General Question

Jeremycw1's avatar

How can I make a car P.A. system?

Asked by Jeremycw1 (1370points) March 30th, 2011
4 responses
“Great Question” (0points)

Ok so I have the speaker, but nothing else. Is there a way I could hook it up to a microphone and a power supply?

Topics: , ,
Observing members: 0
Composing members: 0

Answers

FlutherMeNot's avatar

You can get a cable that splits standard microphone output to RCA. You can then use this RCA to feed an amp, which will output to speakers.

FlutherMeNot (7points)“Great Answer” (0points)
math_nerd's avatar

Empty soup can + Bungee cord + traffic cone

^ will do the same thing but cheaper.

math_nerd (1871points)“Great Answer” (0points)
klutzaroo's avatar

Is that even legal?

klutzaroo (4716points)“Great Answer” (0points)
koanhead's avatar

If you purchase an old CB radio unit, it will often have a jack on the back for a PA speaker like the one you have. The radio will have a switch to enable the PA and an amplifier to drive it. You use the CB microphone to talk over the PA.
I had such a setup as this about 10 years ago and it worked OK. The amplifier was only about 15 watts so it wasn’t very loud- but it got the job done.
I don’t know about the legality of such a setup. I assume it’s legal. I can tell you that I never got ‘busted’ for it, which I attribute mostly to the fact that I used it responsibly. Used right, it’s a lot less annoying than a horn.

koanhead (4057points)“Great Answer” (1points)

Answer this question

Login

or

Join

to answer.

Older »
Is it wrong that I filed for a FASFA?
« Newer
What kid's movie scared you when you were young ...

Mobile | Desktop


Send Feedback   

`