Controlling the volume on a bluetooth amplifier (4 Viewers)

[jongood]

We ditched the regular radio ages ago, mostly because we spend most of our time out of UK signal range but I also wanted to use the space for a 9 inch camera monitor.

We've been using a bluetooth speaker, which is ok but now thinking of fitting a bluetòoth amp to the motorhomes currently redundant speaker set up. The issue I have with just using the phone is that my copilot likes to control the volume but will inevitably mess up the mapping if she tries to do this using the phone. There's no problem finding a bt amp with an old fashioned knob on it but I can't get my head around hiding the wires to it. I'm considering, pullinig one apart, concealing the unit and remotely mounting the volume control but wondering if there is a cleverer way?

 

[Bobby-gg]

Most of the Chinesium Bluetooth amps come with a remote control - would that not be more suitable?

In the past I've built a few raspberry pi players with amps, one of them had an extension lead available to a front control panel, but I can't find them out there atm.

Or alternatively, an alexa based system powering the speakers.

 

[jongood]

Most of the Chinesium Bluetooth amps come with a remote control - would that not be more suitable?

In the past I've built a few raspberry pi players with amps, one of them had an extension lead available to a front control panel, but I can't find them out there atm.

Or alternatively, an alexa based system powering the speakers.

Ive foundcthem with a control panel or a remote pad but was hoping to make it as analogue as possible.

 

[stuartholmes]

We ditched the regular radio ages ago, mostly because we spend most of our time out of UK signal range but I also wanted to use the space for a 9 inch camera monitor.

We've been using a bluetooth speaker, which is ok but now thinking of fitting a bluetòoth amp to the motorhomes currently redundant speaker set up. The issue I have with just using the phone is that my copilot likes to control the volume but will inevitably mess up the mapping if she tries to do this using the phone. There's no problem finding a bt amp with an old fashioned knob on it but I can't get my head around hiding the wires to it. I'm considering, pullinig one apart, concealing the unit and remotely mounting the volume control but wondering if there is a cleverer way?

Get a crappy old phone off ebay, bluetooth from yours to it and from it to the speakers.

'It' then becomes the volume control controlled by the co-pilot.

(Tell me if it works, I have no idea!)

 

[stuartholmes]

Get a crappy old phone off ebay, bluetooth from yours to it and from it to the speakers.

'It' then becomes the volume control controlled by the co-pilot.

(Tell me if it works, I have no idea!)

Just had another thought about this...
I don't think it would work as originally conceived because I don't think 'it' can simultaneously connect to two different bluetooth channels.

So for an alternative way to use 'it' as the controller of sound level (without needing an additional sim card & data changes) would be to make a hot spot on your phone. The new cheap old phone, aka 'it', can then become a DJ deck to connect to whatever sound source the internet has to offer.

Again, tell me if it works - I have no idea!

Cheers & good luck.

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