Pimp My Ride

The film Date Movie features a part where Julia Jones (Alyson Hannigan), the main character, gets "pimped", complete with gold teeth. See also: electronic amplifier, low noise amplifier, preamplifier, satellite in-line amplifier. An issue of Wizard featured an article in which superheros and their "supermobiles" (e.g-Batman and the Batmobile, Wonder Woman and her invisible jet, Optimus Prime) were pimped. Optical amplifiers amplify light, through the process of stimulated emission. The Weebl and Bob episode "joust2" features the car belonging to the character Bob being "pimped" for a joust, by a jar of jam and a talking fried egg known as "Eggsy Bit". An Amplidyne or Rototrol is a rotating machine like an electrical generator that provides amplification of electrical signals by conversion of mechanical energy to electrical energy. Spoofing PMR, Robot Chicken's version was Pimp My Sister, where a pimp and his stable turned a kid's nice, average sister into a whore for the kid to pimp. The bandwidth of magnetic amplifiers extends to the tens of kilohertz.

At midday, a picture spoofing the test card (with the word "fool" written on the blackboard) was shown with an announcement that Chav my Motor would not be shown due to "ongoing police investigations", and would be shown on 1st April next year. It is a non-electronic electrical amplifier with no moving parts. This is because it turned out to be an April Fools joke. A magnetic amplifier is a transformer-like device that makes use of the saturation of magnetic materials to produce amplification. Chav My Motor was a spoof of PMR, and although there was advertising for the show, it was never shown. The carbon microphone was extremely important in early telecommunications until other types of amplifiers were available. A PMR spoof appeared on VH1 in the UK, called Chav My Motor. By channeling a large electric current through the compressed carbon granules in the microphone, a small sound signal could produce a much larger electric signal.

This short skit shows Xzibit entering a church and excited to see the bride who is getting pimped - after which, Xzibit tells the groom to come to the alley with him and reveals the bride, who, as expected, is done up like a prostitute and has a television installed on her back. One of the first devices to amplify signals was the carbon microphone. A PMR spoof appeared in Jimmy Kimmel Live, called Pimp My Bride featuring Xzibit himself and written by Kimmel's team. An audio amplifier is usually used to amplify signals such as music or speech. An AirFerg sketch featured Ferg pimp a boy's mother to become a full-fledged whore with an automatic coochie among other things. See main page: instrument amplifier. The spoof ultimately ended with the car being vandalized and left on blocks in a parking lot when the owner went into a store. An operational amplifier is a solid state integrated circuit amplifier which employs external feedback for control of its transfer function or gain.

The car, "dumped" by "Messed-up Customs", was (apparently) a 1977 AMC Gremlin, which was outfitted with multiple television sets, a miniature race-car track, a deep fryer, and a koi pond. The amount of magnification (the "forward gain") is determined by the external circuit design as well as the active device. A PMR spoof appeared in MAD #456, called Dump My Ride. The essential role of this active element is to magnify an input signal to yield a significantly larger output signal. Season 1. Most common active devices in transistor amplifiers are bipolar junction transistors (BJTs); metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) are also used. Special. In the earlier years of audio, vacuum tubes filled the active device role.

Season 4. Some claim this sound has more to do with the circuit topology and circuit design of the amplifier, than to the use of valves rather than transistors as the active gain devices. Season 3. Valve amplifiers are widely, but not always correctly, associated with the valve sound. Season 2. Today most sound systems use transistor amplifiers for economic reasons, but valve amplifiers remain popular for guitar amplification, for "high end" hi-fi systems and analog production and replay equipment in recording studios. Season 1. The signal is restored to almost sinusoidal shape by the tuned circuit.

