Griffin Technology iTrip DualConnect for iPhone and iPod touch Review

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(More customer reviews)I had a Griffin FM transmitter with my iPhone 3G that I gave away with the phone. When I purchased my iPhone 4, there didn't seem to be a supported Griffin FM transmitter or car charger that officially worked with the iPhone 4. I wanted a Griffin because the one I had worked well for me. I waited a while, kept checking, and finally there were products offered for the iPhone 4. A LOT of products (from Griffin). I wasn't sure which product to pick. I wanted a car charger and an FM transmitter. I finally picked out the DualConnect as it seemed the closest match. I was hesitant however because there seemed to be mixed reviews around, mostly negative. I went ahead and bought it and it has worked great. It worked the first try with no problems. I had been a little worried about the "dual" part... my car radio doesn't have a line in for external audio input and I figured that part of the cord would dangle about, unused. I was happy to find, however, that the line in is a completely separate cable from the charge unit. SO, for my purposes, I can just leave that cable at home. Thus I have a single cable from car charger to phone, with which I can control the playback directly (with the part that fits into the charger). Also, the app I installed from the AppStore worked without any problems. I was able to auto tune the frequency, set it on the radio, and it just worked.
I don't often leave reviews. I only do so now because I almost didn't buy this product because of the negative reviews I read elsewhere. I'm really happy with it though and glad I finally have a way to listen to my iPhone music in my car.

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Soundfly-i Ultimate iPod / iPhone 4, 3G, 3Gs Auto-scan Fm Transmitter Charger with RDS & Remote Control Review

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(More customer reviews)I like the design of this product very much, but it suffers from a fatal flaw. The transmitter is weak. This is in direct conflict with what other reviews say. Also, the unit only broadcasts from 88.1-107.9 -- other websites and the back of the packaging claim its capable of 87.6 to 107.9.
From this, I think I know why the transmitter is so weak. Apparently, this unit originally did not comply with FCC regulations and probably was a very strong transmitter that could do the full FM frequency. At some point, apparently very recently, the FCC probably forced Satechi to remedy this and now it can no longer do 87.6-88.0 and no longer broadcast a signal powerful enough to be received from more than 6 yards out as the FCC requires.
If you look at reviews on Amazon, you'll notice the FM transmitters made by companies you've never heard of all get the high 5 star reviews while the ones made by big name brands (like Monster and Belkin) get absolutely trashed in the reviews. This is because ANY FM transmitter that actually complies with FCC regulations is garbage in a large city with heavy airwave saturation. The cheap chinese ones rarely comply with these regulations cause they constantly change brand names, anyways. The bigger players usually do play the by the rules and their products suffer as a result.
In this case, I suspect Satechi has recently been forced to start playing by the rules based on the transmitter I received. The weak signal and newly restricted (at least it appears to be a new change) frequency range are dead giveaways of this.
Sadly, that makes the unit hard to recommend. It's not Satechi's fault, but this transmitter just sucks in terms of signal strength (which means static *all* the time and an inability to broadcast "over" another signal if you can't find an empty frequency). Great design, but unless you live out in the middle of nowhere you probably won't be able to hear your music without static.


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NEEWER Wireless FM Transmitter + Car Adapter Charger for iPod Touch, iPhone, Nano, Classic, + MORE Charge your iPod / iPhone 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 120GB, 160GB (**Remote Control NOT included**) Review

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(More customer reviews)I give this a three mostly for the price the sound isnt great but decent for what you pay. I do like the fact that it is wireless so unless you are charging your ipod you dont need it pluged in. What I dont like about it is there are no buttons to pre-set so if you get static you have to fumble around til you find a clear station. If all you wanna do is listin to your ipod to and from work go ahead and get this but if you travel alot Id go with something else

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