Sending audio from laptop to stereo receiver

Situation: A friend's got a laptop 10 feet from her stereo receiver. She
wants to send music to the receiver. (I know - headphone output's not ideal,
but that's her problem). Running a wire is not possible because of the
stupid design of the house. Is there some sort of two part wireless toy that
can do this, preferably smaller than a toaster on the laptop side of things?
If it exists, Circuit City's got it really well hidden on their site.

JoeSpareBedroom <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Situation: A friend's got a laptop 10 feet from her stereo receiver.
> She wants to send music to the receiver. (I know - headphone output's not ideal, but that's her
> problem). Running a wire is not possible because of the stupid design of the house. Is there some
> sort of two part wireless toy that can do this, preferably smaller than a toaster on the laptop
> side of things?

Yes, you can get FM radio transmitters and they arent physically large.

Intended for use in cars mostly, but they would work in this case too.

> If it exists, Circuit City's got it really well hidden on their site.

You need to look in the general electronics/car radio type sites.

A video sender can be used for audio only, here's one:
http://www.letsautomate.com/10773.cfm

--
Kenny Cargill

"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Situation: A friend's got a laptop 10 feet from her stereo receiver. She
> wants to send music to the receiver. (I know - headphone output's not
> ideal, but that's her problem). Running a wire is not possible because of
> the stupid design of the house. Is there some sort of two part wireless
> toy that can do this, preferably smaller than a toaster on the laptop side
> of things? If it exists, Circuit City's got it really well hidden on their
> site.
>

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> Situation: A friend's got a laptop 10 feet from her stereo receiver. She
> wants to send music to the receiver. (I know - headphone output's not ideal,
> but that's her problem). Running a wire is not possible because of the
> stupid design of the house. Is there some sort of two part wireless toy that
> can do this, preferably smaller than a toaster on the laptop side of things?
> If it exists, Circuit City's got it really well hidden on their site.
>
>

SIIG CE-WALP12 Wireless Audio Link Pro FM Transmitter $50
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2542524

And like any good Radioshack product, runs off a battery,
and has no frequency response spec.

The "A" version looks like the RadioShack one. The "A"
can use its USB cable, to get +5V as a power source. Transmitter
range 8-10 meters on the FM band. Selectable frequency.

http://www.siig.com/manuals/04-0302A.pdf
http://www.siig.com/manuals/04-0302d.pdf

This is just ordinary analog transmission.

Tune the stereo to the appropriate FM frequency.

Paul

"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Situation: A friend's got a laptop 10 feet from her stereo receiver. She
> wants to send music to the receiver. (I know - headphone output's not
> ideal, but that's her problem). Running a wire is not possible because of
> the stupid design of the house. Is there some sort of two part wireless
> toy that can do this, preferably smaller than a toaster on the laptop side
> of things? If it exists, Circuit City's got it really well hidden on their
> site.

Google for FM Transmitters. Made mostly for in-car use to play an MP3 player
to a cars FM radio, it will do what you want.

Hi there. logitech make a transmitter. plugs into your usb port and into some rca inputs on your receiver. Its call Logitech Music Anywhere. I picked mine up on ebay for just under $100 bout a year ago. Hope this helps.