I have seen a large number FM transmitters being sold on eBay and Amazon for hefty prices. How would it sound if I actually save all your cost? Of course, it sounds nice. But, how are we going to do it? I believe most of us have WiFi routers installed and even Nokia 5800 has a WiFi and we connect our laptops/PC over WiFi. So, do you see the connection – ‘WiFi’? Yes, we will use WiFi to broadcast our music to our Nokia 5800.

Benefits of using WiFi over FM?

1) The audio quality is purely digital. No possible distortions as in FM transmission.
2) The audio transmission over WiFi is purely secure and no one else can listen to it unless you allow it. However, this depends on your WiFi network security i.e. it is not an open network. Even if it is open, it would be quite difficult to connect as you need the link for the audio stream.

In this guide, the instructions are provided where you will be able to transmit whatever audio you will play on your Winamp player to your Nokia 5800. The audio will automatically play on the Real Player in Nokia 5800.

Before we proceed further with the instructions, there are a few pre-requisites that we need –
Icecast Streaming Server – Download Edcast Winamp Plug-in – Download Note: Download the mp3 encoder here
, unzip it and place it in “C:\Program Files\Winamp” folder.
Winamp Player v5.56 - Download [This is version that I have tested this on.]
Note: Allow access to these applications when prompted by the Firewall.

1. The very first step is to install the Winamp Player (Skip if you have it already installed). Then install the Icecast Streaming Server. Edcast Winamp plug-in is to be installed the last.

2. Once you have completed the installation, launch the Icecast Streaming Server. Click on the start button.



3. Launch Winamp Player. Go to Winamp Preferences -> Plug-ins -> DSP/Effect -> ‘edcast DSP v3’. As soon as you select it, the Edcast plug-in will get launched.


4. Click on the ADD ENCODER button on the Edcast plug-in interface. This will add a default entry into the encoder settings section.


Right click on the encoder entry and select configure.

5. Right click on the default encoder entry and click on ‘configure’. This will open another window.

6. While on the Basic Settings tab, make the selections as shown in the image below.


7. While on the YP Settings tab, make the selections as shown in the image below.


8. While on the Advanced Settings tab, make the selections as shown in the image below. Click on OK.


9. Now verify that the encoder entry under encoder settings on the Edcast interface shows MP3: 128 kbps/44100Hz/Stereo. Now select the ‘AutoConnect’ checkbox and click on Connect.


10. The Edcast interface should now say ‘/nokia5800blog.mp3’ or 'connected' in the encoder settings (Transfer Rate) section.


Once you start playing on the Winamp Player, the interface will look like this.

11. Play any track on winamp. Our Settings for the PC is done. We will now configure our Nokia.

use realplayer (streaming links option)
http://<lan_ip_of_the_computer_running _the server>:8000/nokia5800blog.mp3
Example – http://192.168.0.100:8000/nokia5800blog.mp3

or use the inbuilt internet radio application (on many nokias)
http://<lan_ip_of_the_computer_running _the server>:8000/nokia5800blog.mp3
Example – http://192.168.0.100:8000/nokia5800blog.mp3

or use any other player that supports internet radio application
http://<lan_ip_of_the_computer_running _the server>:8000/nokia5800blog.mp3
Example – http://192.168.0.100:8000/nokia5800blog.mp3


any other doubts just message me..