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Using a European Car Radio in the US
Perhaps this has been answered authoritatively somewhere here, but I can't find it. I am thinking of bringing a European radio into the US for my 911. It does not have a way to switch from European frequencies to US ones. However, some of what I read on the web says this will make no difference with respect to FM (although US radios in Europe cause a problem), and only a minor problem with respect to AM as a European radio gets very close to AM frequencies.
Does anyone know if this is true? Can you point me to someplace that gives a detailed explanation? Thank you for your help! This is such a vast repository of collected knowledge and wisdom! Cordially, Greg
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01-17-2017, 11:15 AM
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No experience here either, but looking at google (FM broadcast band), the overall FM band is essentially the same. The channel freqs should be the similar, but I am not sure about the bandwidth (fidelity) devoted to each channel. An interesting question, for radio geeks anyway.
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I have a '77 with the original European radio and I get FM and AM just fine. I do not believe it gets the entire upper or lower end of the band though I've never needed that portion for my stations. YMMV.
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01-17-2017, 11:59 AM
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When i bought my Mini (from Germany) it had the European head unit still. It received FM just fine. The only thing i noticed was the digital frequency readout showed each tenth - ex. 105.1, 105.2, 105.3 ..... whereas here in the states we only do the odd tenths. ex. 105.1, 105.3, 105.5
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If it's analogue you won't have any issues. If it's digital ensure it will do the odd frequencies rather than the evens (.1 rather than .2)
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01-17-2017, 03:49 PM
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The older Euro radios only tended to cover up to around FM 104, which wasn't adequate to cover all the US band. No idea what radio you are looking at...
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