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Ok...lately iv been driving around a lot and for about 2 hours at a time. I decided to buy something so that my car stereo will play my Philips GoGear. So I went and baught a Belkin TuneCast II FM Transmitter so i can just listen to it threw my stereo.
Frankly the quality is ass horrible. >_> I have to nearly turn my radios volume to max just to hear it decently, and since it connect threw the radio i quite often gets static unless its in the PERFECT position :/
So i was wondering if anyone had a solution for my problem because the headphone i was using until now stopped working on one side and the crappy pair i have hurt my ears :|
Is it just because i bought a shit version and need to get over my cheapness to get something decent? or is there just some other way of doing thats better?
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Tune cast sucks balls for me too. I used to have a good FM transmitter but since then FCC regulations have changed and they must be less powerful to the point that companies can't really make a good FM transmitter anymore. I would get a new car stereo with an auxiliary input jack, its easy to find one for $60 or so.
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Hrmm I've had that fuckin cheap ass belkin tunecast. It was very shitty quality and then it wouldn't even work at times. I upgraded to a MONSTER fm transmitter which had costed more than $60 bucks but was somewhat worth it. It plugged into the 12v plug and it charged my ipod while having a tuner on it as well. Only downside about that was when it got hot(95+degrees F) it wouldn't work very well. But like pyrrhuloxia said it would be easy to find a aftermarket receiver with a input jack already installed on it as this will be the best sound quality you could possibly get.
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hmm iv thought about that idea also but i'm not entirely sure how much longer i will have this car >_>
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The FCC regulations make it almost impossible to find one with enough operating power to work where there are a decent number of other radio stations. I'm a fan of making your own, but I understand that not everyone is a fan of that kind of process.
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On May 09 2009 04:40 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
The FCC regulations make it almost impossible to find one with enough operating power to work where there are a decent number of other radio stations. I'm a fan of making your own, but I understand that not everyone is a fan of that kind of process.
how would i do this? and if it is nearly impossible are there any alternatives other then a new cd player thing w.e you wanna call it
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yeah that applicable but i didnt think it would have better quality actually haha ill switch them and see i guess
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i had the same frustration as you man, i thought the fm transmitter was the coolest idea ever and got myself one of them. the car is still my parents so i cant just go and instal a new sound system. ive been basically learning how to position the fm transmitter so the signal is good. It is heeeap frustrating, but its all i got. the signal depends on so many factors, sometimes i stop near a shopping centre and theres suddenly static. sometimes i drive by another car and static come. some streets are better than other streets. etc etc. getting it to work perfectly is a real skill.
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If you have a tape player in your stereo, get one of those adapters. Their sound quality will always be better than any FM transmitter.
Otherwise, I think Griffin is known for being one of the best in FM transmitters for mp3 player use, but last time I checked, they only made products for Apple iPod products.
Another thing you can do is try to mod your transmitter to have a stronger output. I don't know if that's legal, but my friend did it to his, and it was less of a hassle to get working satisfactorily. Look up mods on the internet, I'm sure they're around.
Also, the most expensive solution is to get a new stereo with a 3.5mm input that you can hook your mp3 player into directly. That's also the best solution in terms of audio quality.
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I had that, drove me crazy and forced me to get a pioneer deh-400ub stereo. Direct usb/ipod hookup FTW!
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