iTrip?

[Wryel]

My old FM transmitter is shot (about ten years old) and I'm going on a road trip soon. Does anyone own one? My current one isn't that powerful so I'm looking for something with a stronger signal and decent frequency adjustment.

Edit: Sorry iPod Video if it matters but I guess most have a 3.5mm cosket anyway.

[leowyatt]

You mean like one of these?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Griffin-iTrip-Transmitter-Video-Black/dp/B000CSP8IO

[Wryel]

Yeah, just wondering if the actual iTrip was the best out there or there are any similar better products.

[Wossi]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Griffin-Technology-iTrip-Transmitter-Charger/dp/B001LPC1CS/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1234792687&sr=1-12

Is the one I have. After looking round the net I found the Griffin ones seem to come out on top. Plus it has an actual ipod connection on it and doesn't plug into the headphone jack of the ipod. Best bet is to visit http://www.griffintechnology.com/devices/ipod and click on the model of ipod you have, it'll tell you which ones are compatible.

[leowyatt]

well we have an old 4gen one and it is great :)

[Wryel]

Looks like the consensus everywhere is that these are the best! Bought an iTrip Auto for less than £14 :)

[A Place of Light]

Anyone had any success using these abroad?
Could we hell get ours (we took two, iPods AND 2 different brands of FM transmitters) to work in europe, especially in France.

[leowyatt]

Not sure about Europe, but ours worked a treat in San Francisco and the surrounding area :)

[Lomster]

Radio waves must propogate differently through European air...

[A Place of Light]

Radio waves must propogate differently through European air...

We were told that the french radio stations transmit on frequencies without a decent gap between them, so our transmitter couldn't grab a suitable frequency.

:(

[Burble]

Anyone had any success using these abroad?
Could we hell get ours (we took two, iPods AND 2 different brands of FM transmitters) to work in europe, especially in France.

Yep, I used my iTrip loads of times in France, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Germany, Spain & Italy. FM is the same all over Europe so there's no reason why it shouldn't work.

[A Place of Light]

Yep, I used my iTrip loads of times in France, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Germany, Spain & Italy. FM is the same all over Europe so there's no reason why it shouldn't work.

We took one (which we couldn't get to work so assumed it was faulty) and bought another (which we still couldn't get to work). Later that day we spoke to some other people who'd had similar problems and they were the ones who'd commented that apparently it was down to the lack of clear seperation between radio station frequencies.

I should add that neither of these were the authentic Apple product though.

[Burble]

I never had a problem using either of mine when abroad. At first I had an iTrip which I left behind in a hire car so I replaced it with a Belkin something-or-other and that also worked fine everywhere. This was in a variety of hire cars and I never had a problem.

Incidentally the iTrip isn't an Apple product. It's made by a company called Griffin.

[A Place of Light]

Incidentally the iTrip isn't an Apple product. It's made by a company called Griffin.

Is there an official product then?
Seems strange, Apple missing a trick.

[Burble]

Last time I looked there wasn't, but then I've not looked since about 2004.

[A Place of Light]

Last time I looked there wasn't, but then I've not looked since about 2004.

iTrip style products were illegal in the UK until recently IIRC so this might explain why Apple haven't launched their own.

[Burble]

But they were legal elsewhere so it is a bit surprising that Apple didn't make one. It was less than trivial to get one when they were illegal here anywhere.

[A Place of Light]

But they were legal elsewhere so it is a bit surprising that Apple didn't make one. It was less than trivial to get one when they were illegal here anywhere.

Yeah somehow I didn't expect to hear that the FM police had launched a dawn raid. :)

[FrostedNipple]

wrong thread...

[Wryel]

In case anyone was wondering, the iTrip works great. Unfortunately I dropped my iPod and now the hard drive is screwed. Less than a week after I fixed the ruddy headphone socket!!!!