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This little device has allowed me to use my iPod in my car that only has a CD player. Without it I would be stuck with only my CDs. Yes, living in the Los Angeles area is cause for frustration, at times, but I have found stations that work. No, the quality is not as good as a CD and I have learned to live with some fuzziness at points. But this is better than paying/installing a new stereo.
In terms of the problem of having the tuning frequencies playing on the playlist...it takes about 2 seconds to fix that problem by setting up a smart playlist to not include the iTrip stations.
This receives a four star rating because it does do what it claims to do...the only reason that I won't give it a five is that the transmitter does not shut off even when I shut my iPod off. If I don't pay attention then the battery gets drained and this is a minor annoyance.
Ok, what can I say. It's a first generation iTrip transmitter. It's alright, not a high of quality as the newer fancier ipods but it does the trick and gets the job done.
"a little broadcasting gem"
2005-08-21
- Reviewed By User: A26RP6OOBW44C9
The itrip is pretty cool... did a nice job on a four hour drive I recently took. The only difficulty is that you have to keep changing the station as you drive through different cities, depending on the available frequencies for each area. They list the available frequencies for different areas on their website, but that's a heck of a lot of additional research to do just to listen to your music.
It's easy to set up otherwise. I'll keep using it until cars come standard with ipod inputs.
"Who designed this thing"
2005-07-14
- Reviewed By User: A30TQCDNVTJQUB
This has the worst interface.. look elsewhere. It is tightly integrated with the ipod but in a horrible horrible way. look for one that you can set the station external to the ipod and it stays. If you are driving and tryign to use this you will probably crash. I am not joking this is one of the worst designed products I have ever seen.
"Excellent"
2005-06-10
- Reviewed By User: A242O76DKX27TB
Reading some of these reviews, I was reluctant to give this product a try, but I'm really, REALLY glad I did. I live just south of San Francisco and my iTrip has worked great since day one. I've found that you don't need a perfectly clear frequency for broadcast -- my iTrip successfully broadcasts even over frequencies that have some interference. Sound quality is just as good as radio. Sure, it's not quite as good as a CD, but you really can't ask for more from a product that basically hijacks a radio frequency. The only time I hear static is when there is empty space between songs. For a product that is a little over $20, this is an excellent buy.
"Won't work in a city!"
2005-02-22
- Reviewed By User: AD84VRXL9Y5MV
Dont but this product. Maybe if you live in the middle of nowhere it will work. But you have to find a FM frequency that is perfectly silent for it to work, and even then the quality isn't very good. In NYC or Boston, there are no stations that work well at all. I got this and thought it was awesome for about 5 minutes and then got extremely frustrated as the music sounds horrible on every station around here.
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"Who designed this thing"