Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

Yup, it can now be found in "Extras-testing" as fm-boost...

It does require that the Media-player and FM transmitter be on before starting it and;
It does not stay resident after the FM transmitter is shut down (Closed Media Player)... It is required to be launched every time.

After the recent Firmware update I checked the transmitter power level without it and it measured "111".

>> http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=17

After applying "FM Boost" (by clicking on its shortcut icon) my transmitters power level measured "118" (theoretical max).

>> http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=44

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

Seems like you guys should sign up for the next Nokia PUSH. =P

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

[QUOTE=YoDude;468947]Yup, it can now be found in "Extras-testing" as fm-boost...

Coming in a bit late here but is FM-Boost a pre-baked widget that amplifies the FM transmitter as discussed in this thread?

Cheers.

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

[QUOTE=janszoon;468982]Yes, it's a small script that amplifies the FM transmitter power.

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

Nice work guys but i have another question regarding the FM transmitter. See, before my n900 i was using Nokia n97 and on that phone i was able to set the frequency to two last decimal places, which resulted in finding more free frequencies.. n900 can't do that. Example: N900 - 99,1MHz; n97 - 99,15MHz.

Is there a way to enable that on the n900?

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

YoDude, please report again after you have updated to the 1.1 firmware. I'm curious to know if this script is obsoleted. I really hope it is.

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

I can't find fm-boost in the extras-testing repository

please help! ahh... i want to get my fm transmitter to work too..

I activated extras-testing repository, but I can't find it even by searching it, and going down the "all" listing in alphabetical order. Does anyone one else have this problem by any chance?

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

what kind of car????

many newer cars have special radiation (solar) absorbing glass (ex Mercedes R class) that even interferes with toll booth transponders.

Since the car guys assumed that all the transmitter are on the outside of the car that is where they put the antenna and now your little N900 is inside a "faraday" cage.

check your owners manual if you have a section that states you can only put toll transponders in certain spots of your front windscreen, you may have a problem

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

Same ol' song dude. :)

Updated PR1.1 firmware reports 111 without.

Push fm-boost button and BAM!

118

It is still needed. :eek:

Re: N900 Radio Transmitter: ways to amplify the radio signal
 

Ok, then I guess I should push to extras-testing. :(

EDIT: ...when the packages interface is not broken... :(:(