Hosted by the Italian hip hop group Gemelli DiVersi, Pimp My Wheels turns old rusty motorscooters or motorcycles into brand-new shiny vehicles. RF tuned amplifiers are usually Class C which means that they amplify less than 180° of the input signal. MTV Italy also features a different version of Pimp My Ride, called Pimp My Wheels. These classes are usually used in efficient low frequency amplifiers (such as audio and hi-fi) owing to their relatively high efficiency. Both shows are located in Hamburg.
The original US Pimp My Ride is shown in English language with German subtitles. Class AB and class B are essentially the same, transmitting about 180deg of the input signal to the output with each device. Pimp My Whatever is hosted by MTV's presenter Patrice Bouédibéla. Where efficiency is not a consideration, most small signal linear amplifiers are designed as class A which means that one active device amplifies all portions (360deg) of the input signal.

In Pimp My Whatever [2] ElbCoast Psycles return once more to pimp anything from a bathroom and a doghouse to a Birthday Party or even someone's brother. All amplifiers can be classified by the angle of flow of the input signal through the amplifying device; see electronic amplifier. It is hosted by German actor Oliver Korittke. Its critical components are active devices, such as vacuum tubes or transistors. While the show could be seen as a parody of the American original, it is also a loving tribute, using all the elements of the American show with a bicycle twist. The most common type of amplifier is the electronic amplifier, commonly used in radio and television transmitters and receivers, high-fidelity ("hi-fi") stereo equipment, microcomputers and other electronic digital equipment, and guitar and other instrument amplifiers. On Pimp My Fahrrad [1], the bike shop Elbcoast Psycles redoes almost the entire bicycle, usually leaving only the frame intact. There are numerous types of electronic amplifier depending upon the application.

The German-language MTV Central Europe has two adaptions of the show called Pimp My Fahrrad (English: "Pimp My Bicycle") and Pimp My Whatever. Note that more efficient amps run much cooler, and often do not need any fans even in multi-kilowatt designs. Carisma Automotive are the customisers for the UK version. The efficiency of the amplifier limits the amount of total power output that is usefully available. A UK version of the show launched on 26 June 2005, presented by the DJ Tim Westwood. Commercially available class D amplifiers have reported efficiencies as high as 97%. Pimp My Ride is one of MTV's most popular shows in nearly all of its worldwide subsidiaries (numbering nearly 100), the only exception being the U.S., where it is second place to The Real World (which is generally much less known outside of the United States). Modern Class AB amps are commonly between 35–55% efficient with a theoretical maximum of 78.5%.

. How much of the input power is usefully applied to the amplifier's output? Class A amplifiers are very inefficient, in the range of 10–20% with a max efficiency of 25%. The series should begin early 2006. It is measured in either decibels or the peak output voltage produced by the amp when no signal is applied. Discovery Channel will be showing a new series (unamed) that features WCC's car built in the garage more than, as Ryan Haus says "over-the-top cars". How much noise is introduced by the amplification process? This is an undesirable thing that is the inevitable result of the electronics devices and components. The producers of the show will continue new episodes with another garage to be announced in early 2006. The total harmonic distortion (THD) is the sum of these components relative to the signal.

Ryan, the WCC manager has moved his shop to Corona, CA and is worried about his ability to both do the show and have another shop. These are the harmonics. MTV has announced that Pimp My Ride will no longer be with WCC. You will sometimes see humps at even intervals along the graph at even multiples of that base signal. In December 2004 the shop was fined $16,000 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (along with fellow shop Unique Autosports) for removing airbags from cars and replacing them with DVD monitors, although this modification was not done on the TV show. The largest signal on your analyzer should be the input signal at 1 kHz. WCC has faced problems with some of their modifications. Typically a sinusoidal signal of 1 kHz is used.

Ryan Haus, the owner of WCC, has been featured in season 3 as the "lead" for discussions on what customizing will be done on the incoming cars. Then a pure tone is applied to the amplifier input. Louis, Missouri. The amplifier output is connected to a spectrum analyzer, (a device which graphs frequency against amplitude). He cited a desire to expand the company's business with a customs shop in St. Harmonic distortion is fairly easy to measure. After the second season however, WCC manager "Q" announced that he would not be willing to take a role in the show anymore. This distortion comes in several forms including harmonic distortion and intermodulation distortion.

