New owner of a 20gig iPod
Last weekend, my wife and I picked up a new 20 Gig iPod at the West County Apple Store. To accent the new device we also purchased the iTrip FM Transmitter. Unfortunately, the iTrip offers terrible reception in my car. I wonder if Belkin's device is as bad? Maybe, I should just make a trip back and exchange it for something else, possibly the cassette adapter.
Re: New owner of a 20gig iPod
The iTrip is as good as it gets for reception. I highly recommend a cassette adapter and one of Belkin's power adapters with the built in amp... one cable (to dock connector) and you don't have to worry about the iPod's volume from the last time you used headphones.
I've yet to find a cassette adapter that doesn't wear out to either tripping the player's end-of-tape sensor, or making as more noise than some of the tracks, though.
Re: New owner of a 20gig iPod
Thanks for the info, I was afraid of that. I guess the cd changers that broadcast to FM are much stronger. I used to have one of them many years ago that worked flawlessly. I don't remember ever having reception problems.
Now I just have to complain enough at the Apple store so they don't charge me that $3 stocking fee :)
Re: New owner of a 20gig iPod
I ran across this on Crutchfield.com. Might be worth a look if you really want an FM transmitter for your iPod.