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I've been using this for almost a year now. Unfortunately that means I can't control it. Sadly, my ipod just died. But.that was before I started driving. Hopefully I can find something better. When driving, especially in high traffic, it's VERY static-y. I was amazed how it worked when I synced it for the first time in my car. That's been okay, I just put it on shuffle and listen to whatever comes on.
I found a way for it to work for me, though. I put it in the cup holder in the back seat and it works great. So I'm going to buy a new ipod nano and I guess it's not compatible with this so I'll have to look for something else. I made it work for me, but I wouldn't recommend it.
I looked at the price and forgot to read the info. I went to Best Buy that day, bought it for about $85, and it works perfectly. It doesn't work with an iPOD nano without some type of adapter. I didn't go through the trouble of figuring out what type of adapter that was.A friend suggested that I get the Belkin, because it has better transmission anyway. It charges my iPOD in the cigarette lighter, too, and it works with ALL iPODs, so your friends can plug theirs in too during long car rides. Just go to Best Buy.
If not then find some way to rig the ipod to the sound system using rca cords. Bottom Line: Just find another way to hook up the ipod.
The sound quality is just terrible and it is very hard to find a middle of the band station to use. The problems I have with this product are not specific to just this product but to all ipod-to-FM devices.
Also FM just cannot handle low end bass sounds and causes the sound to crackle when any bass is introduced. Basically you get the best speaker sound separation when you use a station in the middle of all the stations.
If you live in a metro area this is impossible, and even out here in SD it is pretty much impossible. If you have a tape deck use a cassette tape converter.
Using FM devices just makes music sound horrible.
This device has weak power. Good luck if your car has one of the newer style antennas for the car. I was not impressed with the iTrip.
In smaller metros and rural areas, this will likely be unnecessary in your travels.The included CD works flawlessly, the instructions and simple and clear, and the Griffin website still offers support for this legacy product. The design of the product does require that you find a vacant FM frequency in your listening location.
How the manufacturer is blamed for this is hard to understand, particularly as Griffin in explicit about which model iTrip supports which model iPod.This is a fine, inexpensive solution to getting my old U2 G4 playing through my car. First, it always amazes me to read comments/reviews panning a product because the purchaser did not do their due diligence to find out if it is compatible with their particular iPod.
The unit has enough power to effectively broadcast through my car and home radios static free if I am within 10-12 feet or so of the receiver or antenna. It attaches quickly and interfaces very well with the iPod itself.
The quality is more than adequate for most urban and all rural use areas. So, if you are undertaking long distance driving from major metro to major metro, there is some hunting and pecking to do, but this is about a 30 second inconvenience every 60 miles or so.
Compared to a $200+ iPod adapter installation at your local auto sound shop, there is plenty of value here to make this a worthwhile purchase.
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