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Radio Rehab – Now with sound

Over the last few years I have had a dream of converting an old broken radio into a bluetooth enabled system.

So far I have purchased:

I have now started to put all of these parts together.  Right now it has just been cobbled together on the kitchen table.  It will eventually need to be moved into the Old radio case.

Items that still need to be selected include a small set of speakers and possibly some switches.

To put it all together I had to do a little bit of soldering.

Amplifier

Amplifier

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12v to 5v Converter

Bluetooth adapter with the case removed

Power to Bluetooth adapter

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Powered on bluetooth adapter

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Connecting Power from Amplifier to the 12v input of the converter

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Everything put together