Request: FM Transmitter

shortys94

Hey

As in title I a looking for a cheap FM transmitter for my ipod and other mp3 players in the house.

Any suggestions would be great.

SoundWave

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?satitle=fm%20transmitter

shortys94

other than ebay

funktastic

€14.99 in Maxol are cheapest ones (new) that I've seen.

loyatemu

I bought one of these:
http://tinyurl.com/2mllsk

and its pretty good - came to €15 inc postage. Transmitter is surprisingly powerful (blocks out local stations and works from a good distance away).

shortys94

Nice, are the maxol ones any good?

oscarBravo

Bear in mind that (unless something's changed recently) these are illegal in Ireland.

edit: looks like something has changed. My bad.

getoffthepot

They were on sale in Lidl during the week so if you look around you might get one.

shortys94

thanks getooffthepot, might give a call to a lidl store then

dogbert_the_dog

if you've no luck there I saw them in Power City a couple of months back, as far as I can remember they were about €10 or €12, might be worth a look if tthere's one near you

Ro-76

I've got one of these:
http://dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2225

$9.22 delivered. It works just like an itrip, and has been very good so far at home and in the car.

fatherdougalmag

Top tip. If you're getting too much interference, just take your car aerial off.

Conversely, if the one recommended by loyatemu is true to his/her word you could have ALL sorts of (War of the Worlds) fun!

shortys94

Lol not sure which one to go for, and which would come the quickest:)

blastman

SVP do a very good one that plugs into your cigarette lighter (so no battery worries) and you can plug in any USB stick and play MP3s from it (there are controls on the transmitter for play, skip forward, skip back, etc). It also has a regular line socket for other MP3 players.

shortys94

Yea but does it also use batteries, like if I wanted to use it elsewhere.

EDIT

http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1898

Is this the one you were referring to? AS my dads interested in this for his car. Would it work in Ireland then?

Slippin Jimmy

They also do them in the €2 shops.

shortys94

nice one duffff-man

blastman

shortys94 wrote:

Yea but does it also use batteries, like if I wanted to use it elsewhere.

EDIT

http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1898

Is this the one you were referring to? AS my dads interested in this for his car. Would it work in Ireland then?

That's the one, I was only concerned with using it in the car so I thought the fact that it didn't use batteries was a bonus!

We use the same FM band as everywhere else in Europe, so no issues with it working here.

coldfire1x

Does anyone know how much svp charge for delivering it in Ireland?

Its out of stock at the moment though.

shortys94

Yea i noticed too

Couldnt find one in the 2 euro shops, but I presume theyre crap anyway

coldfire1x

Yeah most of the euro 2 shop goods are crap.

SVP one looks like nice though, decent reviews as well.

I am going to get one once they are back in stock.

shortys94

Yea same, but still not sure where the most reliable place is to get a battery charged one.

robk24

Virgin have the belkin ones for €11

qwertz

Got one in Virgin, thanks for the tip. It's not a Belkin but the design is very similar.

GoneShootin

Anyone know how the above example compare to the iTrip? Which I find is a load of ****e most times

chump

qwertz wrote:

Got one in Virgin, thanks for the tip. It's not a Belkin but the design is very similar.

jaysus I spent 40euro for
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=329782
in dixons for a present a few weeks back

did I get quality for my money I wonder?

Ro-76

GoneShootin wrote:

Anyone know how the above example compare to the iTrip? Which I find is a load of ****e most times

I'm using an iTrip knockoff, with the frequency display on the screen, and no cumbersome commecting cables:

Ro-76 wrote:

I've got one of these:
http://dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2225

$9.22 delivered. It works just like an iTrip, and has been very good so far at home and in the car.

It works very well in my experience, and also it's just €6.87 delivered, so not a huge risk to take.

Gran Hermano

The cheaper transmitters tend not to be as good as the more expensive
ones for a couple of reasons.

They may only allow you to select from a set number of set frequencies
this can be a mare if the presets are the same freq as an Irish radio station.
You want a transmitter that will allow you to select any frequency between
88 and 108 FM. Tune your radio until you get a frequency with pure static
and no interference from a radio station, then tune the transmitter to the
same frequency. Store a couple of presets on both the car radio and
the transmitter, as you'll find if you drive say from one side of the city
to the other what was a 'good' frequency may have interference.

If the transmitter allows you to power it from a cigarette lighter socket in
your car do so, you'll get a stronger signal than if powered of AA/AAA batteries.

Try removing your car aerial - it'll reduce the interference from strong
signals competing with your transmitter.

The lead between your transmitter and the mp3 player is used as the broadcasting
'aerial' by the transmitter. You may have improved results if you can
add in an earphone extension lead (not possible with Itrips).

I tried several makes and models and found the Belkin Tunecast II to
be the best. You'll never get sound quality as good as just playing a CD
but for the convenience factor of being able to have 40Gb plus of
music in car it's great.

wba88

Gran Hermano wrote:

The cheaper transmitters tend not to be as good as the more expensive
ones for a couple of reasons.

They may only allow you to select from a set number of set frequencies
this can be a mare if the presets are the same freq as an Irish radio station.
You want a transmitter that will allow you to select any frequency between
88 and 108 FM. Tune your radio until you get a frequency with pure static
and no interference from a radio station, then tune the transmitter to the
same frequency. Store a couple of presets on both the car radio and
the transmitter, as you'll find if you drive say from one side of the city
to the other what was a 'good' frequency may have interference.

If the transmitter allows you to power it from a cigarette lighter socket in
your car do so, you'll get a stronger signal than if powered of AA/AAA batteries.

Try removing your car aerial - it'll reduce the interference from strong
signals competing with your transmitter.

The lead between your transmitter and the mp3 player is used as the broadcasting
'aerial' by the transmitter. You may have improved results if you can
add in an earphone extension lead (not possible with Itrips).

I tried several makes and models and found the Belkin Tunecast II to
be the best. You'll never get sound quality as good as just playing a CD
but for the convenience factor of being able to have 40Gb plus of
music in car it's great.

thanx for the tips, much appreciated!