Griffin White iTrip FM Transmitter for iPod | List Price: $39.99
Discount Price: $1.81
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Brand: Griffin Technology
Binding: Electronics
Features: - FM transmitter designed to play iPod music through FM radios
- Tunes to any FM frequency for the best possible performance
- Battery-free design receives power from iPod itself
- Sleek, attractive housing fits seamlessly on top of iPod
- Compatible with any iPod with dock connector, including iPod mini
Convenient AND reliable [Posted on 2008-03-12]
Seeing the variety of other ipod transmitter products out there, i chose this one because it was cheap, and there were no extra fancy digital displays with extra wires hanging, etc. It's just a simple plug-in unit. The compact design also makes it easy to just keep the iTrip plugged into your ipod without it getting in the way.
Another reason i decided to write this review is that this product is pretty reliable. My 2 year old son found this on my night stand and somehow it ended up in my laundry. It went through the washer and the dryer. I figured it'd be time to buy another one, but lo and behold, the thing still worked perfectly. I was shocked. This is a great product and you get can them super cheap here at Amazon.
Solid, Inexpensive Mobile Solution [Posted on 2008-08-23]
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. 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. 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.
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. The design of the product does require that you find a vacant FM frequency in your listening location. 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. 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. 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.
Not that great [Posted on 2008-09-21]
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.
Just doesn't cut it. [Posted on 2008-10-19]
The problems I have with this product are not specific to just this product but to all ipod-to-FM devices. The sound quality is just terrible and it is very hard to find a middle of the band station to use. 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. Also FM just cannot handle low end bass sounds and causes the sound to crackle when any bass is introduced.
Bottom Line: Just find another way to hook up the ipod. If you have a tape deck use a cassette tape converter. If not then find some way to rig the ipod to the sound system using rca cords. Using FM devices just makes music sound horrible.
A waste of $7. [Posted on 2008-11-24]
I looked at the price and forgot to read the info. 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. I went to Best Buy that day, bought it for about $85, and it works perfectly. 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.
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