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Pros: TINY, IDEAL FOR USE IN A CAR, GOOD RECEPTION Cons: LOOSES PROGRAMMED FM STATION ONCE IN A WHILE The Bottom Line: It's size makes it idea for use in car, certainly has good reception. Does loose the fm station once in while though and does not have power adapter.
Pros: Allows you top play your iPod on any FM stereo! Cons: Repeatedly having to reset your iPod is a huge pain!
This is a great idea for those who live in the country... but for those of us who live in the city, it just doesn't work. The FM transmitter required an unused radio frequency in order to transmit it's signal. Otherwise, if you try to use a frequency that is alreay in use by a radio station, the signals will conflict.
If you have an iPod Mini you'd be silly not to try this transmitter. I was given an iTrip FM Transmitter as a gift when mini's were still out on the market and loved, loved, loved it!
I was skeptical at first to use a wireless solution for my car-Ipod interface, but after seeing how cheap this Griffin Ipod Mini was, I decided it was worth a shot. In San Diego, this FM transmitter has worked great for me.
I bought the iTrip hoping that I could sit on my couch with my iPod and transmit to my stereo receiver across the room (about 10 feet away). My high hopes for an elegant wireless solution ended in disappointment. Despite that I have a nice big antenna attached to my stereo receiver and was only about 10 feet away, the sound quality was completely terrible - like listening to a weak FM radio station. The subtlest tilting or moving of the iPod would create more or less static.
I bought this item to play the music from an iPod mini over the car radio for a 1000 mile road trip. I set my radio to the 87.something FM station the instructions recommended. Once we were out of the range of Los Angeles area broadcasting, the thing worked like a champ all the way to Santa Fe, NM.
Ok. This is the 2nd ipod mini transmitter I have purchased that has broken within a month. All of a sudden it just stops working, for no apparent reason.
Isn't it amazing that so many companies and industries flourished after the launch of iPod family of mp3 players? Companies making interface, software and then those making accessories for iPod, all had their share of the business. I think Griffin Technologies did a good job by coming up with some neat little products to go with iPod. I regularly use iTrip for my iPod mini.
The concept behind this product is really quite brilliant. Since FM radios are so incorporated into our lives the idea of using your ipod with any one of them is a good one. Unfortunately, it simply does not work.
Brand: Griffin Technology, FM Transmitter, PN: 4025-MINI, UPC: 0685387040254
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