[iTunes] Personal experiences with FM Transmitters?

[Meg St. Clair]

I used the first version of the DLO Transpod for my 3G iPod. I liked  
it a lot. It does shake a bit depending on the placement of your  
cigarrette lighter and how much you need to extend the arms. I like  
the ease with which you can adjust the frequency.

Unfortunately, the original version doesn't fit the 60gig iPod photo.  
So, I switched to a Monster iCarPlay (the version that can use any  
station) and a cup holder. It also works well. My sense is that the  
Transpod worked a little better. The combination of the iCar Play  
(which also plugs in the cgarette lighter) and the cup holder (Belkin  
TuneDok?) is a little more flexible and stable. However the iCar Play  
is harder to adjust. You can pick any three stations for the presets.  
However, it's a fidgety enough process that you really don't want to  
do it while you're driving. This makes things awkward if you are  
driving long distances and drive into an area where all of your  
preselected stations are occupied.

My standard recommendation for anything like this is that you buy  
from a store with a good return policy and check it out for yourself.

Meg

On 16 Jun 2005, at 7:47 AM, Wilson Ng wrote:

> Just got a 60 GB iPod Photo. It's a nice upgrade from my first  
> generation
> iPod 5 GB.
>
> My truck doesn't have a cassette deck so using the cassette adapter  
> isn't an
> option (and neither is changing the standard stereo because I just  
> bought
> the iPod photo).
>
> I've been reading the reviews on the DLO TransPod since it sounded  
> nice but
> read reviews of some whiny noise/static.
>
> Has anybody gotten any other types of FM transmitters that they'd  
> love.
>
> The DLO Transpod looked nice since it combines as an iPod holder,  
> cigarette
> charger, and transmitter.
>
> Otherwise, I'm thinking of getting one of those iPod cupholders,  
> cigarette
> charger, and a transmitter to go with it.
>
>
> I've heard that the Alpine car stereo is still not as "smooth" as  
> one would
> wish. So I'm thinking of waiting for the next generation car stereo  
> with
> iPod interface.
>
>
>
> Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> :-)  Wilson - Guam, U.S.A.
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