear the station. Stations are never a strong enough signal to interfere with it.. Not yet anyway.

106.3 might be OK for a while. Something selected 88 or below is rarely effected.