How to Add Bluetooth 4.0 to Any Car Stereo for 12$ ! Complete Guide !

[@bobvanderlelie4643]

nobody appreciates practical technical knowledge anymore nowadays. i liked it and nevermind the haters, this is craftsmanship.

[@Darieee]

thanks ! Nah I don't even think they take themselves too seriously - glad you liked it

[@gusgonnet]

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

[@tyb6437]

Holy smokes nice work but I would end up wrecking my stereo on attempting this but all the same very informative thank you sir

[@johnbobbitt6470]

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*

[@nekoizmase9969]

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?

[@EfrainQuezada]

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.

[@mlinecomposites1]

Exactly If they don’t know it’ll still be there. No one wants stock, I need this done to my car

[@DeadlyVoltsHD]

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

[@Darieee]

thanks man ! hot glue really wouldn't cut it - the damn thing gets up to 100C in the summer xD

[@caradu9973]

the best feature about your Channel and your videos is that you answer people's comments that's very important thank

[@Darieee]

well - that's half the fun of having a channel :D

[@VenkatesanS]

"Time Waste" comments really ignore the knowledge acquired by you in this process. Though I'm not at all in this field I really enjoyed.

[@Darieee]

I'm glad you did ! I do wonder however wether or not very deep down they are actually trying to help out somehow by helping us not 'waste' our time

[@preddy09]

PHANTOM 808, Did you even read and understand Venkatesan S's comment?

[@Jako1987]

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 ➡️

[@rimmersbryggeri]

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.

[@leo197777]

@EasilyFallsForClickbait The devious minds can only read what suits them.

[@alind2107]

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$$.

[@kaneCVR]

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$.

[@fnumasoud6516]

Dude where you live I want your help with my 2008 Corolla S ?

[@mk3whitewide]

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!

[@brett9152]

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

[@kingbuzz794]

Nah they didn’t like it because he says uhhhhh every 3 seconds

[@Darieee]

yeah the uh'ing is pretty terrible I'll have to say 😂

[@specialized29er86]

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.

[@Darieee]

maybe do a video yourself if you succeed :D keep the ball rolling!

[@jamesstone3767]

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.

[@Darieee]

What Bluetooth chip/module did you use ?

[@jamesstone3767]

Darieee this one. www.sparkfun.com/products/11678

[@Darieee]

Dayum, must've been a lot of fun soldering to those edges Does that have the 8645 inside ?

[@jamesstone3767]

Darieee I wish I could tell you. The datasheet they have on the site is full of info though.

[@brandonedwards7166]

Great for factory radio if you don't want to replace it.

[@der_pinguin44]

Precisely.

[@Nicksbf109]

Good job

[@GroundHawkX]

You don’t always need to reprogram. I added the wires to my generic oem head unit and when a device was plugged in, the option was added to the menu.

[@radiotec76]

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.

[@fatonics]

I did it in few car audios, soldering is my passion i do it for 15 years and im only 30 years old 😎 thats passion keep it ❤️ great job

[@HacksawJimThuggin]

Above my head, but I appreciate the work and initiative.

[@dismanca]

Brilliant low cost solution for someone with the knowledge and skill or even someone who likes to tinker.

[@LZ2SM]

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.

[@DesertEagle713]

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.

[@alternativeenergy2133]

interesting viewpoint, and relevant.

[@agentaltair47]

Nice skills The soldering, the knowledge and the explanation is really amazing

[@Darieee]

Thanks man ! Glad you enjoyed it

[@SBT300]

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...

[@jbtvt]

Yup, caught that also, and your math is right on.

[@Darieee]

Don' messed up on that one

[@coucal]

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)

[@Darieee]

Sweet, that's a pretty good price too

[@patriciomunoz2830]

Very useful considering some stock units are way to big to just be replaced with any other one

[@MrAlivallo]

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]

Yeah, that route does sound quite a bit worse though

[@sonypashaii7928]

I feel smarter after watching this

[@vanepico]

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 :(

[@peten6445]

Great work. My stupid porsche radio does not have bluetooth. It will cost me 600 to purchase a bluetooth. I am going to try this out.

