Speaker for HMMWV Laptop

[darr3239]

Checking to see if anyone has wired a military speaker into their laptop.

Specifically, I'm thinking of using this speaker from The Military Guys, http://www.thosemilitaryguys.com/military-loud-speaker-n-o-s-now-with-instructions-for-wiring-to-cb/ , and wiring it into the docking station the laptop is connected to.

I know nothing of electronics and wiring, so I need simple non-tech advice as to how to do it without blowing something up!

I'm not interested in a 12V or bluetooth application.

 

[ryanruck]

If they're including instructions on how to wire into a CB, that should carry over to wiring it to the docking station.

Both a Cobra 29 CB and the laptop dock's headphone jack use a 3.5mm jack. Since you're only working with a mono speaker, a TS 3.5mm plug should be what you need and, without seeing their directions, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what they call for since the CB speaker out is going to be mono. In case you were wondering, what is a TS plug?.

The laptop dock's headphone jack is going to be a TRS jack but a TS plug should work just fine.

If you wanted to get fancy, you could buy 2 speakers and wire them into a TRS plug and get left and right audio.

 

[darr3239]

Thanks. I've ordered the speaker so I'll have to see what instructions come with it.

My concern is if the docking station is wired in for 24V, would there be some sort of difference for the CB installation? Or, does the docking station convert the juice back for something that works off of 12V?

Of course the military speaker would be 24V anyway.

 

[ryanruck]

I'd imagine the directions give a pin out for the plug on the speaker and where both the power and audio need to go on it. There shouldn't be a difference since I'm guessing most people using these would be installing them in a MV and using the 24v power direct to the speaker and stepping the 24v down to 12v in some manner for the CB only.

Maybe since ThoseMilitaryGuys are sponsors, they can chime in with the details on the installation instructions they have for it.

By the way, if that's that's the Gamber Johnson dock we talked about, it's stepping that 24v down to 19v that the laptop uses.

 

[darr3239]

Would the 19V going into the 24V speaker make any difference in sound quality or anything else?

 

[ryanruck]

Would the 19V going into the 24V speaker make any difference in sound quality or anything else?

There's no power transmitted over the audio wire in that sense. The speaker will need tapped into its own 24v source.

 

[jake-cutter]

I am also curious on how they power/wire it. Would be nice if they made a plug and play cable to go with their kit or at least post up a how to.

 

[darr3239]

There's no power transmitted over the audio wire in that sense. The speaker will need tapped into its own 24v source.

OK. I didn't even think of the speaker needing it's own power source. Maybe their instructions with help with that also.