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Griffin FM Transmitters
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What are these like?
The one I'm looking at is this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Griffin-6190-TRPAUTOS-Transmitter-Charger-Smartscan/dp/B000WKPHHO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1284312791&sr=8-2
Or one like it
Anyone got any experience with them?
The one I'm looking at is this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Griffin-6190-TRPAUTOS-Transmitter-Charger-Smartscan/dp/B000WKPHHO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1284312791&sr=8-2
Or one like it
Anyone got any experience with them?
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we found it hard to locate an emty radio channeel that stayed empty for the whole trip.
does your device have bluetooth?
I replaced my car radio cassette with a bluetooth sony mex-bt2700 which streams the sound and handles handfree mobile calls. great solution around £110 excelent kit
http://motors-parts.shop.ebay.co.uk/In-Car-Entertainment-/3270/i.html?LH_BIN=1&_nkw=sony+bluetooth&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282
you may even concider a bluetooth cassette adaptor
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=bluetooth+cassette £20
The quality will depend on your aerial positioning - at the time the cars aerial was right above the FM transmitter. I've tried it recently in my Audi - aerial is right at the back, and it doesn't work that well at all.
I'm generally quite happy with it.
Only a few minor niggles:
1, Interference on busy roads from other cars with FM transmitters on same frequency. This new model might have addressed this.
2. It has no internal battery, so it switches off when engine not running. It may depend on your car if the cigarette lighter works when engine switched off.
3 It doesn't charge our 4G nano. Again, this is probably addressed with this new model.
4. Get a bit of interference when passing under or near electricity lines. Can be annoying if lines run alongside road for a distance.
Bluetooth A2DP
Line In
iPod
USB memory sticks
Its a very good unit, can pick it up for £100, and the sound quality is infinitely better than an FM transmitter.
Nick from FT?
And how do they wire up?
In the same way, I DID buy a home sender, and regretted that decision. A bit of a waste.
Yep Ben
Connect via ISO wiring.
Car ISO connectors -> Parrot -> head unit iso connectors.
Took me 10 minutes including routing microphone cable
Now to hope they do one for the older Vauxhall (1995)