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Hey

Im thinking of getting a Ipod and a fm transmitter to broadcast the ipod through my car speakers.

I have been looking at Roadtrip and Transpod which are the ones the transmit and charge ur ipod at the same time as well as hold it.

Could anyone tell me how good these are? or if there is a better way of playing the music through my car speakers with out a big hassel.

My factory head unit alredy has a line out for the factory cd stacker which I dont have (2 RCA cords and 1 stacker cord)

I anyone can let me know about these transmitters, clearness and quality etc or another way I would be greatful

Thanks

CHASP

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Im not too sure about the Roadtrip and the Transpond.

I have a Griffen Itrip which only transmits so it doesnt charge but when i use to use it i thought it was pretty good sound quality.

Just takes a bit of trial and error where to set the transmitter and where to actually have it placed in the car.

They are crap. Connect it to your deck or if you can't, get a better deck...

i agree ;)

i bought a Griffin itrip for my ipod mini, i took it back after a day, the sound qaulity was shithouse, it sounded shit on both my car deck and on my very $$$ sony sound system in my house.

My tip say away from them untill apple mades one :D

you can get belkin ones from jb hi-fi and the like that you can tune in to any station you like for about $70.

big w sell fm transmitters for $40 but they are locked to 4 stations, which it will swap from one to the other if it interferes with another station.

dont know what the quality is like of either one, but i plan on getting one for my Hi-MD

Guest Emperor
Yeah the signal is not very strong.  I'd get an RCA to 2.5mm stereo jack cord and hang it out the back into the passenger footwell.  Connect your ipod there.  You can just tuck the cord up behind the dash when not in use.

hey abo bob, this sounds like a good idea, do most aftermarket deck allow you to plug the RCA plug in (warning i am audio newbie), My friend has a similar setup in his car and the quality is very good (but his is connect to some cheap mp3 player :))

Thanks Emperor

no, the input on your amp is supposed be to connected to the output on your deck. the output on your amp goes to the speakers.

what you need is what is known as an "auxilary input". don't bother pulling your deck out. you can check this by simply hitting the 'source' button. it should go through 'CD', 'Tuner' and (if you have one) 'Aux' if you get that option you will no doubt have an RCA input on the back of your deck.

the belkin fm transmitters are crap i bought one and returned it after one day..

the signal was not strong enough for the cd player to get more than about 30 seconds before fuzzing out and in again.

it would probably be better if you did not live in a cbd area..

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I got a griffen fm transmitter and it's only ok. Maybe because of all the radio stations in Sydney but it's mission impossible trying to find the right band. And even still it's only ok. When I get my next car I'm gonna get an Alpine deck which can connect directly to my ipod.

no, the input on your amp is supposed be to connected to the output on your deck. the output on your amp goes to the speakers.

what you need is what is known as an "auxilary input". don't bother pulling your deck out. you can check this by simply hitting the 'source' button. it should go through 'CD', 'Tuner' and (if you have one) 'Aux' if you get that option you will no doubt have an RCA input on the back of your deck.

my pioneer deck will only bring up the AUX if there is something connected to it.. same with the cd changer....

the new alpines have a direct line into the ipod and will show the id3 tags and stuff direct from the ipod unit, its some form of firewire link or something, someething alpine and apple worked on together

my pioneer deck will only bring up the AUX if there is something connected to it.. same with the cd changer....

Pioneer have finally released an Ipod interface. It plugs into the cd stacker interface and gives you complete control over the Ipod using the controls on the head unit which also displays the tag info. I'd imagine JB Hifi and similar stores would have 'em in stock by now.

mike

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