The downside of those, Don, is that you can't (easily) use them outside the car. The battery-powered ones are good for hotel rooms and other places that don't happen to have 12V cigarette lighters laying about. ;-)
On Nov 22, 2007 12:25 AM, Don Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a post I did back in March. The current version appears to be > here: > > http://www.scosche.com/products/sfID1/210/sfID2/308/productID/418 > > ... > > However, the real thing for me will be: <Don clears his throat> "Does > it suck like the other 5 FM transmitters I've purchased in the past > couple of years" > > My latest attempt, and most successful so far at not sucking too badly, > is the Scosche device: > > http://www.scosche.com/scosche_ipod.aspx?CategoryID=112&ItemID=FMTRNS01 > > It sucks less badly than previous attempts (every one I could find to > buy, actually, including the Belkin one which sucked supremely). > > I like the Scosche one because it plugs directly into the, ahem, > cigarette lighter (why are we stuck with this crude connector as a > standard for power in vehicles, anyway?) (yes, I know that's a > rhetorical question; I wonder if rhetorical questions would cease to > exist if no one asked them?) and the cable comes out of the unit and > plugs, with the help of the 3.5mm to 2.5mm adapter: > > http://mytreo.net/store/product.php?xProd=94, > > into my Treo. The sound still sucks compared to a CD or even the local > FM stations, but as I say it sucks less badly than the other units I've > tried. I got one for my daughter to use with her iPod, too, but I doubt > she'd notice the sucking since she turns her music up so loud the sheer > volume probably overcomes the suckiness. Besides, rap music sucks even > in high fidelity (he said, sure to start a war, but hey, I'm up late and > obviously getting a bit silly). > > Cheers, > Don > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > john.messeder > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] Palm music player question > > Seidio makes a line of cradles that, with an FM transmitter they also > sell, works pretty well. > Except for a sometimes pesky problem with the cell phone part feeding > into the radio. Of course, if you turn the Treo radio off, the problem > goes away, but so does the cell phone and email. > Other than that, I really like my Seidio rig. > > Jeffrey Kaplan wrote: > > Is there a device for playing audio/music from a Palm OS Treo or TX on > > > your car radio? > > -- > > /"Thirty-five million deaths leave an empty place at only one family > table." / > (News commentator Eric Severied in a radio essay on the 25th anniversary > > of the start of World War Two. 8/31/64) > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions.
