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Help Cannot play FM radio in Bluetooth speakers/headsets

wow I feel sorry for you melvin......

After all this discussion people still don't get it!

They are talking about the actual "FM Tuner" like the type found on most home stereo's and boomboxes where you scan & tune to the local local frequencies in your area starting at 88MHz to 108MHz

They are NOT talking about:
- AP'S
- Streaming
- XM

Or ANYTHING that uses internet!

Some devices have this unique AM/FM function that scans the actual air waves around your location

Since tuners (FM) needs an antenna to grab these FM signals it uses the wire of standard headphones as the antenna.

The issue is that the device will not enable FM function if it senses the headphones are not plugged in, when you do plug then in it sends the sound to the headphones and typically disables the speakers (like on a boom box)

The question was "how can the sound be routed to blue-tooth" when headphones are plugged in"

I haven't personally found a workaround for this issue yet, it appears the best option is like JD suggested using a 3.5 mm cable then plugging the other end into a separate blue-tooth "transmitter" which would meet the requirements.

If anyone has found a hardware fix please respond, I think this should be possible, but it could be the case that FM amplifier is connected post android processing, with only the GUI accessible by android.
 
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Hello guys. I'm just facing of the same issue. When I plug in the wired headphones to my phone's jack the FM radio in my phone starts to play. I can switch the sound between headset and phones speaker. There is no option to select Bluetooth. The only thing what I found is to plug in jack-jack cable to my phone and bluetooth speaker. The cable works as antenna and also transfers the radio. If somebody creates an app for that issue pls let me know. Thanks
 
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