ⓥⓘⓒⓣⓞⓡⓘⓐ ([info]alight) wrote in [info]ipod,
@ 2008-08-18 18:50:00
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Car needs music!
How do you listen to your iPod in your car?

My car is a 2000 Toyota Avalon with a cassette player. I live in an area that has some blank stations. I'm not going to spend more than $30 on whatever I get.

Which is better: a cassette adapter or an FM transmitter? Brand recs?


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[info]cerulgalactus
2008-08-19 12:10 am UTC (link)
I have a Griffin model (I forget the exact one, and am too lazy to go to the car), but it plugs into the lighter and doubles as my iPod stand as well.

EDIT - this is the guy.

Edited at 2008-08-19 12:12 am UTC

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[info]guinan
2008-08-19 12:24 am UTC (link)
I think mine is a belkin, I bought it at Wal-mart for around $40. Plugs into a adapter that is plugged into the lighter (or what ever they're calling it these days since they don't come with lighters anymore lol) and plays through the radio set at a station that doesn't broadcast, in my case it's 88.1. It also has a usb port that can charge the ipod as well. Works pretty well

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[info]essorant
2008-08-19 12:33 am UTC (link)
I don't use one because I'm currently carless, but my ex-boyfriend had a Belkin FM transmitter and it always seemed to have lots of static. He didn't have an iPod though, it was some Dell mp3 player, so that may have had something to do with it. Also, he'd pick up traces of close radio stations, even though most of the stations around here are blank.

One of my other friends uses a cassette adapter with his iPod and it sounds decent, albeit a little muffled like a normal cassette does in a car.

I'd probably go with the cassette adapter.

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[info]guinan
2008-08-19 12:39 am UTC (link)
Yeah I had some static, but playing around with the volume helped a lot. Low to medium volume on the ipod, high volume on the radio itself. Also I'm listening mostly to audiobooks so that might make a difference.

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[info]alight
2008-08-19 01:35 am UTC (link)
I went on a road trip with my cousin, who has the same transmitter, and there was constant static and interference from radio stations. She had to change the station a lot, too. I'm not old enough to remember listening to cassette tapes, so I don't know anything about their quality, lol!

Thanks!

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[info]essorant
2008-08-19 01:41 am UTC (link)
Aww, I'm younger than you and I still listen to mine. :)

No problem. I've been thinking about it too, because I'm supposed to have a car soon, and I'm sure I'd go with the cassette transmitter. The same thing happened to me and my ex on trips, even short ones. I live in a tri-state area, so although many stations are blank, we can pick up ones from three different states depending on our location within our town. We had to constantly change the station, and we still got interference.

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[info]littledrummrboy
2008-08-19 12:37 am UTC (link)
since you've got the tape deck, I'd definitely go cassette adapter--it's practically hard wired and it won't give you issues if you should travel and your previously blank station should become occupied.

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[info]hauptmann
2008-08-19 12:40 am UTC (link)
I use a cassette adapter (can't think of the name), sounds better than the FM transmitter I had previously and cheap.

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[info]openthedoe
2008-08-19 12:54 am UTC (link)
aux> tape> fm transmitter

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[info]alight
2008-08-19 01:36 am UTC (link)
I wish I had aux. :(

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[info]omgcupcake
2008-08-19 12:54 am UTC (link)
cassette adapter, definitely.

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[info]wassupgmoney
2008-08-19 01:55 am UTC (link)
My car stereo has an AUX In plug. I bought a $3 aux-in/aux-out cable(looks like the end of headphones, but on both side) and just plug my ipod directly into the stereo.

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[info]bronze007
2008-08-19 07:48 am UTC (link)
I'm jealous.

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[info]genkireirei
2008-08-19 01:58 am UTC (link)
Yup, as a lot of peeps up there said, cassette adapter. They are a LOT cheaper than the other kind and you don't have to worry about stations moving in on you if you travel!

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[info]fallenfireangel
2008-08-19 03:10 am UTC (link)
Cassette adapter - I got tired of the static from a transmitter, and a cassette adapter makes the music so nice and clear, and you can find them pretty cheap

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[info]bronze007
2008-08-19 07:47 am UTC (link)
I love the cassette adaptor. Usually I had it plugged into the cassette, and into a charger at the same time.....

Hafta use a transmitter now (new car) and I hate it.

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[info]inthestill
2008-08-19 10:23 am UTC (link)
I had a cassette adapter and while the music was clearer than my current FM transmitter, my adapter broke after a year and a half of daily use... so I just decided to get a Belkin Tune FM which works pretty well (I live in a big city, but it does fine with the stations).

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[info]anti_worship
2008-08-19 02:38 pm UTC (link)
CASSETTE ADAPTER!

Those FM transmitters sound like crap and works just like the radio. Cassette adapters are more clear and crisp uninterrupted sound. Plus, they're cheap ($5-$8).

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