Product Description Listen to the Music from Your iPhone in the Car with the Belkin TuneBase / ClearScan technology / Plays through Car Stereo Radio Flexible neck offers convenient, easy repositioning of your iPod Does not work with iPhone 3G
Good productDecember 1, 2008 I bought this transmitter for my iphone 3G and it works pretty good. It allows incomming calls and the sound is good.
Craptastic!! But it's the last iPod Car Adapter You'll Ever OWN!!!November 26, 2008 3 out of 4 found this review helpful
In 2001, I bought an iPod car adapter and FM transmitter for $19.99 from overstock. The $19.99 adapter lasted until 2007-- when Apple changed the pin-out for the iPhone.
Earlier this year I purchased this BELKIN adapter from Wal-Mart for $79.99. The BELKIN adapter lasted 3 months-- then it refused to change stations or audio settings or really do anything but keep transmitting on 107.9. I was surprised, because I thought my ability to change stations would be unlimited-- sadly, it seems, once you find a station you like the Belkin Adapter has a built-in system to destroy the "change channels" circuit, thus preventing you from accidentally changing from a working station.
I continued to use it, however, for anything but long drives (where the local christian stations overpowered the adapter's signal). Over time, it started to get much more wobbly in the cigarette-lighter-- So I added the little rubber washers that Belking provides for stability. It limped along in this manner for another 2 months.
Until I took a turn a little sharply-- the adapter *clunked* over (typical) tossing my iPhone on the floor. I pulled over, picked up the iPhone and reached to put the adapter upright again. The thing LITERALLY fell apart in my hand! Not only that, but it left half of itself INSIDE the cigarette lighter! Not only THAT, but when I finally removed that half FROM the cigarette lighter I found that the little rubber washer had worked itself down to the bottom, MELTED into my lighter's components, and so I wound up pulling out the lighter's coils WITH the last half of the adapter.
No only do I no longer have a tunecast, but I also no longer have a cigarette lighter. This product is Craptastic, but after using it I certainly can't use another one!
Thanks, Belkin! Oh-- and as a brief side-note, I would like to thank you for all the thought you put into the construction of this thing. I mean, you even managed to squeeze a headphone adapter onto it! That's amazing! Even though EVERY iPod already has a headphone jack, your decision to add one to your adapter reflects the care and attention you brought to the design process!
Never buying belkin again. I gave it two stars because, well, it DID work VERY well for the short time that it was working.
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Bad for Urban AreasNovember 23, 2008 I actually have sympathy for companies like Belkin or Griffin who are in the business of making these FM hookups for iPods. There's definitely a customer base who need them and can get good use out of them -- I'm guessing people who live in exurban or rural areas where the FM band isn't quite so full.
In order to service that market though, Belkin has to deal with what's probably a high rate of return among urban users who buy these products and use them in regions where the FM band is quite full.
That describes my situation, basically. I live in New York City and naively thought that this device would help me avoid the much more expensive cost of a wired iPod hookup. I had hoped that the TuneBase would be an improvement over Griffin's iTrip. But there are just too many competing stations broadcasting in this area, and while it's nicely designed, it doesn't work that well really. After a few days of frustration, I had to return it.
The prettiest of a motley bunchNovember 12, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
At the time I started researching iPhone car docks this was the best option and that's not saying too much. There were only two or three docks out there that had both aux out and FM transmitter functionality. Most of the reviews I read mentioned the terrible clips that hold on to the iPod and the flimsy necks that flop around on rough roads and I agree. The FM transmitter works well and puts out a good clean signal but is nowhere near the quality you get when you use the aux line out. The "clearscan" feature looks for the cleanest radio channel on which to broadcast and the functions are easy to use. My biggest issue is with the overly complicated use of different clips and rubber pads needed to accommodate the different iPod models, they ship you about 6 of each and they are all incredibly tight. This is probably due to the fact that the base tilts to allow the different models to go into landscape mode but I would have preferred a clamp that can be adjusted. I use a stick on "skin" to protect against scratches and it was nearly impossible to insert and remove the iPhone withou a lot of effort and the skin is only a few millimeters thick. I ended up heating up the clips to get them to open up a bit. Some people have reported the clips breaking within a few days of use, but "bending" them out has allowed them to function problem free for a few months now.
I really miss my old DLO Transdoc but it isn't compatible with the newer iPods and iPhone that don't support firewire charging.
does what it saysOctober 30, 2008 it's great, and it swivels nicely which makes it helpful for many reasons other than simply listening to music.
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