Wednesday, September 30, 2009

What is the gray plug on the 92 lincoln town car stereo?

Question:

When I take out the stereo, there is the antenna and the stereo plug in (that I hook the wire harness to), but there is also a plug-in that is wrapped in gray rubber that plugs in to the left side of the factory stereo. I'm putting in a head unit and I don't know what to do with this chord.

Answers:

That cable has 8 very small wires that are basically the output of the head unit, which are then routed to the amplifier that is behind the back seat. The amplifiers don't go bad - it's the electrolytic capacitors in the head unit. You're probably only hearing sound from one speaker right? I've been through this, and I don't know of any head units, aside from the OEM Ford units, that have this type of set up, so you can't buy some kind of adapter. It's really best to replace the head unit with an aftermarket product, but you'll have to plug it into the factory wiring. In order to do this for my car, I obtained a section of OEM wiring, including the plug I needed, to make my own adapter and plug into the factory wiring. It really wasn't that difficult. I plugged it into a connection located at the base of the passenger side door pillar. I think there are pictures posted in the yahoo group Ford Taurus years 1986_2004 or something like that. I currently have a 35 Watt Alpine tape deck, and it makes plenty of power for me, so I'm not using an external amp, except to power the subwoofer. The JBL amplifier also cannot be used in conjunction with an aftermarket head unit. You'll have to by-pass the factory amplifier, which should send all output wires through a harness connector located at the base of the passenger side door pillar. When you make your own harness, you'll need to obtain a harness from a car in a junkyard, and cut out the section of wires that lead from the amp to the connector mentioned. You'll also need to bring a 12V battery to power the seat, so you can move it back and forth to remove the seat bolts to cut out enough length of wire (40 inches?). I plan on replacing the capacitors in my OEM head unit soon, and reinstalling it, and you could do that too, if you really want to keep it stock.

Is it the small plug? Some had the cell phone adapters, if your stereo is working just leave it off

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

I need the name of a particular anime...?

Question:

The story involves this kid who needs to go around and apprehend criminals and send them to another universe or something like that... I don't remember all that much there is this evil queen with pink hair a dark skinned bat guy, a guy with red hair who is like this human weapon. Oh yea and they all have these weapons that do magic things the bat guys are wings and the kids i think is called "the whip of the gods" its like a collapsible antenna that he throws...

Answers:

weapons = paopei

after i read your question, i suddenly remembered DETECTIVE LOKI, don't know why?

The first sentence sounds like Yu Yu Hakusho

Monday, September 28, 2009

Transmitting a simple 50% duty cycle signal with a simple Antenna...?

Question:

I am to design a circuit that transmit a signal (50% duty using 555 timer) through a simple dipole antenna( just use one of sides), how can I do that? Is there a PDF, website or a book that i can read to see how to send signal to antenna?

Answers:

What is the purpose of doing so?

These New HDTV antenna's?

Question:

Has anyone bought one that works really well and lives very rural I mean really rural like over an hr away froma major city? maybe South western Virginia area that can give me their review. Thanks!

Answers:

If you lived near Martinsville, you might want a four bay UHF antenna & a rotor to pick up all the major networks. Maybe a separate VHF antenna for ABC 13.1

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Identifying A Small, Non-biting Bug?

Question:

Recently I've found there are very tiny, mostly harmless brown bugs living in my drawers. They don't bite, they're not ticks or bed bugs or carpet bugs or anything like that. They're maybe a millimeter or two long, they have antenna, they have a very hard exoskeleton and they don't fly. Their larvae are about the same size, offwhite, and wormlike but with a slightly softer exoskelton. They've really taken to my uncooked rice and my flour. So, starchy things. They're not doing any harm other than they're annoying as hell. So, if anyone could tell me what they are (with a picture preferably so I can check to see if that's it) and the best way to get rid of them. Thanks in advance, I will be choosing a best answer.

Answers:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rice+weĆ¢€¦

TV Coax Splitter Problems?

Question:

Thanks for your time

Answers:

Splitters are pretty generic devices, and I wouldn't expect any problems unless there was corrosion or bad connections. Make the connections "wrench-tight" on the splitter.

do you have to have a digital antenna for the digital converter box?

Question:

I tried the digital converter box and I did not pick up any channels. I also tried the old 'rabbit ears' antenna and still no luck....Someone told me there are digital antennas and I need one of them for it to work? Is that true or do I just not pick up any channels due to my location?

Answers:

. Based on your zip code, the site will give you a color code. Take those codes to a retailer and choose an antenna.

Finally if all these don't work call the digital converter customer helpline which came with the package or go online and type the company name for customer service. It's free for 90 days from the time u purchased.

That is true, Your Antenna needs to be a Digital Antenna, and they are not that cheap. go to you local retailer and have them show you which ones are digital if you are unsure and they should be able to help you.

You do not need to use a digital antenna for a digital conveter box. Digital antennas will receive more signals, than a regular antenna will give you, though.