Tuner frequency step converters

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Topic: Tuner frequency step converters

Posted By: kgerry
Subject: Tuner frequency step converters
Date Posted: January 03, 2007 at 1:12 PM

i installed a step converter for a guy a couple of years ago to use the radio here on a car he bought in Japan...

i have had a few customers come in lately looking for the same item.... i havent found one online... any idea where a guy can track these little units down?

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Kevin Gerry
Certified Electronics Technician
MECP First Class Installer

Owner/Installer
Classic Car Audio
since 1979

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Posted By: mike12volt
Date Posted: January 03, 2007 at 8:25 PM

What does your step converter do?

Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 11:58 AM

it's just bumps the freq 10 MHz so the Jap radio can recieve North American FM stations... so 92.1 would come in on 102.1 on the radio, etc.... as their (Japanese) tuning scale is different....

i've got a couple of customers looking for these and i cant seem to track them down.... the guy who bought that Japanese BMW said he got it from the guy he bought the car from... so no idea where to order one....

with the wealth of audio guys on this forum someone must have run across them before......

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Kevin Gerry
Certified Electronics Technician
MECP First Class Installer

Owner/Installer
Classic Car Audio
since 1979

Posted By: spaceman74
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 6:48 PM

Try a search on this site www.diyaudio.com

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Posted By: spaceman74
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 6:59 PM

https://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FM-RADIO-CONVERTER_W0QQitemZ260072051439QQihZ016QQcategoryZ38644QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like an old one posted_image

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Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: January 04, 2007 at 8:07 PM

A few come up on Google: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=fm+frequency+converter&btnG=Search

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