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Kensington RDS FM Transmitter/Auto Charger for iPod (Black)
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Release Date: 2006-08-01 Brand: Kensington Features: * Plays your iPod wirelessly through your automobile's FM stereo, on any FM station, while simultaneously charging your iPod
* RDS function will digitize song information, such as song title and artist name, and send it via RDS to a car stereo along with the music
* Features Aerielle wireless technology for superior audio and noise filtration, and ClearFM circuitry for richer lows, crisper highs, and better stereo separation
* Compatible with iPod Nano (Gen 1,2); iPod (Gen 1,2,4)
* Includes on/off switch to prevent battery drain, a unique design to fit most hard-to-reach car power outlets, and easy-to-use pre-sets to lock in your favorite stations
Warranty: 2 years warranty Batteries Included: no
While listening to your iPod, see the song and artist's name displayed on car stereo using the patent-pending RDS FM Transmitter & Car Charger for iPod. ClearFM technology reduces noise and enhances stereo separation providing superior wireless audio quality and FM reception. Unique design to fit most hard-to-reach car power outlets Black body and stainless steel accents to complement car interior ClearFM technology reduces noise and enhances stereo separation providing superior wireless audio quality and FM reception System Requirements - Made for all iPod models with 30-pin dock connector except 3G iPods. Special RDS feature works with iPod nano or iPod with video and requires an RDS enabled stereo. RDS is available in various vehicle models offered by leading automakers.
total reviews 24
 Not so brilliantLet aside the fact that a casette plug beats it anyday audio wise, the device accepts too much interference. Aside from that, the + - buttons on the device do halt and wouldn't work perfectly.
The device may be good in comparison with another transmitter, but being a casette user to link my iPod to the car, this is was a bad choice I've made!
 Good for the price.I read some bad reviews about this item but for the price, it does the job. The volume is low and it does pick up a lot of interference but the solution to the interference problem was to put down the antenna of the car. I couldn't figure out the volume problem but it was better than listening to talk radio for 4 hours.
 Not Worth The TroublePoor Quality product. Long lag time between plugging in the transmitter before it is recognized and the ipod starts playing. Froze up on me several times and would not respond. However, the main problem is the signal tansmission is very weak and low quality. Has static and hiss regardlesss of how close I get it to the stereo and antenna, my scanner on my radio would not even pick up the station. And we only have about 12 radio stations in this part of Alaska, so background interference was not the problem.
 awesome!looks great-looks best in an ipod nano.
works great-works how my last kensington one did which is nice tha ti didn't have to learna new format
the cord gets tangled easily but jsut cuse i dont keep good care of it.
 Transmits and charges, but a hassle to useI bought this after my 33199 quit working (after almost two years of use). The first time I plugged this new one into my car and tried it out, I thought it was a pretty nifty update. But as I kept using it, I realized that unlike the old model, this one doesn't shut off when you unplug it or turn off the car (maybe I'm missing something, but 99% of the time, if you've been listening to your iPod using this transmitter in your car, wouldn't you want it to turn off when you turn the car off and thus can no longer hear it? I certainly do).
When you do plug it in or turn the car on, it keeps playing whatever song was on when you turned the iPod off, but it displays the Main Menu so if you want to look at the playlist you had been using, you have to re-navigate to it. But first you have to wait a few seconds while it displays the frequency you're on, which also seems pretty pointless because in most cases I would expect that you want to keep using whatever frequency you were using last. Perhaps more to the point, I do get static at times; it seems to change with the position of the iPod itself.
Are these the worst tribulations anyone's ever suffered? Of course not. But they weren't present in the old model, which is why I'm switching back to that one and I encourage you to do the same until Kensington makes this one function more smoothly and intuitively.
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