Originally I bought the Griffin iTrip. It worked well until it was ran over in the parking garage. I went back to Fry's to buy another one, but ended up buying a aux adapter for my truck. The iTrip was $35.00, the aux adapter was $100.00 and a Belkin car charger/line out adapter was $3.00 on ebay. That said, the aux adapter is definitely the way to go if you use it in the same car. The iTrip suffers the same problems as any rf modulator in that it's not near as loud as any other source for your radio so you end up turning the radio volume quite high. The other problem with rf modulators is that you'll get clipping if the source (the iPod) is too loud, so then you have to turn you iPod volume down a bit, but you don't want to turn it down too much cause then you can't hear it well. It's a viscious cycle. None of these problems occur with a direct connection to your radio.
Most other radio adapters seem cheaper. I've got a GM vehicle with the upgraded radio and it has to have a special adapter with electronics built into to fool the radio into thinking there's a live component always hooked up to it. Installation was a snap though. I think it took me all of about 15 minutes. The brand I got is called "Peripherals" I think. I installed it about a year ago, so I could be wrong about the name :) On 10/26/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I originally worried that 4GB wouldn't be enough space --but the reality > is that I have more than 60GB of MP3's, so even if I went for the > biggest iPod out there, it wouldn't be enough... And frankly, it isn't > as if I'm listening to more than 1000ish songs at once... That's a lot > of music! > > I noticed that with the mini being phased out, that they can be found > for pretty cheap... That might be a good option. > > Has anybody used the FM transmitters? Are there better/worse ones? I'd > like to get one so I could use it in the car as well. > > -- > Jillian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:52 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: I need an iPod... desperately > > > From: Jillian Koskie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > But which one do I get? > > I'll be using it for two purposes primarily: work and on my > > motorcycle. > > My gut says to go with the Nano... Good battery life, small > > enough to be really handy... And enough storage space that I > > can put a reasonable number of MP3's on it. > > Does anybody have a Nano and wish they got something > > different? Does anybody have an MP3 player that isn't made > > by Apple that I'm making a huge mistake by overlooking? > > My wife and I both have the mini iPod and love them. At 4 GB it holds > enough > music for just about anyone! The Nano is experiencing some problems with > the > screen so I'd check into that before considering it (there is a class > action > lawsuit!). The mini is small enough to workout with and take biking or > to > work (which is what I do). > > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178334 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
