I Pod and Fm transmitters

If you are keeping the car, consider buying a head unit such as a Clarion that lets you plug your iPod in directly (not through aux in) but through a proper interface that charges your iPod battery while you are driving, without taking up the 12v outlet, it also lets you select the songs on your iPod from your head unit, see the songs displayed on the head unit, and you will get much better sound quality than you will through an FM transmitter

Hi Stano

I have a ITRIP and I think they are great. I had a belkin before that and it didn't work at all but the itrip is great

My daughter's Ipod with FM transmitter needs to be on the LHS of the 79series dashboard (close to the antenna) otherwise its all a bit scratchy.

I too tried a cheaper type. It had poor quality sound as well a hearing the hard drive spin when searching.

Best to Buy the ipod product.

Anyone tried the Kensington FM transmitter? It's had good reviews on some overseas sites, and will charge the iPod while driving. I've got a Nano and they have a very short battery life, so I need something that charges while driving.

They're about $100 which is much less (and easier to justify) than replacing the radio.

check
www.griffintechnology.com for all the ipod (itrip) accessoires

Stano, does your GU have a cassette player? If so have you looked into a cassette adaptor for your IPod . Ours is a crest adaptor works a treat.

Regards

TrevorDavid

Hi stano,
I've bought a couple of FM transmitters off EBay and let me say I got what I paid for!
Take the advice of the guys who've bought the Belkins and the iTrip's. You don't need the hassles.

Geoff.

Stano,

I bought a Griffin Road trip and used it on my trip through great central road, Mereenie loop road in July last year. Went fine and I thoroughly recommend it - however I have modified my ciggy lighter position.

I installed a couple of outlets in the centre console so the male piece from the Griffin went vertically into the female socket. This way the iPod sat up nicely with it's weight over the top of the plug. The supplied Griffin male plug was a snug fit, but I would be concerned with mounting it in a normal upright dash ciggy lighter. Don't know where the GU has it's socket.

Someone mentioned using the iPod from the back seat. This is one disadvantage of the Griffin Road Trip in that for the FM transmitter to work it needs to be connected to 12v power so can't be passed around the car. A way around this would be to make up your own power lead and plug it into the back of the Griffin Road Trip, perhaps using some of the Anderson Powerpoles available in the accesories section of Trader - shameless plug as I'm selling them!..

For me, I'd prefer the iPod mounted securely in one spot, not floating round the back with the drink cans, dirty socks and other glorious things we find at the end of the trip. Depends on what you want.

I also bought a Belking camera link for loading my photo's onto the iPod. First one was faulty, but the replacement has worked fine. Would I buy another? No. I'd buy bigger memory cards instead. The cards are getting cheaper and unless you take many hundreds of photos, a couple of 256mb cards would be a better investment IMHO.

All the best in your trip.

Tim

goodday stano
i run the 30gig ipod with a belkintransmitterbut i bought the transmitter that does the full FM range not just a couple of channels and run it on fm2 i have installed a double cigarette lighter unit on the back of the gu console and dont have any problems with the tightness of the fit
the only problem is around town it is very hard to get clear stations so if you were looking at getting a new radio then 1 with external plugs would be good

steve

Stano,
Added a Griffin to my ipod last year, plugged into the socket in the 80 and did
15000 ks on some serious rough roads in the Kimberleys last year, never missed a beat all trip. Interestingly enough will broadcast to other travellers within a couple
of ks as well. We were in convoy, lots of fun.
Mike B

I have an EasyMP3 player FM transmitter with 2.256Gig of flashcards.

Player $70 Flashcards 1Gig=$120 256=$50

Plays for 24hours

Have connected it to separate cig socket off aux battery.

Plays a treat on all types of road surfaces.

I have 2 Ipods now , both with Griffin FM transmitters. The original model worked the best. The new Ipod 60GB Video and the Griffin FM transmitter for this model don't seem to work as well, unless in Mono Mode..?? (Why bother..?). They work but the range doesn't seem to be as good. You have some options here as I know some people have cracked open the FM transmitter and modified the arial, I haven't bothered. The other option is pull your stereo out and see if you can run a line in..? In the end in my boat I bought a new front end with Ipod support because I simply love using the Ipod and wires are the only real way to go. There in lie your choices..