I’ve had two of these (I’ll get to that later) and other FM transmitters over the years. I bought this around Christmas ‘08 at Best Buy and it works great.
I work in a town of less than 100K people and drive 35 miles from the country to get there, I often drive to Austin, DFW, and Lubbock with minimal issues. I’ve taken it to Las Vegas and it worked fine. When on a road trip, it is expected that you have to change frequencies a few times. (Like I said, I’ve had many transmitters in the past.)
Since day one around home I’ve put it on 100.3 and left it there. When I turn it off, there is a clear station on that frequency, but it doesn’t interfere with the iPhone when it’s broadcasting. I listen to podcasts, so I do wish it were a bit louder, I’m going to try the 88.1 setting trick. It’s weird that the iPod sounds are low but my notification sounds are really loud.
About having two of them; around 6 months in, the wiring from the screen started to come loose and I was having an issue with it losing the station. I emailed Griffin and they replaced it quickly and painlessly. **The best warranty service ever.**
I have an iPhone 3GS with an Otterbox Defender Case for iPhone 3G, 3G S – White case. When I got the Otterbox, I had to take a fingernail file and shave down one of the sides of the connector to get it to plug in, but I wouldn’t give up either for anything. I do not have an RDS stereo, but I wonder if the quality of the screen text has anything to do with the quality of the metadata from the mp3 files that are being played?
From ‘02 to ‘08 I had a Sirius radios with transmitters, this is much easier to tune and easily the same quality. Back in the iPod days I had a clip on Griffin battery powered transmitter, it was kind of like Mr. Microphone where the iPod had to be within three feet of the antenna to work.
Anyway, I’m very happy with it. In almost 2 years of iPhones and countless years of laptops and iPods, I’ve tried accessories from every major brand. A lot of it was expensive crap. This is not, it’s a quality product. I also had a Griffin Clarifi for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S (Black) and a Griffin iClear Case for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S they ware great, really. But I feel much safer with my Otterbox.
Feature
- Compatibility: iPhone, iPhone 3G; iPod mini; iPod classic 4G, 5G, 5.5G, 6G; iPod touch 1G, 2G; iPod nano 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G
- AutoPilot controls iPod playback from your dash or console’s cigarette lighter with the touch of a finger.
- Industry-leading SmartScan does all the work — scans the radio dial for the three best frequencies then saves them automatically to 3 programmable presets for easy recall at the touch of a button.
- New SmartSound Plus technology delivers clear sound under real-world conditions.
- RDS technology shows song information on RDS-enabled car radio display.
Overview
iTrip AutoPilot with SmartScan – Control, charge and play your iPod® or iPhone through your car’s FM stereo
List Price
$99.99
Offer Price
$55.99
*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Feb 09, 2010 15:39:06
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