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Re: FM Radio Discussion

I don't think you're quite understanding. The FM chip is not disabled. It is fully functioning at the hardware level. The antenna and audio out are disconnected.

Using your analogy of the BIOS... imagine that the WiFi card in your laptop is enabled in the BIOS and with the right drivers it shows up in Windows. But you can't connect to any networks because the WiFi chip is not connected to an antenna. That's basically the situation we have here.

Looking at the diagram on TI's own site, it is entirely possible and I would even say easy to simply leave some of the connections unsoldered. The FM antenna and FM audio output each have their own connectors that would be very easy to leave off.
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