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Griffin iTrip Auto FM Transmitter and Charger for iPod - Black | 
 enlarge | Brand: Griffin
Category: CE
Buy New: £12.00
New (16) Used (7) from £11.99
Rating:  61 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 1.4 x 8
MPN: 9501-TRIPCBL
Model: 9501-TRIPCBL
UPC: 085387995019
EAN: 0685387095018
Release Date: July 26, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Works with | | • | . 3rd Generation iPod with touch wheel and buttons | | • | . iPod mini | | • | . 4th Generation iPod with Click Wheel | | • | . iPod photo |
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Product Description
Wirelessly sends music from your iPod to your car radio so you can listen on your car stereo speakers. For use with: All iPods
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| Customer Reviews: Read 56 more reviews...
 An Essential Bit Of Kit!! October 21, 2006
R. Gooding
48 out of 49 found this review helpful
In my humble opinion, this is the best accessory anyone needs for the iPod.
I am a long distance lorry driver, and I have had several different variations of this type of thing in the past. The ease of use and practibility of the iTrip is superb.
I travelled the other day from Liverpool to Rugby in convoy with my mate in the lorry behind me, and he could recieve the crisp , clear signal 400 metres behind me.
Anybody who finds a serious fault with this is obviously a musical purist, who would'nt listen to compressed music anyway.
Buy it, it's fantastic!!
Buy this..... seriously easy to use August 31, 2006
musicstudioboss (Leeds, West Yorkshire)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
What can I say..... tune into a bit of static on your car stereo, plug into your ipod, set the itrip to the same frequency as your radio...... ipod tunes through the stereo!!! That's it. Seriously easy to use - throw away your cd changer. This is the way forward.
Why'd the wife get one of these and I ended up with an iCast? March 20, 2007
S. Key (Northamptonshire, UK)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Bought this after my good lady spotted the iCast I use with my iPod 80GB Video - she wanted something to use with her faithful iPod Mini.
Had it delivered to work and tried it out (well you have to don't you) on the journey back home.
Now I feel sick as a pig because it outperforms the iCast in every way.
The iTrip connects to the cigarette lighter socket and then into the dock connector on the bottom of the iPod. That way it takes its power from the car, charges the iPod and takes its audio feed all through a single connection. The iCast, on the other hand, supplies no power to the iPod and has a separate audio connection which takes the form of a 3.5mm jack plug that connects to the headphone socket.
The audio feed from the bottom of the iPod is independent of the iPod's volume control so there's no tedious mucking about with trying to get the level right and the sound's much cleaner. Bass performance is particularly improved - music tracks that caused distortion on the iCast had no effect on the iTrip.
Added to that the transmitter signal is much stronger on the iTrip and is far less prone to interference even when tuned to a frequency with radio stations nearby. This makes it possible to turn-up the volume on quiet tracks without having anywhere near the background noise experienced on the iCast.
I noted the comment made by another reviewer with regard to loss of quality when using stereo mode but I was unable to notice any difference.
The iCast is more versatile in that it can run off a battery and can be used with devices other than iPods. That said, my wife and myself don't need it for anything else so I'd rather have the ease of use and better performance associated with the iCast.
All in all I was expecting similar performance to the iCast so I was very pleasantly surprised when I tried the iTrip.
My next task is to order another iTrip......
The Best So Far! July 2, 2007
R. Trotman (Southampton)
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
I've tried a number of these devices in the quest to satisfy all my needs for my iPod.
I use it to rehearse vocal and harmony parts for songs I'm working on and the car is really the only place I can do that out loud these days.
I also need it to be charged when I get to gigs, as I use it for music between sets, so taking along a charger was getting to be a pain!
I've tried a Belkin model and a neat little device which seemed better designed for the 2nd generation Nano, fit wise, both of these had the disadvantage of draining the Nano battery..
Then I tried a really cheap 5 job which was powered by the car's cigarette lighter, and charged the Nano, while playing, there was a continual "hum" from it whatever I tried to do..
I've bought two versions of this model, the first let off a terrible crackle every time I moved the Nano, or the lead..
I took it str8 back and exchanged it and I think I've finally found the answer to all of my prayers!
It's simplicity itself to use, is colour co-ordinated with the Nano and gives off a great, interference free sound and a decent volume!
I've not tried taking it any great distance so far, but locally, I've certainly had no trouble from radio interference etc..
I've set mine to 90 on the radio and the device and it seems to work a treat.
All in all, after several false starts and blind alleys with these things, I'd certainly recommend it..
Rich.
Excellent bit of kit. August 6, 2007
Mr. Philip Graham (Co. Down, N.Ireland)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I love my iPod but I am either in work, in the house or in my car. I bought this so I could listen to music of my choosing in the car. This does the job perfectly.
Just find a frequency which isn't used - this is trickier than you think depending on how many banal radio stations clog your airways - tune your car radio and save the 'station', then set the iTrip to the same. Simple as that.
The volume depends on the radio volume so it doesn't matter what your iPod volume is. And it charges your iPod so it never runs out of power.
A must buy for anyone who spends a lot of time in the car.
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