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Maximo FM Transmitter and Car Charger for Sansa MP3 Players | List Price: $69.99
Discount Price: $36.24
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Brand: Maximo
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
Features: - Play music from your Sandisk Sansa digital audio player through your car stereo
- All FM frequencies with memory presets
- Convenient LCD display, 3 presets
- Plugs into your car's 12V jack (cigarette lighter adapter)
- Works with any member of the Sansa e200 series MP3 players
Works like it should but not worth the higher price point! [Posted on 2008-05-25]
This transmitter works like it should but I don't think it works any better than the lower priced Griffin itrip or any of the other options available for the Sansa Players*.
Positives:
1. It dose look cooler than the other ones and the matching blue background screen color is a nice touch.
2. 3 presets (other options also offer this).
3. Mounts, rather than just hangs, as some others do.
Cons:
1. Expensive
2. The quality of reception is no better than any other commercially available transmitter.
The product works as it should and has some cool features but I don't think it's worth the extra money (in some instances double) then other options available on Amazon.
* For best sound buy a stereo deck with a built in MP3 player option, there are many on the market priced near/under $100. The sound quality with a transmitter is just not enough to feel/enjoy the music IMO.
Calvin K [Posted on 2008-05-31]
Just received it today by mail. Went out and plugged it in. It worked extremely well and was very easy to set up. Thanks to some of the info from other reviews I turned the players volume up to about 75% for the first try. It came through nice and loud and I thought the sound quality was excellent given that it is a transmitter. I was afraid that since my power antenna was trunk mounted that the signal might pick up more static, but none at all. Even with the hookup cable buried under the ash try it was still crystal clear. I live in the Sarasota Florida area and we have numerious channels but I was still able to fine a dead spot that worked just fine!!! I highly recomend this product to anyone looking to enjoy their player while traveling in the car.
Works ok, but... [Posted on 2008-06-10]
I was initially very happy with the unit. Like all FM transmitters for cars, it emits a fairly weak signal. I was able to find two open channels in my area, and with the mp3 player in the sun visor its works well. Two weeks after I started using it the left channel died. I use it for audio books while on my one-hour-each-way drive, so a single channel is still ok for me.
Works good. [Posted on 2008-06-14]
Pleased with how easy the product is to use. Still have some songs louder than others. I live in a small town and get plenty of choices for stations. It is a little tricky to find a station in a bigger city. Other than that it works fine.
Good product - Great customer service [Posted on 2008-06-25]
I ordered this product based on all the positive user reviews. It arrived in a timely manner, and was easy to set up. Unfortunately, I ran into a strange situation wherein the end cap came unscrewed somehow after removing the transmitter from the socket after just the second use. I didn't notice right away, and only later realized that in transferring the unit from the car to my purse and back, I had lost both the silver part that extends from the end cap as well as the spring that was inside the unit. I still had the end cap and the fuse though. I thought I was going to have to buy a new unit. However, I found the Maximo website and submitted a request through Support/Service, and they responded within the hour. They are mailing the replacement parts, no questions asked. Such a positive experience!
As for the product itself, sound quality was good, set up was pretty easy. I did follow other reviewers recommendations to look for three stations in a row that had no signal and to lock in on the middle one to mimimize sound bleed from nearby stations. I would definitely purchase another Maximo product in the future.
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