Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1046 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Logic3
• Model: MIP168K
• Released on: 2007-06-06

Manufacturer's Description
The In-Car FM Transmitter and Charger allows you to take your iPod on the road whilst keeping your iPod full charged. The In-Car FM Transmitter and Charger will allow you to play your iPod through your FM car stereo speakers. Recharge your iPod by connecting the Charger to the cars power source, no batteries are required. You can store up to 10 common frequencies used or switch between 88.1Mhz to 107.9Mhz FM frequencies at the touch of a button for the clearest possible signal. You can also connect other portable audio devices such as MP3 players, MiniDiscs and Portable CD Players via the 3.5mm Stereo connector.

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Customer Reviews

Brilliant Piece Of Kit - Easy To Use
Pros: Comes with a fairly good instruction booklet. But, to be frank, you don't need it unless you are a complete technophobe; the operation of the equipment is quite intuitive. I just plugged it into the cigar lighter socket; found a frequency that was spare on the car radio; tuned the device to that frequency and hey presto! I had almost cd quality music blaring out of the speakers.

Cons: There is an annoying buzzing noise in the silence between the tracks, this disappears completely when music is playing. I'm not sure what it will be like with the spoken word. Also, I found that the plug was a very tight fit in my car's cigar lighter socket which made removal a tad fiddly.

Overall this is an extremely good buy, good value for money and well worth the 5 star rating.

Fantastic!
I live in North Norfolk and use these transmitters with my IPAQ, iPod nano, Sony CD Player and Nokia N95

Pros: Looks brilliant, sleek and smooth design. Annoying ring is a mild buzz!

Cons: Can't use it unless you're in the car (unless you have cigarette chargers in your house...) Can't adjust the volume using the iPod though, you have to turn the actual stereo down, but you can do this on anything plugged in by the 3.5 mm

IN THE BOX:

You get the actual device with one lead for the cigarette car charger, and one for the adaptors (iPod and 3.5 mm headphone) these are permenantly connected

LOOKS:

Sleek, smooth and black. Looks smart if you like. The paint rubs off the buttons easily though. Super bright screen which displays the frequency or the setting (500, 501, 502 etc up to 509)

ROBUST:

Seems good, no breakages yet. Feels sturdy as well. the wires are thick so unlikely to snap or break
EDIT: I have noticed a couple of other people commenting on this, do be aware if you are constantly plugging it in and unplugging it the screw in the end may come loose, just keep an eye on it!

SOUNDS:

Sounds great! My only problem sound wise is that you can't adjust the volume using the device, you have to use the radio, which is ok but I've got used to being able to quickly make it quieten when I needed it to. You can do this with the 3.5 mm socket though... a slight design hitch?

BATTERY:

Very quick charge through this device to the iPod. My only problem with the battery life is that you can't run it without being plugged into a car. I use mine in my room and at work, which obviously are two places where I don't have cigarette chargers!

EXTRA FEATURES:

The charge of the iPod is the only one, which works fantastically. Its also optional so you don't over charge the iPod, brilliant

THE ANNOYING IN CAR WHISTLE:

...is actually more of a low buzz with this, and easily drowned out. Result!

CONCLUSION:

Worth the money if you are only planning to use it in the car, if you want to use it at home, or work its impossible. Good screen and easy to use/set up. Plays through all of my devices fantastically. Definitely recommend.

Far better than I'd hoped!
Bought this as a present for my wife for Christmas having spent ages looking round and reading wide ranging reviews. This one was the only one I found that generally only had positive feedback.

Having took the plunge I'm pleased - the signal strength is that good even with the external antenna on my wife's Astra that it blocked out a decent strength overlapping station.

Audio quality from it was much better than I'd expected being almost imperceptably different from the CD quality in the car.

Set up is a doddle the interface is easy enough to get setup quickly - however the method for setting presets wasn't quite so obvious but a quick consultation of the manual sorted that. But once they are set there isn't much reason to change them hence I haven't dropped a star because of this minor issue

Overall I'm very please I plumped for this one but more important is how pleased my wife is with it.