Any HD radio tuners appropriate for connecting to a Tivoli or Bose tabletop?...

[thezak]

What manufacturers' models HD radio tuners are appropriate for connecting through the Tivoli or the Bose tabletop radios?...

 

[hubcity]

My preference: connect any HD radio you can find to a sufficiently powerful personal FM Transmitter (C. Crane makes my favorite) and then tune your tabletop to that frequency. That way you can place the HD radio in the area of your home with the best reception, and then listen on as many table radios within range as you'd like.

 

[Tom Wells]

Umm, that's about as appealing an idea as cross-country skiing on level land through shopping mall parking lots.

I have a lot of other things to do first before figuring out how to get HD fomat/signals available on normal radios.

Isn't that what translators are for?

 

[nd2023]

Do you have a smartphone? Get the ooTunes app and you'll get most of the HD2s from your area on it, usually with better sounding audio than from an HD radio. Connect that to your table radio instead of getting an HD radio.

 

[hubcity]

...or you can connect your iThing to your C.Crane FM transmitter.

Seriously, I really like that transmitter. For the price of $70 you get your favorite programming (HD, web radio, Pandora, whatever) on every FM radio in your house.

 

[scanman1]

Re: Any HD radio tuners appropriate for connecting to a Tivoli or Bose tabletop?

Yeah, CCrane transmitters rule!! Use them for MP3's, Webstreams and SiriusXM programs and they sound great!

 

[KB1OKL]

My preference: connect any HD radio you can find to a sufficiently powerful personal FM Transmitter (C. Crane makes my favorite) and then tune your tabletop to that frequency. That way you can place the HD radio in the area of your home with the best reception, and then listen on as many table radios within range as you'd like.

Isn't that a little ironic that you have to broadcast an HD signal around your house because IBOC comes in so badly?

 

[Kent T]

Does your Tivoli or Bose have Auxiliary inputs? If so, a separate tuner will work.

 

[tomservo]

Isn't that a little ironic that you have to broadcast an HD signal around your house because IBOC comes in so badly?

Considering the obscenely low power levels everyone started out with, it's a wonder it works as good as it does.

There are a few smaller local stations that don't have much reach, and consequently, can only be received in parts of my residence. Even the 100,000 watt pubcaster from Pensacola doesn't come through clearly anywhere in stereo because it's so far away. But in the bathroom, of all places… that's where the HD kicks in and works reliably about 75% of the time. Why it only works in the most interior part of the house, I dunno. One of those oddities of VHF propagation, I guess.

Last night was particularly troublesome for HD because of tropo. I was within 5-10 miles (eyesight) of all the 100 kW stations and couldn't keep a lock on any of them while moving. I finally got frustrated and tried to stream something but the 3G was off on my phone. It stayed off (no icon at all) for over 2 hours.

Technology sucks. Luckily the analogs were audible, but noisy.

 

[thezak]

Does your Tivoli or Bose have Auxiliary inputs? If so, a separate tuner will work.

There are inputs... for
http://www.tivoliaudio.com/media/userguides/ownersmanual_M1ANA0911.pdf
http://products.bose.com/pdf/customer_service/owners/og_wrii.pdf

 

[scanman1]

Re: Any HD radio tuners appropriate for connecting to a Tivoli or Bose tabletop?

Oh yeah, you can definitely hook up a component HD radio tuner to either one of those units.