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The N78 started shipping in India a little while ago and I was able to get hold of one for a brief period. I was keen to try out the FM Transmitter as thats one of the things the N78 brings for the first time in any Nseries device. But to my dismay I simply could not find the option, I figured there was probably something wrong with my handset but today Arvind, a eagle eyed reader who has the same problem left a comment wondering why his bought in India N78, didn’t have a transmitter too.
Following up, he points us to a Nokia Page which tells you whether the N78 being sold in your country will have the transmitter or not. Fortunately, most governments are sane and have permitted its use, but if you are in France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland or Italy don’t buy the N78 because of this feature, you won’t find it! Its best to check before you take the plunge. Or hit up online retailers and get yourself a N78 from another country, there won’t be any warranty though and the FM transmitter use might still be illegal!
Update: May be flashing with another region’s product code might help if all N78’s have the same hardware. Can someone share a product code that supports the transmitter?
I think you just need to change the country of your device. This can be done in Time Zone I guess. Check and tell us what happened. Because I believe that all they build is a single N78 version and not country specific and hence all should have the transmitter inside.
that would be a great shortcut. unfortunateley I have tried it and it doesn’t work. so, timezones is a NoFix 🙁
i think you should try the euro1 product code, it should activate your FM transmitor
balkans code 564477 does not support thr FM transmiter… I tried with a few other codes and unfortunately I wasn’t able to get it running 🙁 if anyone has any possible solutions, pls write to banjeze@telenor.rs
thanx
Try changing the product code to 0566375 via NSS then reflash the firmware. Please do this at your own risk! 😉
The N78 shows the transmitter with the above product code.
Can someone write me the page where I can find all the product code to make the change in a NOKIA N78.
Writing from Spain…
Many thanks, in advance
Hi, with 0566375 the FM transmitter seems to be available.
TO: VAIBHAV SHARMA
Do you know if the code 0566375 is valid in Spain??
If not, do you know where can I see all product codes list??
Thanks
Why would you need to change the product code, if the N78 you have is based in Spain?
PS: That should work with any N78 with non US bands.
TO: Vaibhav Sharma
The thing is that I don’t want to have all the announcements that the telephone company (Movistar) has installed in the phone. And I want the product code to get rid of all the publicity.
I would appreciate it if you could help me.
Thank you.
The above product code should work fine! Be careful that this might void your warranty or cause harm to your phone!
TO: Vaibhav Sharma
I want to update the firmware to an original Nokia version (without the network items) through the NSU (Nokia Software Update).
Is this product code that you are giving me valid for Spain? Is it the EURO 1 the one that is usually valir for Spain to take the language in Spanish
That part I’m not sure of. All I can say is that it has English for sure. I have no clue about a Spain specific product code. You might want to cheack out a sim free N78 sold near out and note the product code under the battery.
do u have malay/chinese/english n82 product code????
do u have malay/chinese/english n78 product code????
