 "Read The Product Info" | 2010-08-15 |
| - Reviewed By Frank P |
| I bought one of these for my First IPOD years ago.. it worked fine until one day when I blew the Fuze and in replacing it, watched the spring fly across my parking place, never to be found again. I then just used my Ipod alone. I recently replaced my IPOD (Nano) with a current model, and discovered I couldn't charge and play my IPOD at the same time due to plug placement. I remembered this unit, and ordered it, without reading reviews or even product info. I was surprised to find this unit won't power newer Nano's (and other units it seems, thanks Apple for changing your "standard"). The adapter still works, but does NOT charge your IPOD. |
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 "Alternator whine." | 2010-06-16 |
| - Reviewed By PsYcLeMaNiA from Citizen of the world. |
Nice little unit, I really like the way I can have only one cord going to my iPod as the audio is tapped off at the unit plugged into the power socket. I have been thinging about semi permanently mounting and wiring it up, so that all that is visible is the cord to the iPod.
The reason I only gave two stars on the sound quality is that it has introduced alternator whine, I assume because there is a little amp built into it for the level control. I dont have this when the audio is plugged into to iPod directly, even with a power cord plugged inot the unit.
In my thoughts about semi permanently mounting it, I am thinking about adding a fairly large capacitor to the power to see if that gets rid of the alternator whine.
It's pretty pronounced when the iPod isnt playing and the volume is up a bit. The music will drown it out completely, but you know it's still there, and it shouldnt be. Thinking about also trying the Monster unit like this, to see if their amp is designed better and cuts the alternator whine. |
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| "Overall works well..." | 2010-02-06 |
| - Reviewed By M. Jones |
| works well, I do get a little bit of background noise from my engine when using this product but not enough to keep me from using it |
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| "ATTENTION: TO MAKE IT LAST MUCH MUCH LONGER..." | 2010-01-23 |
| - Reviewed By Sir76 |
| By using this in your car, you may be moving it, twisting it, setting it here and there and ultimately really giving it some wear and tear... specifically the cable itself. The greatest point of weakness is where the wire goes into the plastic piece that clicks into your iPod. This item works great, but upon first purchasing and receiving it, place a few drops of superglue on the wire right where it leaves the plastic plug for the iPod. Otherwise your wire could/will fray and short out. |
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| "Great product for my scenario" | 2009-08-16 |
| - Reviewed By law student from St Louis, MO |
My Honda Accord has a cigarette power adaptor in the armrest.
I added an auxiliary audio plug to the stereo, and the end of the plug terminates inside my armrest.
The audio plug connects to this Belkin device, which plugs into the power adaptor, and it allows me to run one cable to my ipod, which sits in the cupholders. For me, this item is essential.
I will say, however, that this is the 2nd one of these I've purchased because the plug on my first one broke down with use. It probably lasted 1.5 or 2 years. I would have hoped for a little better lifespan than that. Hoping the 2nd one provides it. |
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 "Incompatible with Ipod Touch Rev 2 (and more)" | 2009-05-14 |
| - Reviewed By Timothy Leslie from Fairfax, VA |
First negative review of a product at Amazon, and it's got 3 strikes.
1) Product listed as compatible with iPod touch, but my rev.2 (32gb) complains about the accessory is not permitted to charge my iPod.
2) The line-out clearly has some noise in it (although it would likely have less if I turned down the amp). It's not so bad in my car that I'm "listening to my spark plugs", but it's clearly there. It's also a very low frequency, which bothers me more than radio hiss would.
3) It's not well behaved - if you unplug the iPod it still sucks juice, so I can't just leave it plugged in somewhere (well, maybe I could, but I'm not willing to test how much it pulls vs how strong my battery is) and just use it to plug in the iPod when it's in the car with me.
Overall, a frustrating buy. If I can find a 32gb old ipod that I can just have be the "car ipod", I may pick it up cheap, but otherwise this product will likely gather dust in the glove box for a bit. |
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