Last time I tried hooking up to a headphone jack on a Stern it wouldn't output audio... must be sensing the impedance of the load because it worked if I split the signal to a pair of headphones.
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Quoted from Black_Knight:On a similar note, I'm looking to connect directly to an amp via BT, like a Sonos. I don't want to use an intermediate device like a phone. I would consider a transmitter/receiver combo if there is one that is known to work.
I'll only be doing this with spike 2 machines and plan to use the Pinsound adapter to get a 3.5mm output.
Has anyone done that?
I'm trying it this weekend.
Quoted from Thermionic:I think a BT transmitter board would fit the bill for both you and the OP, and could be mounted and hardwired into a game in a way that appears "stock".
I used an identical module as the one in the link in a shortwave receiver with good results (wanted to use noise-cancelling HPs), and I don't see why it wouldn't also work well in this situation. It requires +5v supply and can take a line-level analog signal from the Pinsound adapter, and features pins for a momentary SPST pushbutton switch and LED for BT pairing mode.
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Have one of these to experiment with but holding off because the entire thing is the size of a quarter. Want to find an adapter PCB to bring it to 0.1" header pins. These modules are cheap and have a programmable BT ID, which is attractive in a multi-game setup.
Quoted from Thermionic:I think a BT transmitter board would fit the bill for both you and the OP, and could be mounted and hardwired into a game in a way that appears "stock".
I used an identical module as the one in the link in a shortwave receiver with good results (wanted to use noise-cancelling HPs), and I don't see why it wouldn't also work well in this situation. It requires +5v supply and can take a line-level analog signal from the Pinsound adapter, and features pins for a momentary SPST pushbutton switch and LED for BT pairing mode.
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Found a guy who was able to get his wired up to 0.1" headers.
Tried 2 of those TX/RX combo devices. They were able to pair to each other, but it seems the dual use 1/8" jack isn't high impedance. When I plug it into Rollergames it is pulling down the audio signal, never had that problem with other equipment. Going to try another model with separate input and output jacks.
Quoted from Black_Knight:Rat can you clarify your post. I’m not following it.
It didn't work.
Quoted from Black_Knight:I got that part. What does pulling down the audio signal mean?
What were you plugging it in to? A dedicated jack or one that auto switches?
I’m planning to use a dedicated output jack from pinsound, so would I have that issue?
I’ll look for other devices just trying to understand what issues I might face. I don’t know much about this stuff.
My Rollergames is modded for audio out, off the volume control. Normally when I hook something up you can still hear the audio through the speakers. When I connected it to the jack of the BT adapter all the audio became very faint.
Dedicated output jack is probably fine. The adapters worked when I hooked the transmitter up to my phone, there was a little bit of lag but hard to tell exactly how much.
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