We keep the on/off switch to interrupt the circuit (screenshot). The USB rechargeable battery of the transmitter will be used to power everything up. Solder the wires of the original loudspeaker of the radio on the contact of the Bluetooth transmitter: easy, it’s the contact that was linked to the loudspeaker of the Bluetooth speaker. © DR Step 5: connect the radio loudspeaker to the Bluetooth transmitter The Bluetooth transmitter and its supply battery (screenshot).
Keep the rechargeable battery and the USB cable for charging. © DR Step 4: remove the transmitter from the Bluetooth speakerĭismantle the speaker and retrieve the Bluetooth transmitter. The radio is reduced to its loudspeaker function (screenshot). Remove all the components that concern the radio part and only retain the on/off switch and the loudspeaker. © DR Step 3: empty the radio of its components The Bluetooth speaker and its USB power cable (screenshot). © DR Step 2: find a Bluetooth speakerĪn entry level Bluetooth speaker or its second hand equivalent to sacrifice. Neywa 402 radio made in the 1970s, purchased for €10 (screenshot). Or Soviet, like in the tutorial given by the Estonian Madiska, that can be seen below. The choice is vast, from antiques to exotic models (Japanese, American…). Unless you have one put away in the attic, all you need to do is bargain-hunt on the Internet or in real life. The first step consists in finding a portable vintage radio with a nice look. – A soldering iron Step 1: choose a radio The process is very much the same for all the radios you want to give a second connected life to. Another good reason to launch into this easy hack, retro-tech as hell. Except that a speaker signed by a designer costs €100 or more. The first reason to have fun turning an old transistor radio into a Bluetooth speaker is that it is aesthetically pleasing: as soon as they appeared on the market, AM/FM radios were desirable objects for designers, like portable speakers today.
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