HTC Desire FM Radio..

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Anyone confirm if the receiver is built into the phone, as opposed to being built into the wired stereo headphones?

It's in the headphones, as usual.

Don't think that's right. Usually, the radio is built into the phone but you need headphones connected - not necessarily the supplied headphones - for the radio to work. That's certainly how it was with my HD2. Otherwise, it means you could not use your own headset.

The headset cable usually acts as the antenna.

Usually these type of devices (phones/mp3 players etc...) have the receiver in the device but they use the headphones as the antenna so if you want to get any signal you need some (Any) headphones connected.

Originally Posted by shawon007

Anyone confirm if the receiver is built into the phone, as opposed to being built into the wired stereo headphones?

I have read it somewhere, .. I confirm that the radio receiver is IN the headset, not inside the phone!

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How ...?

can ANY headphone be used as an antenna?? even ones I bought from ebay??

Originally Posted by irkan

I have read it somewhere, .. I confirm that the radio receiver is IN the headset, not inside the phone!

Maybe you should really think before writing though

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Ofcourse the reciever is in the phone and yes you can use any headset.
The headset purely acts as an antenna.

There are reports that non OEM headsets are a bit hit and miss. Some work, some don't.

Not a feature I will get to use as I have bluetooth headphones

shawon007,

Question - have you tried siwtching your phone off & back on? Your thread made me realise I hadn't tried out the radio on my desire, or the headphone jack for that matter....

Imagine my surprise when I tried the radio with normal headphones and the radio didn't work ... so I tried the official headphones, and they didn't work either, whether for radio or even playing music .... so I grumped about it and figured the jack was faulty. Then I tried powering the phone off & back on (early firmware) and bingo, the radio works.

Oh and standard headphones work just fine too.

Dougie