My grandmother has a Hyunda, but trust me, it doesn't have bluetooth
ability, nor does it have auxiliary input. All she's got is A M/FM/Sirius
XM, Plus a 6 disc dashboard loading CD changer. I can't remember what year
it is, but it's not exactly old old old, but it's not new by any stretch
either. I think it's like a 2005, or a 2006, somewhere in that
neighborhood.
Anyway, she does have a cigarette lighter charger port. So, I'm wonderring
if anyone may know of a good FM transmitter that I could use for my IPhone
4S 16GB black, through AT&T which would let me transmit to an FM frequency
which I then could tune her radio to, then listen to my IPhone in the car.
We go out practically 2 or 3 times a week for lunch, then of corse, there's
the times I have doctor appointments, etc. so I'd love! to be able to listen
to my music, or Pandora, etc. over something a little better than the
internal IPhone speaker. Don't get me wrong, the internal speaker is
incredible! I mean it blows the IPod Touch 3GS and 4G both totally! out of
the water, but it's still not the same as going through a full car stereo by
any means.
I had a little birdy butt transmitter I bought a while back for my old IPod
Nano 4th Gen, way back in the days, which costed about 50 bucks, or so, and
basically what you had was this little dinky dank thing that plugged into
the cigarette lighter charger... obviously, I don't literally mean the
cigarette lighter... I'm not stupid... LOL! I mean the charger port thing
that looks like a lighter port. You're probably lookin at me go yeah yeah
yeah, I gotcha, I know I know, don't worry. LOL! Anyway, so one end
plugged in there, then the other end basically was just a cord that plugged
into the 8th inch or as some would call it 3.5MM stereo jack on the
IPod/IPhone, or whatever had an earphone jack. I found that thing didn't
work really well, as for one, the IPhone never was stationary, as nothing
held it still. It just kind a sat there either on my lap, or whatever,
sometimes in the little glasses compartment. I found that the slightest
movement would make the thing fade out though and give a bit of static over
the transmition. It was really really annoying.
My dad had one that I think he paid about $100 to maybe $130 bucks for,
somewhere around there, and if my mom still has it, I may try it out, as
that sucker worked incredibly! The sound was so crystal clear, it was
unbelievable! The only issue with it is, I dont' think an IPod Touch nor an
IPhone would fit in the thing. I think it only held the 4th and 5th gen
Nanos. My dad actually got the thing back when the 4th gen Nanos were
really hot on the market, so it's pretty old. What I like about it though
is, you plugged it in, then it had this metal rod looking arm that protruded
out of the thing that you could swivvle around so that it would either face
more toward the driver, or the passenger, or it could just be straight dead
centered. The other end of it oppisit from the plug, literally was a
cradling docking station. So it had, from what I remember, 3 buttons. One
to go up in frequency, and one to move it down, plus it had an auto-scan
where you push that, and it would scan for the first available frequency
with no sound/static. Then you had the cradle where you basically literally
docked the IPod/whatever into. That pretty well obviously held it still,
plus, like i said, the sound was just out of this world amazing! I don't
think I remember even once that the thing staticked nor faded.
I need to look to see if my mom kept it. I doubt she did, as most of the
stuff in his car I think got sold, after he passed away. If it would hold
the IPhone, and we could find it, my issue will be solved, but does anyone
know any good cigarette lighter based car FM transmitters I could use? I'm
willing to spend say no less than $100 and maybe no more than $150. $150
would be on the high end for me though. I'll do it, but that would be
pushing it. For that cost, it darn well better be good. LOL! Would prefer
something which actually docks, not something that would use the earphone
jack, although if you can promise me it would have good results, I'll try
it. I have an open mind.
Chris.
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