I Have the Dutch edition. FM-transmitter is included. But the signal is not very strong
http://nokia-n78.blogspot.com/
N78 Products Codes
N78
0545485: Euro 1 Warm Silver and Brown
0545487: SPAIN Warm Silver and Brown
0545489: France Warm Silver and Brown
0545491: Alps Warm Silver and Brown
0545492: Euro 2 Warm Silver and Brown
0545493: Turkey Warm Silver and Brown
0545495: Scandinavia Warm Silver and Brown
0545496: Baltian Warm Silver and Brown
0545614: Russian Warm Silver and Brown
0545618: Ukraine Warm Silver and Brown
0545620: CIS, Bulgaria Warm Silver and Brown
0545621: Moldova Warm Silver and Brown
0545622: Euro 3 Warm Silver and Brown
0545623: Balkans Warm Silver and Brown
0545624: Greece, Cyprus Warm Silver and Brown
0545626: Israel Warm Silver and Brown
0546543: Euro 1 Warm Silver and Pearl White
0546591: SPAIN Warm Silver and Pearl White
0546592: France Warm Silver and Pearl White
0546593: Alps Warm Silver and Pearl White
0546594: Euro 2 Warm Silver and Pearl White
0546595: Turkey Warm Silver and Pearl White
0546596: Scandinavia Warm Silver and Pearl White
0546599: Baltian Warm Silver and Pearl White
0547719: Russian Warm Silver and Pearl White
0547720: Ukraine Warm Silver and Pearl White
0547721: CIS, Bulgaria Warm Silver and Pearl White
0547722: Moldova Warm Silver and Pearl White
0547723: Euro 3 Warm Silver and Pearl White
0547724: Balkans Warm Silver and Pearl White
0547725: Greece, Cyprus Warm Silver and Pearl White
0547726: Israel Warm Silver and Pearl White
0564475: Belarus No FMTx Warm Silver and Brown
0564476: Belarus No FMTx Warm Silver and Pearl White
0564477: Balkans No FMTx Warm Silver and Brown
0564478: Balkans No FMTx Warm Silver and Pearl White
0564510: CIS No FMTx Warm Silver and Brown
0564514: CIS No FMTx Warm Silver and Pearl White
0566344: Portugal Warm Silver and Pearl White
0566352: Luxembourg Warm Silver and Pearl White
0566359: UK, Ireland Warm Silver and Pearl White
0566362: Italy, Malta Warm Silver and Pearl White
0566365: Germany Warm Silver and Pearl White
0566371: Portugal Warm Silver and Brown
0566372: Luxembourg Warm Silver and Brown
0566374: UK, Ireland Warm Silver and Brown
0566375: Italy, Malta Warm Silver and Brown
0566376: Germany Warm Silver and Brown
NOKIA N78 ASIA/PACIFIC APAC
0548551 Taiwan Taiwan’s silver and blue
0548552 Hongkong Bank in Hong Kong and blue
0548553 Singapore Singapore silver and blue
0548554 Vietnam Vietnam silver and blue
0548584 Philippines Philippine silver and blue
0548585 Australia Australia silver and blue
0548586 Indonesia Indonesia silver and blue
0548596 Thailand Thailand silver and blue
0548599 Singapore Singapore silver and cocoa brown color
0548612 Vietnam Vietnam silver and cocoa brown color
0548613 Philippines and the Philippine Bank of cocoa brown color
0548614 Australia Australia silver and cocoa brown color
0548615 Indonesia Indonesia silver and cocoa brown color
0548648 Thailand Thailand silver and cocoa brown color
0548649 Taiwan Taiwan silver and cocoa brown color
0548650 Hongkong Bank in Hong Kong and cocoa brown color
0556046 New Zealand New Zealand silver and blue color
0556047 New Zealand New Zealand-and cocoa-brown color
0555490 MALAYSIA Malaysia silver and blue color
0555491 MALAYSIA Malaysia silver and cocoa brown color
0565647 India India warm cocoa brown and silver color
0560813 Cambodia Cambodia silver and cocoa brown color
0560814 Bengal Bangladesh Bank and cocoa brown color
0560815 APAC 1 Asia-Pacific Region Ⅰ silver and cocoa brown color
0560816 Cambodia Cambodia silver and blue
0560817 Bengal Bangladesh silver and blue
0560818 APAC 1 Asia-Pacific Region Ⅰ silver and blue
0565648 India Indian silver and blue
im still trying to get NSS to see my phone 🙁
Try using Windows Xp, NSU there is much more reliable and make sure you have PC suite installed.
the official site http://www.europe.nokia.com/fmtransmitter now shows its legal in india and many other countries so i updated the firmware using nsu but its still missing there
so i want to know will software do it to work or the hrdware is missing in indian version??
arunsinghlove@gmail.com
jus bought da n78…fm transmitter is not working as expected…:(
can sumone pls plz plz tell me how to enable it….step by step…
hav downloaded da nss now what ???
manish.sg@gmail.com
Hi,
I had checked this at nokia’s website. FM transmitter is available in India. I made some rounds at my retailer but he is unaware about it.
However, when i checked the help from within the music player, it does speak about the fm transmitter there.
I would be checking with a Nokia priority dealer as soon as I am able to buy some time.
