LAC Using an FM Transmitter/MP3 Player: BAD!

[John S. Lagnese]

My transmitter unit had a wire coming out that served as the antenna. If it 
wasn't strtched out it didn't work too well.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Keith" <auditude at gmail.com>
To: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: LAC Using an FM Transmitter/MP3 Player: BAD!


Antenna wire?  What antenna wire?!

Oh, no wonder why mine sucks.  It doesn't have no stinkin' antenna
wire!  It just has a single short piece of cable for the headphone
jack.

Dang the more you make me think about it (I never use it) the more I
think it sucks!

lol

Ken

On 3/8/06, John S. Lagnese <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:
> When I was using one it worked best if the antenna wire from the 
> transmitter
> unit was on the dashboard.
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Keith" <auditude at gmail.com>
>
> > Here's a data counterpoint.  I tried using a 4gb iPod Nano with a
> > separate Belkin Tunecase (#F8V367, not the Tunecast II) FM
> > transmitter, both bought from Macmall.com, and was very disappointed.
> > With various stereos, it was a very weak signal with lots of static.
> > I ended up buying some cables for some of the applications (RCA for
> > the house and input jack for one of the car stereos).
> >
> > My FM transmitter might just suck (or the receiver/antennae I'm
> > using), because it was free after waiting for the rebate and Belkin
> > had a more expensive version that I haven't tried.  If it hadn't been
> > "free", I'd be pissed and probably would return it if I could.  (It's
> > funny, but I wonder if rebates are a way to prevent returns, since you
> > usually give them the UPC barcode to redeem the rebate.
> >
> > I plan to try to get some hardwire connectivity in more my cars for the
> > iPod.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > "Alex Kowalski" <hypereutectic1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I thought I'd share this with the List.  Since my '87 still has a
> >> functional
> >> Rothenberg 10-speaker system that I don't intend to replace until this
> >> summer, I decided to spring for a new MP3 player with a built-in FM
> >> transmitter for listening through the head unit.   I didn't want to 
> >> spend
> >> a
> >> fortune, but fumbling around with portable CD players and tape deck
> >> adaptors
> >> was getting old.  Plus, my old MP3 player was feeling a little
> >> constrained
> >> with only 128MB of memory.
> >>
> >> I bought a Lexar LDP-600 player with 1GB of extra memory from CompUSA,
> >> for a
> >> total of 1.5GB of storage.  This unit is fairly unique because the FM
> >> transmitter is built in.  It also functions as a USB drive (PC or
> >> Macintosh)
> >> and charges its internal li-ion battery when attached to a USB port.
> >> It includes a small antenna (about 6" long, 3" collapsed) that plugs 
> >> into
> >> the headphone jack, or you can simply use the headphone cords as an
> >> antenna.  That supposedly gives you a little boost in signal strength 
> >> but
> >> is
> >> a little messier.   Oh, and it has 7 backlight colors.
> >>
> >> I taped a couple pieces of velcro to the back of this unit and quickly
> >> mounted it to the dashboard across the unoccupied switch locations.
> >> Turned
> >> it on and let it autoscan for a station and presto -- Billy Preston is
> >> playing through my Rothenberg!  [Nothin' from Nothin' Leaves Nothin' --
> >> Can
> >> you FEEL it!?!?!]  The sound quality is as good or better than any
> >> strong,
> >> clear FM radio station in my area.  Using the headphones as an antenna 
> >> (I
> >> just let the wires drape down at first, but I'll find a better way to
> >> route
> >> them) the noise level is very, very low and frankly the stereo sounds
> >> better
> >> than it ever has while I've owned the car.  And now I have my playlists
> >> at
> >> my fingertips.
> >>
> >> Just a datapoint, but I like it.  Until I upgrade the stereo on this 
> >> car,
> >> this was a big improvement.
> >>
> >> Alex Kowalski
> >> '86 5KCSTQ
> >> '87 5KCSTQ with Billy Preston coming through loud and clear.