Belkin Tunecast FM Transmitter [iTrip Alternative]

CiaranC

Just like the iTrip, these will broadcast from your discman/PDA/Laptop/mp3 player to a nearby FM radio.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48451&item=3094135801&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Heres an ebay.co.uk auction selling these at £15.99STG, ex p&p. With p&p they work out at just under €40.

Nice, considering they arent generally available outside the US. Only a couple left now, so be quick. Just ordered one myself.

joolsveer

I bought one of these from the same supplier in the last week. The price was Stg£13.49. The postage was much higher though. Came from California (funny how the price was in sterling).
I've used it in the car to send a signal from my MP3 player to the car radio on 88.7. There are four frquencies available but this one seemed to work best. My car has a beesting aerial mounted on the rear part of the roof so the transmitter works best when I put it and the MP£ player in the boot.
I would recommend this item but one with a more extensive choice of transmission frequencies would be better - Belkin make a version II which would suit.

Boro

I picked up the version 2 in the states (bestbuy in boston) for 40 dollars in february. Its much better than the 1 because you can actually program your own frequency instead of relying on the set frequencies. Its also got a better battery life iirc.

Inspector Gadget

I'd actually like one of these things myself (to play MP3s through the shower radio ), but are they not a teeny bit illegal?

Gadget

hacktavist

Quite a bit dearer is one of these things:http://www.pcs-electronics.com/en/products.php?sub=pc_fm_trans#Pci%20max%20ultra
Maybe usefull if you dont have an ipod.

Stephen

Yes they are illegal, but I don't think you'll be doing any hard time for possessing one
Actually, I think these things might fall into the silly legal-to-own-it-but-illegal-to-use-it category, like car radar detectors.

Inspector Gadget

Originally posted by Stephen
Yes they are illegal, but I don't think you'll be doing any hard time for possessing one
Actually, I think these things might fall into the silly legal-to-own-it-but-illegal-to-use-it category, like car radar detectors.

I suspected as much. Oh well
Gadget

KoNiT

I don't think its illegal as its a short distance transmitter, if it was illegal, how did "i-trip" get away with it?

Stephen

you may notice that itrip is not available here. you can only get it by importing.

WezzyB

I'd say they are illegal over here.

They broadcast on license fm frequencies over a short distance i.e. 20 feet. Sometimes they operate on a fixed frequency, others hop between 3-4.

I'd like to get one, it gets a bit messy with my CD Player -> Tape Adapter thingy

Also it would nullify the need for my wireless headphones all I'd need to do is buy a small radio scanner (they are on offer in lidl next week for €1.99) and use it with one of these to broadcast tunes from whatever device I wanted (pc, hi-fi, mp3 etc)

Greenman

I'd actually like one of these things myself (to play MP3s through the shower radio ), but are they not a teeny bit illegal?
Who really cares!!!