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Just fails to change altogether. It seems to have short-term amnesia and keeps returning to 88.5 anytime I try changing it to another (clear) channel. I'm giving up on my iTrip, like I had previously given up on my iMic (Belkin). Even just pausing a song is enough for it to revert to 88.5. 2 irritating strikes against cheap-o mac accessories for me. Generally it will let me switch to another channel a couple of times, switch back to 88.5 each time, and then after that it won't even acknowledge attempts to switch it anymore.
Yes, living in the Los Angeles area is cause for frustration, at times, but I have found stations that work. Without it I would be stuck with only my CDs. This receives a four star rating because it does do what it claims to do.the only reason that I won't give it a five is that the transmitter does not shut off even when I shut my iPod off. In terms of the problem of having the tuning frequencies playing on the playlist.it takes about 2 seconds to fix that problem by setting up a smart playlist to not include the iTrip stations. This little device has allowed me to use my iPod in my car that only has a CD player. No, the quality is not as good as a CD and I have learned to live with some fuzziness at points. If I don't pay attention then the battery gets drained and this is a minor annoyance. But this is better than paying/installing a new stereo.
Ok, what can I say. It's alright, not a high of quality as the newer fancier ipods but it does the trick and gets the job done. It's a first generation iTrip transmitter.
It's easy to set up otherwise. did a nice job on a four hour drive I recently took. The itrip is pretty cool. The only difficulty is that you have to keep changing the station as you drive through different cities, depending on the available frequencies for each area. I'll keep using it until cars come standard with ipod inputs. They list the available frequencies for different areas on their website, but that's a heck of a lot of additional research to do just to listen to your music.
If you are driving and tryign to use this you will probably crash. look elsewhere. This has the worst interface. It is tightly integrated with the ipod but in a horrible horrible way. I am not joking this is one of the worst designed products I have ever seen. look for one that you can set the station external to the ipod and it stays.
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