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Help Cannot play FM radio in Bluetooth speakers/headsets
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Can you describe what it is that you are trying to do?
... Thom
Can you describe what it is that you are trying to do?
... Thom
I don't have FM in my phone.
Can he just plug in a headset and then Blue Tooth FM would work for him?
... Thom
Can he just plug in a headset and then Blue Tooth FM would work for him?
... Thom
breadnatty08
pain rustique
Doubtful it would work. If headphones are plugged in, it would send the sound there not via BT. Or at least there's gotta be some system level hack involved in doing that.
How about an old headset. Lob off the ear nubs. Do NOT short the two wires together?
From Goggling a little ... try plugging an OTG adapter into the USB port and see if it acts like an antenna. This does NOT work with my Droid X (my last phone with an FM radio).
... Thom
From Goggling a little ... try plugging an OTG adapter into the USB port and see if it acts like an antenna. This does NOT work with my Droid X (my last phone with an FM radio).
... Thom
breadnatty08
pain rustique
Wonder if this would work?
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FM DX Antenna Co: Adapter - 3.5 mm or 1/8" Male to F Female, Adapters and Connectors
The only thing I could test on was a Droid X.
I lobbed off the ear buds on an old headset and plugged it in. This did satisfy the antenna requirement.
The settings menu of the FM radio app had a Switch to Speaker option that then directed the output to the phone speaker.
... Thom
I lobbed off the ear buds on an old headset and plugged it in. This did satisfy the antenna requirement.
The settings menu of the FM radio app had a Switch to Speaker option that then directed the output to the phone speaker.
... Thom
What was the app?
Did you have to have a wire plugged into the headphone jack?
... Thom
Did you have to have a wire plugged into the headphone jack?
... Thom
RFM is a popular abbreviation. Can you please identify what app you found that controls the FM Receiver in your phone.
Thanks.
... Thom
Thanks.
... Thom
WirelessWanderer
Member
I'm guessing he means one of these: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=RFM&c=apps
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I was assuming that also. His question however was about controlling the tuner in his phone and these apps don't do that. They are capturing a stream of data off the Internet (and incurring a data charge by the way).
His phone has a real FM tuner. To my knowledge all apps that control the real tuner in the phone require an external antenna to be plugged in (usually the headset cable). I was asking if he found one that did not have that requirement.
... Thom
I was assuming that also. His question however was about controlling the tuner in his phone and these apps don't do that. They are capturing a stream of data off the Internet (and incurring a data charge by the way).
His phone has a real FM tuner. To my knowledge all apps that control the real tuner in the phone require an external antenna to be plugged in (usually the headset cable). I was asking if he found one that did not have that requirement.
... Thom
breadnatty08
pain rustique
Looks like Moto updated the app to use BT speakers/headsets. 
Requires 4.4.3+ which hopefully everyone is on. Still requires headphones to be plugged in, but at least it's a better option.
Requires 4.4.3+ which hopefully everyone is on. Still requires headphones to be plugged in, but at least it's a better option.
I've been searching for a solution to this with my HTC One M7 and now my HTC One M9. I finally found a solution!! I purchased a bluetooth transmitter that connects to my phone using the 3.5mm jack. This allows the unit to act as the antenna. It also transmits the output via bluetooth which I paired with my bluetooth headphones. The device cost $30 which is more than I preferred to spend but it works. The device is sold on Amazon and is named Archeer 2-In-1 Wireless Bluetooth Audio Music Streaming Switchable Transmitter and Receiver With 3.5mm Stereo Output.
samxcui
Lurker
No transmitter is needed. Found the solution. If you plug in the headset while the bluetooth is active, the headset takes over; if you active the bluetooth while the headset is plugged in, the bluetooth takes over. Therefore, in order to make FM radio work, disconnect your bluetooth, plugin your headset as antenna, then connect your bluetooth, open radio, woolaa
Melvin breaker
Lurker
Sorry Samxcui your method does NOT work.
1) the phone has an actual FM receiver
2) this question does NOT refer to "fm stations" streamed over the internet
3) everyone now knows that SOMETHING longish must be plugged into the headset socket
It looks likely that an APP will be required
I saw reference to spiritfm which MAY be relevant. It's $11 and some reviews say it has stopped working. I have NOT tried it.
I think I will abandon this quest for a while. It's too difficult to get people to even understand the question. Sigh.
1) the phone has an actual FM receiver
2) this question does NOT refer to "fm stations" streamed over the internet
3) everyone now knows that SOMETHING longish must be plugged into the headset socket
It looks likely that an APP will be required
I saw reference to spiritfm which MAY be relevant. It's $11 and some reviews say it has stopped working. I have NOT tried it.
I think I will abandon this quest for a while. It's too difficult to get people to even understand the question. Sigh.
Desert Penguin
Lurker
I use the Next Radio app to receive FM stations and also would like to push the audio to bluetooth speakers/headphones. The Next Radio web page says that they'd like to support bluetooth but currently can't: https://nextradioapp.zendesk.com/hc...5389-Why-won-t-Bluetooth-work-with-NextRadio-. They don't get into detail about why but make it sound like an Android limitation.
Or could be an actual hardware limitation, like the FM radio chip's audio is just not connected or can be routed to the Bluetooth transceiver, it only goes to the wired audio probably, either internal speaker or headset. And if so, there's not a lot that app devs can do about that.
Rajneesh Totla
Lurker
Yes, you can listen fm radio station on your bt speaker wirelessly with blue tooth connectivity
1. Connect headphone for aerial signals
2. Start fm radio app & run your favourite station
3. Click on speaker sound, you will hear sound from mobile speaker
4. Now connect your bt speaker while radio is running on mobile in speaker mode
5. You will get sound from bt speaker once connected
1. Connect headphone for aerial signals
2. Start fm radio app & run your favourite station
3. Click on speaker sound, you will hear sound from mobile speaker
4. Now connect your bt speaker while radio is running on mobile in speaker mode
5. You will get sound from bt speaker once connected