How to Play Your iPod or iPhone by Wireless Radio

You can use a wireless adapter to play music from your iPod or iPhone on an FM radio with no connection or cable. Just be aware that this wireless playback can reduce the sound quality due to interference.

  1. Set the wireless adapter to an unused FM radio frequency.

    Some adapters offer only one frequency (typically 87.9 MHz). Others offer you a choice of several frequencies: typically 88.1, 88.3, 88.5, and 88.7 MHz. Some even let you pick any FM frequency. If given a choice, choose the frequency and set the adapter according to its instructions. Avoid FM stations at specific frequencies that would interfere with your iPod or iPhone signal.

  2. Connect the wireless adapter to the iPod or iPhone headphone/line-out connector or to the line-out connector on the iPod car dock.

    The wireless adapter acts like a miniature radio station, broadcasting to a nearby FM radio. (Sorry, you can’t go much farther than a few feet, so no one else can hear your Wolfman Jack impersonation.)

  3. Tune to the appropriate frequency on the FM dial.

    Tune any nearby radio to the same FM frequency that you chose in Step 1.

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