[@Darieee]

+Pete N let us know how it turns out :D

[@dkaloupis75]

Pete N you got a Porche and aint got 300 quid to install a proper bluetooth module? Get lost...

[@peten6445]

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.

[@Darieee]

dimitris - don't you guys have some debt to pay off btw ? just askin' ?

[@gardeningniceperson]

Porsches are not that expensive.. Also it might be a hobby or something who are you to judge?

[@chefkdowg]

This is cool, but my brain doesn't work like this. Keep it up my man.

[@Darieee]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Convolutedtubules]

*"How to perform brain surgery for $12!"*

[@Jerry4050]

Seriously I don't know any way to connect these wires since I'm not an electronic engineer.

[@RodknockRhett]

Looks like this will save the old-school Sony in my Bronco that's been in that truck since I was an infant and the truck was my Dad's.

[@larstremo9525]

Interesting soldering technique :P

[@zaprodk]

You mean soldering small electronics with that firestick? - Quite impressive i must say!

[@Samuel-km5yf]

Darieee - Or you go buy the right tool for the job and do the job right. You can get a 30-40W soldering iron for $10.

[@Darieee]

Mm, I did get a 70€ one like bigclive has - that's way too weak, and very cumbersome to set up on the table

[@England91]

Tor Arne Hustvedt or use one similar to Louis Rossmann

[@thekoleroy_at_varsity4103]

being an electrical engineering student I'm gonna do to my Merc tape audio player ... I really don't want swap out the stereo , thanks for the vid

[@rafee9442]

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.

[@ms.prettygirl712]

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.

[@Darieee]

WROOONG! Do check my newer shit though, -- I still want you to flunk, but my diction has improved though

[@ms.prettygirl712]

@@Darieee okay slide the link and.. I will go right over.

[@ms.prettygirl712]

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.

[@Darieee]

yeah nah you totally misinterpreted what I said

[@stanilastefan1687]

Si asa ai facut upgrade la Dacie.

[@Darieee]

Da sau nu :> ?

[@kallgakr1273]

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

[@alternativeenergy2133]

interesting and informative, though you should have the camera at an angle where your head doesn't block the video so often

[@legion2k988]

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.

[@Darieee]

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

[@sydneybarrymore9073]

Outstanding tutorial....and um...yah!

[@Darieee]

Thanks man - I did mostly get rid of that tic too, so, newer videos should be less annoying

[@alirezam5993]

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.

[@Darieee]

glad I could help ❤️

[@Vore667]

Thank you, greatly appreciated!

[@TTRVision]

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!

[@Darieee]

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

[@TuncayAyhan]

Funfact, this radio actually HAS bluetooth

[@Darieee]

😆😆

[@jasongeorge8523]

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

[@Darieee]

you're more than welcome! maybe make a video and keep the ball rolling 😏

[@pieceofpotato7883]

i have a problem here, i bought a second hand car with a bluetooth head unit, but i cant use it, i mean i cant detect it with any of my devices

[@Darieee]

did you like your own comment :)) ? open it up and see what's what .. is it at least a name brand ?

[@England91]

piece of potato maybe it has an early version which is out of date so to speak

[@w13rdguy]

Try holding down the "Call" button.

[@pauladams1156]

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.

[@Darieee]

True that! And thanks

[@chengueli]

nice job, one cuestion, how can i create a radio station to emit silence?

[@Darieee]

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

[@fuckenoathcunt4230]

Try smashing the radio sattion up in question

[@horuko009]

Just hold the button that says "Power" until you can't hear anything but silence

[@adamm2716]

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

[@joeKisonue]

Search via Tune to a all static station with the same on either side. If that is what you are asking.

[@yhdbch]

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.

[@Darieee]

alright, but it works at a distance of around 2 meters, how can that be considered ?

[@yhdbch]

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.

