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Best FM Transmitter
Posted on 9/17/14 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 4:24 pm
My dad wants one for his birthday this year. What's a good one to get?
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 4:25 pm to oreeg
He wants to be a DJ?
Posted on 9/17/14 at 4:48 pm to oreeg
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no for his car
what kind of car?
i know you think this might be over the top..but a new bluetooth headunit from pioneer or sony is probably $100 and will provide a way better experience than a dangly FM tape thingie.
i've put in several head units and if its an older car, it might be as simple as just popping the old one out, matching up the wires & plugging in the new harness.
newer cars particularly in the last 10 years make it much more painful to swap..but if he's got a tape player in his car now, he might be a candidate.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:02 pm to oreeg
If he has a cassette player in his car, a cassette adapter will sound much better than an fm transmitter.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:20 am to oreeg
I installed the iSimple wired and bluetooth versions. They have an adapter that plugs into the antennae input on the back of the radio (and you plug the actual antennae wire into the adapter). This way you can pick up the input through an fm station but it is super clear because it is not actually transmitting the fm signal. I had the wired version for a couple of years, but I recently installed the bluetooth version and it works great. Just have to get the right version for the mobile operating system. There is an app so you can change the fm channel to anything. This helps a lot while traveling since you can get interference when entering new areas.
iSIMPLE IS31 Wired FM Modulator-Universal Auxiliary Audio Input for All FM Radio
iSIMPLE ISFM2351 TRANZIT BLU HF MUSIC STREAMING HANDS FREE KIT ANDROID I-PHONE 5
iSIMPLE IS31 Wired FM Modulator-Universal Auxiliary Audio Input for All FM Radio
iSIMPLE ISFM2351 TRANZIT BLU HF MUSIC STREAMING HANDS FREE KIT ANDROID I-PHONE 5
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:07 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
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If he has a cassette player in his car, a cassette adapter will sound much better than an fm transmitter.
In every vehicle I have attempted these two methods in, the FM way was always the clearer of the two options. I usually buy the cheapest adapter around, and it turns out just fine. Most recently, I bought one that has an iPhone cradle and fm transmitter. The transmitter functionality is great. The cradle broke, though, and functions only as a really oddly shaped FM transmitter.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:48 pm to Hopeful Doc
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the FM way was always the clearer of the two options. I usually buy the cheapest adapter around, and it turns out just fine. Most recently, I bought one that has an iPhone cradle and fm transmitter. The transmitter functionality is great. The cradle broke, though, and functions only as a really oddly shaped FM transmitter.
You should try out the iSimple ones I posted earlier. It is so easy to install and works better than any cassette adapter or fm transmitter I have used before. And you can't even see it. Its pretty awesome.
This post was edited on 9/18/14 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 9/18/14 at 5:50 pm to guedeaux
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It is so easy to install and works better than any cassette adapter or fm transmitter
Help me out here, please. This is a question, not an inflammatory response, so please read it as such (hard to decipher sarcasm on teh webz, but I can assure you this isn't it). If I'm spending $80 and pulling my stereo out the back of the car, other than a nonstandard deck size, why would I go that route as opposed to an $80 (or even $50) deck that features an AUX in port? The price point on that option just seems steep with very little advantage to me. Am I missing something? The two advantages I can see are:
1) keep factory stereo (and most aftermarket decks are kind of flashy/ not the best looking compared to factory decks)
2) better sound quality than an external FM transmitter (though likely only about on par with an AUX port, which is pretty easily had in the price range you're talking about)
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