[Bleeditout2130]

Originally Posted by mattlach

I bought the monster cable iPod fm transmitter at Radioshack and then prmptly returned it for the following reasons:

1.) When I plugged it in the iPhone would tell me it wasn't made for iPhones and aak me if I wanted to go into airplane mode. If I went into airplane mode it would work, but - of course - that meant I couldn't receive calls. If I didn't go into airplane mode it would just play on the iPhones internal speakers as if I'd weren't plugged in.

2.) even when in airplane mode it would suffer from poor sound quality if turned up loud. This may just be because of limitations of FM quality or because the FM band in Boston is so full of radio stations that there wasn't enough free frequency space to allow distortion free playback.

I'm going to wait and try a real iPod integration kit for my car instead.

I had that cable and it worked pretty good.

The funny thing is it says it's not compatible....but it works! Anyways, I ended up installing a new radio and connecting my iPhone directly. You can't beat that quality.

[sungzilla]

i've used so many FM transmitter and never had a luck with good decent quality sounds...
i think i'm just going to buy a cable so i could just hook it up to aux port on my headunit...

[JazJon]

Tape Adapter? (sucks)

FM Trans? (sucks)

Try a blitzsafe connection. They make aftermarket inputs for just about every make and model car I've come across so far.
Blitzsafe -- Auxiliary Audio Input Interfaces

[mromac]

I used the TuneBase by Belkin (Part # F8Z183) on a recent road trip. It has ClearScan which allows you to press one button to find the best "station" to use then just tune your radio to that station. No being a big audio buff I would prob spend that much if I was just using an iPod due to the crystal clear sound and not needing to fiddle with it much when going in and out of new citys, but with the iPhone this product just kicks ***. I was able to have my phone positined right up along the dash within easy reach and view so that I could pull up and look at google maps, read the occasional text, and have my bluetooth earpice paired up so that when a call would come in I could glance at my dash, see who it was and press the button on my headset to take the call all without having to touch my stero to adjust the vollume and/or pause the music. Everwhere I went I had crystal clear stero sound and once I had the product situation I never had to mess with it. Plus it comes with many attachments for diffrent iPods as well as some rubber pices to be sure there is a snug fit with ur car.

[unlockme]

I use a cd player with built on aux. input. Basically a double sided headphone jack that plugs in to phone/iPod while the other side goes to deck. Works great.

[Terrill]

Originally Posted by chibiducky

FM transmitters are horrible on long road trips as you have to change frequencies frequently.

cosign.....just use the ipod feature