[@Darieee]

nah yeah but the front of my stereo is also only plastic ;) so, quite a weak-ass faraday cage it makes

[@yhdbch]

Well, there you go...

[@NickBouwhuis]

And ehm.... JK. Great video

[@harihabicht6251]

This is actually very useful, because that's the exact car radio model I have xD

[@supercleanone8038]

$12 in material $11,000,000 in labor

[@thespectator2976]

exactly my thought, better to get a new one with flashy touch screen all all that crap ;)

[@Darieee]

yet everyone's here on this video xD

[@jamesdavidson1169]

Or you know, just a guy with some skill and interest in electronics with the drive to do something cool.

[@DiamondDogGoPewPew]

Good practice

[@Kalvinjj]

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.

[@ferdinandautermann6656]

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.

[@Darieee]

+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)

[@carlbrutananadilewski3345]

Das Good.

[@MrBenninga]

This is great. I would like something like this in my 1987 car! very cool.

[@andreweve8914]

I drive a 1987 car 30,000 miles a year

[@S....]

A really good, lot of work, to achieve far from perfect result.

[@Darieee]

+Dupy, Dziary, Muscle Cary. well, when life gives you lemons, what're you gonna do !? Thanks though :))

[@England91]

Darieee make a pie from them or lemoncrud

[@cptcrogge]

In most BMW you can simply connect a 5$ Bluetooth adapter to AUX and use a 2$ 12->5V USB adapter with min. 0,5A to get it running :D

[@arnulfoesparza601]

Interesting to watch but .fuuuuu that ..

[@jbtvt]

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.

[@Darieee]

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

[@lwjw3184]

I hate when someone says umm ever other word, and smacking their damn lips..😟

[@Blasterxp]

lwj w that's why i disliked the video, think of what you are going to say, then speak.

[@Tictacpanter]

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.

[@b20teamunknown]

This is exactly what I'm looking into doing to my honda glad i found your vid

[@jethro9341]

Ahh...ummm...ahhh

[@AbzWayne]

Had to give up on the video before a minute .. Man its annoying as hell !

[@Darieee]

Yeah, agreed - should be better in the newer videos

[@AbzWayne]

And cause you spoke up about it .. I will watch the rest of the video ;) Its a pet peave of mine, and yer, I do it as well a lot !!

[@Darieee]

Nah still, somehow I really overdid it in this one - the newer videos in the playlist are more concise and better narrated :D

[@England91]

Darieee I think it's where you're not completely used to talking in a video like to someone, it's something you have to get use to doing

[@shadyslim0000]

thank you man, i have the exact same radio youre showing in this video, youve helped me so much getting bluetooth in my factory one 🙏

[@Authoratah]

Not worth the trouble

[@Darieee]

what trouble ???

[@chancho00]

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.

[@Darieee]

thank you very much xD

[@rolandhatton2668]

GManGT its worth it if you have the skillset.

[@Authoratah]

Roland Hatton I have the skillset, but you have to value your time versus just buying a readymade unit.

[@TheJonathanNewton]

Very, very good description! And don’t worry about your diction, I appreciate German thoroughness!

[@zonedigitalandreiu21]

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! :))

[@hmne1]

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

[@ashwinpatel7512]

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]

Doesn't need any At power up it tries to connect to the last paired device If there is none or it can't be found, it's discoverable

[@DaXande135]

My Blaupunkt had a setting called 'Aux Mode On/Off' or called similar like this and I could so select the Aux in on the back with the source selector button.

[@Darieee]

yeah .. this one I had didn't know such fancy tricks unfortunately

[@jussapitka6041]

Nice. I have a fairly nice pioneer stereo in my car but I need bluetooth. Now I can do this and not replace the completely working one.

[@Darieee]

Best of luck !!

