Can anyone recommend an FM transmitter (which i believe are now legal) for transmitting sound from an mp3 player?
Initial research brought up the AudiaX 2 Stereo FM Transmitter (DGT-202) as a good one.
Any more recommendations?
Mike
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Just have a look on Ebay, there are thousands of them. It all depends on how much you want to spend. I bought one like this: Ebay Item No. 230067867524
I think they all do the job. Would be inclinded to avoid the ones that only give you a choice of 4 or 5 spot FM frequencies, though. I know someone who has one of these and, sometimes, it's impossible to find a channel that's signal free.
Some of the more expensive ones are just cheap ones that have been "Badge-Engineered" so, if I were you, I'd have a very good look at the pictures!
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I bought one from HongKong via ebay for novelty value, it was about £5.
It is white with about 4 green LEDs and a red one. You press the button to hop to each of the 5 preset frequencies. I guess you get what you pay for, the sound quality is about like very clear medium wave, and when the phone 'pings' the mobile network, the usual rythmic tones (interference)can be heard very loud through the car radio.
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The only legal ones have CE marking. I don't think oriental specials will meet the spec. The chances of being pulled are minimal though
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Seeing that the CE mark is only a stick on label, it wouldn't surprise me if some of the illegal ones had this label on as well.
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Is it for feeding the signal to a car stereo? I wonder if you have a cassette slot... the adaptors for those seem to transfer at the original quality. It's what I use for my mp3 in the car.
M.M
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I haven't got much to add other than I'm looking to get one too. The two other vehicles in the Dulwich stable have cassette players and the cassette adaptor seems to work pretty well. My car only has a CD slot, so it's either take the radio apart and fit a connection (er, no), pay someone £100 (no, again) or get one of the transmitters. For the moment I've discounted the options of burning loads of CDs or buying another car.
I too have been told to go for one with variable frequencies - apparently you might not get a clear channel with the fixed options, particularly in town.
My aerial is in the glass of the rear near side window on the Avant and I've wonderd if I can find a transmitter with a long lead so I can put it close up to the window which should improve reception. Maybe that way any other cars in close traffic may be subjected to my music tastes too.
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Mine is a non descipt model, but is the same as a Belkin and can be tuned to any FM frequency on normal radio range - mine is set at 99.9Mhz and I never have to change it. Quality is not as good as the tape method mentioned above (used to use one of those in a car which didn't have a CD player!), but for £10 it does the job.
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Fitted a stand alone DAB radio in the car using the cassette method referred to in an earlier post and this works fine so would recoomend that route if you can. If not there is a promotion on at Maplins at present with money off a FM transmitter that may meet your requirements
www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=fm%20transmi...5
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Yes, but as per my previous post, have a look at what price these can be purchased for on Ebay, exactly the same thing, just a different case.
Don't forget to allow for carriage as many of these items are supplied from the Far East. Even so, you can still purchase the second one in the Maplin example for a third of the price!
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I got the Belkin Tunecast II from Amazon for about £15 and it seems to work pretty well, on a trip from Leeds to Malton the only noticeable interference was for a couple of miles near Tadcaster and even then it was hardly audible above the wind and tyre noise. It did need the volume on the MP3 player set high to work properly though (so watch out when you use the headphones next.....).
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These are £6 on Ebay including postage.
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