"FM car adapter" Topic

Hey

I keep seeing those FM card adapters for my ZUNE where you can listen to it through the car stereo.

Does those things actually work?

I am moving my mother-in-law across country, and I am driving the truck w/ no CD player… (for the drive) -- (for the mom-in-law --> I like her) … and gunna need some music…

I bought a cheap FM adapter for my cheap digital music player and it worked acceptably. For most of my 9-hour trip it worked fine. Occasionally I'd encounter a stronger radio signal that would interfere with the adapter so would have to select a different frequency (I think the one I bought had 6 or 8 frequencies). I'd recommend picking one up. I don't know if higher quality ones work better, but, yes they do work and, in my opinion, are worth it.

I've used one on my iPod for several trips, including 14 hours of random music on my trip back from GenCon last year.

It works best in my car where the antenna is was stuck down so real radio stations never overpowered the mini FM transmitter. When in my wife's car, I had to keep changing the frequency to ones not used in that area to reduce interference.

The one I picked up did not work at all. I do not suppose the truck has a cassette deck? You can get an adapter for those that work great.

aux wired is best if your radio has an aux port.
fm transmitters in the city get walked on by commercial FM stations.
the sound quality is missing as well.
ymmv,
R.

I use mine a lot. I find that the volume is lower than other radio stations – so I have to crank the sound up. I suppose the best indication is mine just broke, and I am buying another today!

I use one everyday on my drive to work. However, I live in the sticks (if I get held up it's more likely to be because of sheep, cows or hounds than traffic) so interference from radio stations is minimal. For a long drive you may need to periodically re-tune as local stations may use different frequencies.

The only problem I had was with the auto-switchoff on the transmitter when the mp3 player is stopped. My old mp3 didn't have a high enough volume and the transmitter would keep switching off. This may also be a problem if you like ambient stuff or long fade ins/outs. I've yet to try audio books to see if there's a problem.