NH-MAN
Addicted Member
shouldn't have to and an alternative is always an easy excuse.
I’m just speculating, but interference can be a problem for the vehicle manufacturer. The AM station is licensed to operate on their frequency. They have to meet certain criteria to stay on the air. An electric car that produces interference so much so that the manufacturer would eliminate AM radios, might be causing harmful interference outside of that vehicle. What if I was listening to a Saints game at a red light and some electric car pulls up next to me right when the ‘home-cooking’ referees are not seeing a blatant pass interference call…yeah, we haven’t forgotten that one.
What I’m saying is the electric car doesn’t have the right to cause harmful interference. So the manufacturer will have to knock it back enough to not interfere with adjacent cars on the road.
What I’m saying is the electric car doesn’t have the right to cause harmful interference. So the manufacturer will have to knock it back enough to not interfere with adjacent cars on the road.
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
its now getting like my gripe with it all .. i have always wanted to send an invoice to all those transmitting on my god given airwaves without asking me first if i mind . never mind paying for it . anyway i think there will be someone here with an ev and a portable am radio to test how close they can get to the car before it affects the reception on the radio .
Is that with Android, and Android Auto? What is AMHD?
I have Apple CarPlay -- it takes a little while for CarPlay to sync to my iPhone when I first get in the car, then when I bring up Spotify or Pandora it takes several seconds for the app to initialize, then I need to pick a playlist or artist, then finally the music starts. I honestly hate all that interactive startup where I have to press buttons/screens and wait for things to initialize and then wait again for the music to begin. Even though it only takes 10 or 15 seconds in total, it sucks compared to getting in the car and just having the radio play the instant you turn on the car, and just hitting radio presets to change stations. Playing with apps is especially annoying when I'm running errands and hopping in and out of the car. CarPlay seems pretty random -- sometimes it remembers where I left off in Pandora or Spotify, other times it doesn't. I have TuneIn and iHeartRadio on the phone and in CarPlay, but have never used them from the car -- will try next time I drive to see what it's like.
What would it be like to use your (presumably) Android phone in my CarPlay car, or my iPhone in your (presumably) Android Auto car? I don't know, but presumably not good, at least on the CarPlay side (Apple intentionally doesn't play well with others). I don't like having to have my car compatible with my phone, or vice versa. I'm fine with adding things like CarPlay and Android Auto, just don't take away radio. The apps are both worse (less convenient, worse sound quality (for FM)) and much better (many more stations, reception everywhere, instant replay) than radio, but I don't consider them a replacement for radio.
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IPhone, every make of car I have rented hooks right up. Amazon Music HD, or any other streaming service.
Are you able to control the phone apps on the car's screen just by connecting through Bluetooth? Sorry for stupid questions. I haven't seen that, but I haven't connected to many new cars with the iPhone. My 2012 car's Bluetooth had some integration with iTunes and would show song titles on Pandora, nothing for Spotify. The 2018 replacement car with CarPlay has no integration of apps through Bluetooth (but CarPlay will obviously control the phone when connected to CarPlay). I've connected to a few rental cars via Bluetooth but didn't see any app integration -- maybe I didn't look hard enough (I would just play audio directly from the phone).
Pio1980
AK Member
Some interesting points being raised here on current AM radio. Sports, particularly of local interest and of nationally prominent local teams still found mainly there, and local affairs programming. I used to have modified AM pocket radios with specialized hearing aid earpieces in the 1970s for cross-country motorcycle trips to keep informed and for company. These days, it's silence on the shorter dayrides.
I have not tuned into AM for decades (late 70s?), because of this thread I went through the stations while running an errand this evening.
Made me think of the Crocodile Dundee scene where he turns on the TV in the NY hotel and I Love Lucy is starting, "I saw one years ago...yep that's what I saw" (turns TV off).
Made me think of the Crocodile Dundee scene where he turns on the TV in the NY hotel and I Love Lucy is starting, "I saw one years ago...yep that's what I saw" (turns TV off).
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Pio1980
AK Member
About right at 2x skip distance. I could get stations from L.A/S.F to Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis, and NYC in SLC Utah.
Pio1980
AK Member
I occasionally scan the AM band for nighttime stations of interest before I nod off for nostalgia sake.
The only time I really heard/listened to AM (WLS) was on the school bus, please excuse me for not wanting to be taken back.
SoCal Sam
Lunatic Member
usedto
Lunatic Member
And baseball games!!!
Pio1980
AK Member
Reminding me of the weekly broadcasts of Standard School of the Air from KDYL in SLC, 1950s. I volunteered to be the class antenna wire holder for the old wood radio from the supply closet so I could stare at the glowing innards of the set while listening to the program.The only time I really heard/listened to AM (WLS) was on the school bus, please excuse me for not wanting to be taken back.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Standard_School_Broadcast