Man this sucks!!!
i bought my nokis N78 from the Nokia store in South Extension, New Delhi!!!
and even though the manual and the onboard n78 video show the FM Transmitter feature, there is no such option in the ‘Now Playing’ screen!!!
I fail to understand how can this be illegal!!! and this sucks big time!!
We can actually sue these guys for selling us a faulty product as officially it is allowed here in India!!
Man, i thought Nokia was improving! but i’m sorry to say Nokia SUCKS!! 🙁
Ultra dissapointed N78 user!! 🙁
Hello,
Vaibhav Sharma can you please share me with steps on how to change Product Code to enable FM trasnmitter in India 🙂
Hey guys finally i figured out how to get fm transmitter on indian N78!!!
just got mine! yay! 😀
K!
Steps –
1. first of all u need to backup everything on ur phone!(MMC wont be involved) via Content copier on ur N-Series PC Suite!
2. Start “Nokia Software Updater” application. It might need to update itself, let it do so.
3. In the meanwhile, u should charge ur N78 to ensure that it has full battery!
4. After the update it’ll tell u to restart ur system, do so
5. After reboot is complete, u’ll see nokia software updater is already open. Connect ur phone via USB and run the update!
6. The update is about 111 MB so it’ll take quite some time to download! Watch movies, sleep or do some work till then! 😀
7. After the download completes it’ll update the phone automatically(takes about 2 mins! lol!)
8. And ur phone should show fm transmitter option in the ‘Now Playing’ screen but it wont run as yet!!
U need to reset ur phone to factory settings to get the ‘FM Transmitter’ to work!
WARNING – Resetting ur phone to factory settings will remove all the 3rd party applications that u had installed earlier + calendar events + contacts(pretty much everything on ur “Phone Memory”) so be sure to backup all ur contacts, calendar events, notes etc. !!!
9. When u r ready to proceed with the reset – Enter *#7370# code on the home screen!
It’ll ask for the lock code! it should be 12345 if u didn’t change it urself!
Let the reset proceed!
After reset and after selecting ur region(India), date and time u will see the home screen!
Go and check in the Music folder! FM Transmitter should be there! 😀
I’m ultra happy i could get it to work on my N78!
I’m sure it’ll work out for u guys too!!
Now enjoy ur phone even more!!
Cheers! 🙂
Hey Guys i checked the URL, it says FM Transmission is Allowed in INDIA.
http://www.europe.nokia.com/fmtransmitter
Pls let me know the actual step by procedure to enable it on the N78 Phone, it is still missing.
^^Did u try the method i posted!?? Its just above ur post! 😀
its now available in india also and many other countries
check out the following page if its not available in ur phone
http://arunsinghlove.googlepages.com/troubleshootn78
I followed the steps mentioned above but still the fm transmitter is available.My updated firmware is 12.046 and prduct code is of india
The complete guide is here:
http://thesymbianblog.com/2008/10/05/how-to-enable-the-fm-transmitter-on-the-n78/
thank you
i ded an OTA update once i bought my N78 5 days back. i am in india and the fm transmitter does not show up. neither am i able to reinstall the firmware.
Please help
Интересная новость!!!
Спасибо за сайт!)
Sohail….ur guide works like a charm….:-)
oh my god it worked to my utter surprise….
thanx so much i was missin this featur as i had bought the device in great expectation of playin device songs on car radio….
live forever people….
branko and all others try using Sohail’s – Guide to getting back the FM Transmitter on N78, works 100%!
thanks man!!
Классный у вас сайт, удачи в развитии! 😉
Да сайт впоряде, инфа интересная…
Уматоватовая штука…!
Да,несогласен с предыдущими неудачниками
Споки 🙂
Хм,согласен с предыдущими неудачниками
^..^ Bye
Полезный ресурс, спасибо!
HI, I just recently bought a N78, and FM transmitter is not working, I tried to update software, so I am now having version 21.002 which is most updated. but Fm transmitter still seems to be not working.. when I turned it on, my car radio does not sound any thing on the same frequency.please help, my current location is australia.