Both he and WCC have experienced boosts in business due to the show: Xzibit has gained wider attention for his music career (as well as hosting and movie gigs), and WCC had to expand their facilities, due to the international exposure Pimp My Ride gave their work. The properties of amplifier circuits distort the signal. Xzibit, the show's host, has found a new audience of fans, who appreciate his sense of humor and obvious love of his job. This is the maximum rate of change of output variable, usually quotes in volts per second (or microsecond). The WCC employees are an eclectic mix of outgoing personalities, such as:. Specified in high accuracy measurement systems. Much of the appeal of the show comes from the personalities involved. Time taken for output to settle to within a certain percentage of the final value say 0.1%.

In both instances, the "Pimpees" were given brand new cars, with extensive WCC modifications to customize the new car for the owner. where BW is in Hz and Tr is in seconds. In the second instance (Episode 8 of Year 2) the "Pimpee" was studying to be an auto mechanic, and WCC decided to let him "pimp" his car as a study project. Tr = BW/0.35. In the first instance (the last episode of Year 1), the car-to-be-pimped was actually two Ford Escorts welded together, and was considered unsafe. For a Gaussian response system (or a simple RC roll off), the rise time is given by :. On only two occasions did WCC not "pimp" the automobile. The rise time of an amplifier is the time taken for the out put to change from 10% to 90% of its final level when driven by a step input.

However, WCC is well-known for putting their own whimsical touches in their work, such as the aforementioned dryer, or an electric fireplace in the trunk of another vehicle. As an example, a good audio amplifier will have a −3 dB BW from around twenty hertz to about twenty kilohertz (the range of normal human hearing). Customization and extra gifts usually total around US$20,000 (though the show usually doesn't put much emphasis on costs). Bandwidths for other response tolerances are sometimes quoted (−1 dB, −6 dB etc. Work usually includes new paint, accessories, chrome, tires and rims, and internal electronics (even, and especially, DVD players, video games, TFT screens of excessive size and other top notch gadgets). This is therefore also known as the −3 dB BW. For example, a Need for Speed: Underground 2 fan had his car painted to look like one in the game, while a bowler had a ball washer installed in his trunk, and a surfer got a full-size dryer (or at least one that fit) in the back of his Volkswagen van. The bandwidth BW of an amplifier is usually defined as the difference between the lower and upper half power points.

Each car is a custom "pimp", tailored to the personalities and interests of the owners. Since the lowest useful level is limited by output noise, this is quoted as the amplifier dynamic range. The show features rapper Xzibit, who takes the cars to the custom body shop of West Coast Customs (WCC), where the WCC team generally replaces most of the components and rebuilds the interior and exterior from scratch. This is the range usually quoted in dB between the lowest useful; output and the largest useful output level. The show picks young car owners (requirements limit participants to their early 20's) living in the Los Angeles/Southern California area. Mathematically speaking, the gain is equal to the output level divided by the input level. The concept is simple — one takes a car that is old, thought to be unfashionable, falling apart, or some combination thereof, and "pimps" it (i.e., the car is restored and customized). This is usually measured in decibels (dB).

Pimp My Ride is a TV show originally shown on MTV, with the first episode airing on March 4, 2004. How much an amplifier increases the signal level is called the gain. Hackney Carriage (1986). Most amplifiers can be characterised by a number of parameters. Ford Capri (1986). . Fiat Panda (1987). The relationship of the input to the output of an amplifier — usually expressed as a function of the input frequency — is called the transfer function of the amplifier, and the magnitude of the transfer function is termed the gain.

Ford Granada (1983). An amplifier can be considered to be any device that uses a small amount of energy to control a larger amount, although the term today usually refers to an electronic amplifier. Volkswagen Golf (1989). Another type of amplifier is the fluidic amplifier, based on the fluidic triode. Morris Minor (1961). Relays can be included under the above definition of amplifiers, although their transfer function is not linear (that is, they are either open or closed). This car was "pimped" for The Tonight Show announcer John Melendez. There are also mechanical amplifiers, such as the automotive servo used in braking.

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