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How to revive your vintage audio equipment?

Written by Thonet & Vander | Sep 18, 2024 3:24:23 PM

Streaming music (Spotify, Deezer, Play Music, Apple Music, Tidal, Pandora and YouTube, among others) has made you switch from listening to music on the radio or in MP3 format, stored on a USB, to enjoying music from these services . But sometimes you want to stream on your old audio equipment and have no way to do it. This is because your old device does not support Bluetooth.

For these devices we can use auxiliary connections or other alternatives, but one of the most useful, efficient and simple is to provide them with Bluetooth capabilities.

In this note we will teach you how to revive your old audio equipment, incorporating a Bluetooth Receiver, taking advantage of any of its auxiliary inputs.

Who doesn't have an old streaming device that has an auxiliary line input, but doesn't have Bluetooth support?

If you are reading this note, there is no doubt that in your house you have some old Edifier, Aiwa, Sony, Tonomac, Yamaha, Pioneer, LG, Technics or Bose equipment, which you are fond of and which has been with you for a long time. But it is no longer as useful as before, because it does not have Bluetooth.

All of these older devices have at least one auxiliary line input, which is usually in RCA or 3.5mm format. (miniplug). 

To play via Bluetooth on these devices, you can take advantage of its auxiliary input and connect a Bluetooth Wireless Receiver, sending the audio signal from, for example, your Smartphone to the Bluetooth receiver. 

The operation is very simple: you simply connect an analog audio cable (RCA / miniplug) from the output of the Bluetooth receiver to the input of the audio equipment. You connect from your Smartphone via Bluetooth to the wireless Bluetooth receiver and all the audio will begin to play via Bluetooth on your old device.

How does it work?

Very simple: the old device starts playing the audio that you send from your Smartphone to the Bluetooth receiver. 

It works well?

It really works properly, does not harm the sound quality and there is practically no delay.

What audio equipment can you use it with?

With any audio device that has an auxiliary line input.

At Thonet & Vander we always want to offer you cutting-edge products and solutions. For this reason, we have developed our FLUG Bluetooth Wireless Receiver. It has a very simple operation: simply connect the FLUG Bluetooth Wireless Receiver to the auxiliary port of your sound system, convert it to Bluetooth and start enjoying your music on your old audio equipment.