iPod car radio transmitter - which one?

[Jefr0]

Hi all

Looking to get the girlfriend a iPod car radio transmitter, which you can change the frequency and play it through your radio and charge at the same time?

There's many out there, Griffin pops up alot.

Seen some for under £10 then some for around £50.

Not sure on quality of music etc even if they work.

Anyone had experience with these or could recommend one?

Cheers

Jeff
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[lukamon]

if its a new - ish car check with the dealer for official kits. mazda do a kit for - wait for it - 29 quid. plugs into the cd changer socket and fully controllable through the stereo

fm transmitters are wank, they get droened out by even the weakest interfering signal. this doesnt varyb from the cheap to expensive either. in a pervious car i had one from tescos mate had a posh one. parking the cars on the dive neither could pick up the others signal.

(yes i know its only to your own car but seriously, the metal in the roof will block the signal).
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[waffles]

I bought an fm transmitter a few years back, I used it for a couple of weeks and then abandoned it. I had to regularly retune the radio and my signal would often be droned out by something else. If you can actually plug your mp3 player in to your radio through a wire then do that.
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[t121anf]

got an aux port on the car/car radio?

i've just ordered this, acts as bluetooth headphones essentially.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kensington-LiquidAUX-Bluetooth-MP3-Phone/dp/B0011UIX2K

[Jefr0]

Thanks all, FM transmitters can't be that great then!

Yeah she has a usb and aux on the stereo.

I'll have to look into that type then cheers t121anf.
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[P.addy]

If she has aux in, just grab a 3.5mm to 3.5mm metre long cable...?

Seriously? simple as!

[supZ]

griffin itrip ftw.

but you cant beat a wired connection, trouble with fm transmitters is you WILL get interference from other stations, especially when travelling a lot as they come into range and out again
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[t121anf]

[Jefr0]

Cheers Paddy, didn't think of that, so ordered her a cable. Will be a weird thing for her to open as a present so may just give it to her lol.

Or hide the rest of the presents and say money has been tight this year.
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[Rogerborg]

Bit late to the party, but I've just splashed out all of £9.99 on this no-name 4GB mp3 player.

I was prepared to be disappointed but it works fine, sound quality is decent, and as a surprise bonus, it's got a built-in FM transmitter that works at least as well as the dedicated one that I was using. It's so cheap that I might even buy a couple more just to leave in cars.
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