FM Transmitters for Ipod

Submitted: Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 10:28
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Hello All
Some time ago I posted a enquirey about Ipods,the griffin road trip & beilkin transmitters were given good reports,hard to get at the moment,has anyone used the DLO Transpod been told by Apple sales staff that they are as good or eaven better than the other transmitters, but they would say this as they are readily available at the moment ,any one had experiance with the DLO Transpod.
Friar
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Reply By: geocacher (djcache) - Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 14:09

Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 14:09
I use one a Tunecast

I have seen them on several shop shelves in Shepparton recently. Harvey Norman was one.

Several places are advertising them on the net and Belkins page lists resellers.

They are fantastic. Price isn't bad either.

Dave
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Reply By: Carl & Kaz - Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 14:49

Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 14:49
Just bought the Belkin one a few days ago from Retravision at Taren Point Sydney. Ticketed price was $69, but when asked if they could do any better they dropped it to $48!!

Carl
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Reply By: Member - David 0- Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 15:07

Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 15:07
I have the Belkin one which is pretty crappy in my opinion, Low power, means lots of interference. I will be directly connecting via stacker input instead.
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Reply By: Lone Wolf - Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 18:11

Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 18:11
Road Trip.

This baby charges & transmits, and has an LED read out of the freq., which you can simply change at the push of a button.

It accepts all iPods up to 4th. Gen, iPod Photo, iPod Video, iPod Mini & Nano.

Wolfie
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Follow Up By: Member - David 0- Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 20:42

Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 20:42
How does it perform Wolfie.
Is it close to CD quality sound, or still prone to pops and hisses?
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Follow Up By: Tim HJ61 (WA) - Saturday, Jan 07, 2006 at 02:36

Saturday, Jan 07, 2006 at 02:36
Agree with Wolfie,

Road Trip.

Clear sound, no pops and hiss, high range transmitter, plenty of mounting options, way to go.

Tim
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Reply By: BenSpoon - Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 18:38

Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 18:38
I have broken 3 Griffin itrips now- They are held on by the tiny headphone jack and this joint often takes the full weight of the ipod on corrugations- it doesnt take long to break. That said, I recall they did have more power than most of the other transmitters available which is why I have purchased more than one now.
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Reply By: OMN - Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 22:21

Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 22:21
Can't recall the brand of one i have but i have the 60GB IPOD video and they dont have the slot at the top that the older IPODs have so many of the FM modulators don't work.

The device i bought plugs inot the bottom of it and then the cable runs back to the device which is plugged inot the 12 volt socket. this acts as both a charging point and the FM.

The unit has a purple display and you just dial up the frequency, i have it set on 88.7 and it works better than any of the ones i tried on the wifes older IPOD the plugged inot the top of it.

Of course disadvantage is i can't easily connect up to mates steroes and stuff at peoples house if i want to.

I bought the FM from the APple shop and at the time it was the only one avaialbe for the 60GB video that powered it as well as transmitted.

The ones that plug in at the top i found drain the battery on a long trip very quickly.

I keep mine in the car all the time now and don't bother with CD's in the stacker any more.

HTH

Mark
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Reply By: Graham- Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 23:51

Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 23:51
Hi,

I gave this answer in another forum as it seems to come up quite a bit. I bought this:

extreme airplay

but think you are on the right track.

I am finding my daughter users the extreme more than me but am now looking at getting one of these:

transpod

for the car for me.

Regards

Graham
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Reply By: friar - Saturday, Jan 07, 2006 at 17:59

Saturday, Jan 07, 2006 at 17:59
Hello Graham
Thanks for the info I think I will buy 1 ,information on site gives them a pretty good rap, thank you.
Friar
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