[@petev123456789]

Awesome vid, bought a 12v off eBay like a year ago finally gonna try this now that my aux port wore out

[@edgarkoterle]

It's better to connect it to input of preamplifier, because now you can't control volume and adjust another sound preferences on radio in "Bluetooth mode" It's just simple amplifier circuit with BT module input, so you don't need radio for this :D

[@Darieee]

Yeah so by the 6th word of your comment I was quite sure you didn't watch any of the video

[@alsson1]

Just finished installing a BT module to my old Peugeot 406, works like a charm! Thanks for the idea! :-)

[@Darieee]

don't mention it :D

[@luiscannon8808]

I'm way to stupid to understand any of that, but I do respect your skills.

[@Darieee]

Well, so was I, but countless hours of youtube videos from mikeselectricsuff bigclivedotcom and the eevblog sure do go a long way

[@andreiandreiandrei241]

This video helped me because is just like on the dacia logan from 2007-2009 and i’ve got one

[@Darieee]

awesome - and, how's it work ?

[@ergindemir7366]

You can buy a bluetooth integrated class d amp for less than $10 and connect it to the speakers, which doesn't require any soldering.

[@Darieee]

Might sound a tad worse than that class ab stock unit though

[@georgiojansen7758]

I have an old clarion.best sound.will try your mod. Thanks for fighting against the throw away generation. goedendag

[@Darieee]

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

[@czarzenana5125]

Since you are building it in a metal case and I haven't seen you connect a bluetooth antenna going out I am surprised it still works.

[@Darieee]

Yeah, me too The cd slit is more than enough to get a good few meters of range believe it or not

[@czarzenana5125]

@@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.

[@Darieee]

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

[@electronicrescue]

Bluetooth module already ordered. Can't wait to tinker with my old car stereo :) tnx for the video

[@Darieee]

you're welcome :D

[@Gameplayery]

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 !

[@Darieee]

Naaah I don't know, if you have a multimeter and are lucky to have a roughly similar topology, you should definitely be fine

[@josephmurray370]

I could listen to your voice forever

[@Waelshamsan]

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?

[@sergioooops]

You should have used a Buck converter instead of a linear regulator, as the eficience would be higher, and wouldn't exist temperature issues. Even though good Project and great idea.

[@Darieee]

I don't think there exist any temperature issues now either; 15v > 5v = 10v @ 50mA = .5w

[@fourbypete]

Audio only head units are quite redundant these days with vehicles needing to have some video capability for reverse cam. All new vehicles from 2020 will have inbuilt video recording for accident recording and reverse vision. Having said that, this would be a good fun project for budding electronic hobbyists.

[@papperme]

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.

[@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 :)

[@maruthupandian3728]

i am trying to do the same in my 2007 hyundai sonata embera, very useful video. thank you.

[@Darieee]

I'd actually recommend you check my last video on the mercedes audio 10 CD Has a better approach

[@rich1051414]

Every 'um' makes my eye lids get heavier. Only a minor complaint. It's not annoying or anything. Just makes me sleepy :P

[@Darieee]

Yeah nah, all shitting aside it is quite bad -- I did actively try and (I'd say successfully) avoid that in future videos though Thanks for the feedback though ! Good on ya !

[@jori2428]

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

[@serhiyyeremyeyev4995]

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]

100uF 16v should be ok just make sure to put it in the right polarity 🔥

[@serhiyyeremyeyev4995]

@@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!

[@Darieee]

Glad it helped out - best of luck with your project 🤘🤘 Let me know how it turns out

[@cburakb]

Really super easy and cheap method bro.

[@Darieee]

glad I could help :D

[@primocapi]

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.

[@Darieee]

yup - check my channel for qcc3008

[@notsouren]

Absolutely magnificent, will try it soon. Do you think it's possible to link its next and previous track buttons to unit's as well?

[@Darieee]

Mmm, would be very tricky, and you'd need them to send a 2.2v or so pulse to the Bluetooth Module

[@ilovegurusahib]

Very nice detailed video. Brilliant.

