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Griffin RoadTrip FM Transmitter with SmartScan for iPod | List Price: $99.99
Discount Price: $58.13
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Brand: Griffin Technology
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Compatibility: iPod classic 5G, 5.5G, 6G; iPod touch; iPod nano 2G, 3G
- Charge your player while listening to music through your car¿s stereo system
- SmartScan technology finds, memorizes, and selects the three clearest radio frequencies with the touch of a button
- The flexible steel neck and model-specific adapters create a custom-install look
- Built-in antenna and SmartSound Plus technology ensure clear sound
Griffin RoadTrip FM not good for the road trip [Posted on 2008-04-26]
This product has been a disappointment to tell you the truth. I purchased this for my wife so that she could enjoy her IPod on her 27 mile commute in the morning. She used the auto scan feature to capture the best signal to use for the radio station for the fm transmitter and soon discovered that even on a short commute she would soon lose contact with the IPod due to station interference. Reprogramming required that she take her eyes off the road which she understandably was reluctant to do. Conclusion: a good product if you like sitting in your car in the driveway listening to your IPod;; but if you intend to listen while driving more than just a few miles, this is NOT the product you want.
Griffin Smartscan [Posted on 2008-05-09]
Great design and idea but I have to admit I sometimes get hissing or "not totally clear" sound when driving. This can happens when I use the smartscan or manual selection. I wonder if this is because I live in the LA area and most FM channels are in use.
GOOD CHOICE FOR PRICE [Posted on 2008-05-29]
I would have jumped at the chance to hook up my ipod classic directly to my truck stereo, but of course I refuse to pay as much for the wires and installation as my ipod itself. So on a reccomendation from a coworker I researched Griffin products and this one seemed the best for me. I wanted to avoid wires all over the place. It works ok, there are a couple of areas where i get static, however I expected that. Out of all the products I researched this one seems to do very well.
So close [Posted on 2008-06-01]
Ive owned Griffin FM transmitters and they have been great. Good response, good quality, but bulky, cumbersome and difficult to place in my small cars. I bought the latest version of the Roadtrip in the hopes that the sleek, compact, ergonomic design, clear high contrast display and gooseneck positioning system would solve my mobile iPod problems. It was everything BUT a good transmitter. The design issues were solved, but now the transmitter couldnt hold a station for more than a few blocks, and when it did there is a hiss I cant seem to clear even on the best frequencies. In one car with the antenna on the front quarter panel, the reception is not good but at least holds for more than a few blocks. In another car with the antenna on the back quarter panel and another with it on the roof in the rear, the reception is awful. I found that if you hold the gooseneck, it improves the signal transmission, but not enough to justify driving with one hand. The system is pretty clearly underpowered, or needs a different antenna system. I dont understand. Did anyone at Griffin test this sytem? Griffin clearly understands this technology. This promising system falls flat on its face. Ive gone back to the clunky transmitters. If youre thinking of buying this device hoping it will solve all your mobile iPod issues, look elsewhere until they redesign it. Unless you drive in a region where there are no radio transmitters for hundreds of miles, and your car radio antenna is inside the car next to the Roadtrip, its not worth your hard earned cash.
Works Great! [Posted on 2008-06-08]
I previously used a product that utilized a cassette connector placed in the tape deck of the car. Besides the tangle of wires, I did get a bit of distortion or hissing. RoadTrip with SmartScan is far superior. I would recommend the RoadTrip with SmartScan. No wires, has a sleek but sturdy flexible neck, holds your iPod securely, has interchangeable cradles if you have more than one iPod, and is much easier to program than a VCR! My only "gripe" was that the identifiers on the undersides of the cradle adaptors were almost impossible to read. They are molded into the plastic and are black on black.
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