Convert Car Stereo - In House Stereo

tinofapples

Does anyone know how difficult it is to turn a car stereo which i have lying around into a stereo for use inside my garage. Something like what you see in motor factors with speakers mounted alongside the stereo on a plywood display ?

backboiler

All you should need is a 12 V power supply with a high enough current rating to drive it, probably a few amps. The power handling and impedance of the speakers you connect will affect the current as well as the radio itself. Maybe it has a label with current requirements/power consumption on it (if power is given in Watts, divide by 12 for current in Amps). Your normal AC/DC adaptor probably isn't up to the job (usually in the 300 to 750 mA range). You could always hook up a car battery to it, but then you'd have to keep that charged.

You'll need a pair of speakers too :rolleyes:. For decent sound the speakers should be mounted in a box suitable for them.

tinofapples

Thanks for that

blackbox

Unless you use a very good quality audio power supply you will get a lot of mains hum. Putting a car battery in the circuit will help to get rid of this.