[@veteranrepairshop5070]

This is very elegant work, but you did all this and still need the CD to work for no reason, isn't there another way around it? My own car stereo had AUX, so I went that way. Used a 1W car charger to get the power to the BT board, don't know how to work with regulators or I'd use one of those. The BT chip was a cheap Chinese car to BT audio adapter. Total cost was under $5 plus work but like I said, my stereo has aux, so it was easier that way. Also couldn't fit the CD module afterwards because of the car charger case which I kept, so it and the car board wouldn't short circuit or touch anywhere. So I removed the CD permanently, it's not like I have CDs nowadays anyway. Didn't ground the BT chip either, just used two passive ferrite cores each per channel to down the noise coming for EMI. Good video all and all.

[@Darieee]

Unfortunately mine doesn't have any way to select the AUX input, the audio MUX chip has it buut, yeah, can't select it (chip is controlled by i2c most likely) So, although I am using the CD player, it allows me to equalize the signal and add faders I've recently modded a mercedes radio and fed right into the amp, but that went terrible : no equaliser no volume adjustment on the radio side and no faders

[@MegredyPhotoStudio]

I have a Volvo V50 from 2005. No aux input. Single cd unit. I think the model is cd-p1L. Nobody knows how to solder a 3.5mm jack to it so I can play music from my cellphone !

[@enciumarian2112]

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.

[@planetjohnsen]

Hi! Thanks for sharing. Excellent description. Just a quick question: What model is that Blaupunkt? I really like the design of the front panel of it.

[@Darieee]

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

[@planetjohnsen]

@@Darieee Thanks! No worries, the Dacia lead gave results right away.

[@daw7563]

If only using the built-in amp this mod is fine. But if using the preamp-out at the same time, the signal may become phase shifted 180 degrees, depending on how the pre-amp is designed. Just something to watch out for.

[@Darieee]

Hmm, not sure I follow - do you reffer to this multiplexer I feed my signal into as the preamp ?

[@daw7563]

Nevermind, this is most likely not a problem. I was only thinking since every amplifier stage internally inverts the signal 180 degrees (preamp, poweramp etc), and skipping one step would be like if you connect the speakers with wrong polarity. So I thought if you would use this Bluetooth mod and also use the preamp low level output to an external amplifier this could be an issue, but I might be totally wrong. As long as all speakers are in the same phase it's okay. I once modified a broken amplifier with blown mosfets but I wanted to use the equalizer so I broke out the signal before the mosfets and used as a low level signal to another amplifier, the signal was then inverted, so I had to take that into consideration. But I realize now that this might never be an issue with your mod.

[@Darieee]

Exactly, since it's AC, all wrong is all good :D Nice to know though about the phase shift !

[@kc0rock]

Want to incorporate into my neighbors 74 corvette which has the original radio. How or can this CSR8645 BT unit be added to this radio (only unit) by independently switching the BT unit on/off (external switch) and connect somewhere in the audio circuit to pick up the amplified speakers? Where can I find internal schematic of this Delco radio? May be an old video but I fully understand the the technique used. Thought it was great.

[@Jazzmarcel]

I love these kind of hacks!......now please show me how the add lithium ion batteries to a class d amp that uses a switching mode power supply!......my small guitar vocal amp doesn't have a 12v transformer! THE reason I I need this is to play outdoors!

[@Darieee]

Check this video out, it should have all of what you need: DIY Bluetooth Speaker : Parts Guide 2 : TPA3116 + CSR8645 + Power Monitor + Arduino kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZiYhY17bJujb6s

[@cvt8353]

If you are constantly drawing 50mA from a 55 Ah battery, it will last only 46 days, not 114 years! The calculation is: 55Ah / 0.05A = 1100h = 46 days.

[@Darieee]

Shhhiieet - true that - thanks! In the interim I've made the module turn off when the radio's off

[@pierreretief]

Excellent man, really enjoyed watching your video and looking forward to more. Subscribed

[@Darieee]

glad you enjoyed it ! I'll be posting my 2nd iPod Hi Fi restoration video shortly :>, keep an eye out for that !

[@al-zj2sy]

Im using your video to keep my stock radio. Thank you bro this is a HUGE help

[@Darieee]

glad to hear it :D