What is a transmitter?
The term transmitter can be used for many areas. Literally translated from English, it means sender, converter or transmitter. Read an explanation of the term as a small transmitter here.
A transmitter is a small transmitter
- Small transmitters are also referred to as transmitters, through which you can, for example, transmit the music Your MP3 player on an FM radio.
- Such mini or small transmitters are called transmitters and can broadcast any audio signal in the respective immediate vicinity on a frequency of VHF.
- This gives you the option to users, for example, your favorite music that you have on the MP3 player - for example on your iPhone - have saved, then play it back on any radio. You do not need a cable connection to your radio for this, as it is a transmitter. This is very useful if you want to use a car radio to listen to music that does not have any external connections for audio connections.
How a transmitter can send
- These transmitters in the form of mini transmitters were initially widespread outside Germany, for example in the USA, as operation there was permitted in contrast to Germany.
- Today, the Federal Network Agency generally allows the operation of a device with a so-called CE mark that has an effective transmission power of around 50 nanowatts.
- Such transmitter devices have a transmission power in the range of milliwatts and enable For example, listening to music outdoors with a normal radio up to 200 meters from the Channel. However, these mini transmitters can interfere with other radios in the vicinity. The reason for this is usually the choice of a frequency that is already in use.
- Such mini transmitters cost around 10 to 50 euros and are often stereo-capable. Some allow you to choose any FM frequency you want.
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You can use a transmitter to listen to MP3 files on the car radio
- For the operation of the mini-transmitter you need a free frequency on which no radio program is broadcast.
- You can connect such a transmitter to your MP3 player. The music is transmitted directly to the transmitter through the headphone output. This then sends the music to a car radio, for example.
- You set the car radio to the transmission frequency of your transmitter and can thus hear the music with the car radio.
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