Can you point me in the direction of a decent Ipod car adaptor/transmitter?
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February 6th, 2011
I bought this hunk of steaming crap and I’m extremely disappointed in it. Read some of the 1 star reviews and you’ll have an idea how I feel about it.
I don’t have an accessory outlet in my Jeep that I can find, at least, so my only option (as far as I know) for enabling my Ipod to play in my Jeep is to use one of these transmitter things that plays through an unused radio station. Would you kindly recommend one to me that doesn’t suck? Links are appreciated, and inexpensive is always good.
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Most transmitters I have used SUCK.
Is there a way to get to an audio input jack or have an adapter added to back of radio.
If you have a cassette player, you can get one that hooks up through there like this.
@Tropical_Willie, my instruction manual says I have one, but I can’t find it :-/
@papayalily, don’t have a tape deck. That’s what I used back when I had a car.
I’ve got just the simple one I got at Radioshack a while back. I think it’s one of their brands, Gigaware or something, and it works far, far better than the Monster Cable one that my dad’s got. Audio quality is solid when you get it on a fairly decent frequency, other than that it’s pretty iffy.
If you can find one with auto-seek, that’s probably the way to go so you don’t have to wade through channels yourself, but I wouldn’t spend more than 40 or 50 bucks on one. There will likely not be any increase in quality between a crappy 40$ one and a crappy 80$ one.
@dverhey, thanks for the tip. I remember that my friend had one that was very nice and worked perfectly, but she doesn’t remember what brand it was (she doesn’t have it anymore).
The one I have now has auto-scan, but it is unreliable.
@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard Most of those jacks are hidden on the back or side of the radio and require knowledge of where they are under the dash. Or a couple of bucks at the dealer who will have the knowledge.
A detailed manual for the Jeep may have the secret place, try the local library to borrow a manual.
I have bought two over the last 8 years, the problem I had was the transmitter seemed to not “reach” my external antenna, and since i live in the SF Bay Area, there is no truly interference free FM space. I won’t waste money on another.
@zenvelo, point taken. I’m gonna try and find my auxiliary hole.
almost, luckily I had a napkin in my hand..
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