Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #271 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Griffin
• Model: 9501-TRIPCBL
• Released on: 2006-07-26
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.44" w x 5.50" l, 1.28 pounds

Features

• Works with
• . 3rd Generation iPod with touch wheel and buttons
• . iPod mini
• . 4th Generation iPod with Click Wheel
• . iPod photo

Manufacturer's Description
Wirelessly sends music from your iPod to your car radio so you can listen on your car stereo speakers. iTrip Auto combines Griffin's renowned FM transmitter technology with an integrated charger. Designed specifically for use in the car, iTrip Auto's large, easy-to-read backlit LCD screen affords quick, precise station selection and easy status at a glance. iTrip Auto uses the audio line out from the dock connector of your iPod and optimizes the output volume. Speaker volume can be controlled solely from the car stereo controls; You won't have to touch your iPod to adjust the volume level. iTrip Auto brings with it all the innovations of its iTrip lineage, including selectable LX and DX (stereo and mono) modes for best-quality audio under real-world conditions, Griffin's RF technology that is not limited by line-of-sight, and Griffin's trademark world-class industrial design.iTrip Auto brings with it all the innovations of its iTrip lineage, including selectable LX and DX (stereo and mono) modes for best-quality audio under real-world conditions, Griffin's RF technology that is not limited by line-of-sight, and Griffin's trademark world-class industrial design

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Customer Reviews

An Essential Bit Of Kit!!
In my humble opinion, this is the best accessory anyone needs for the iPod.
I am a long distance lorry driver, and I have had several different variations of this type of thing in the past. The ease of use and practibility of the iTrip is superb.
I travelled the other day from Liverpool to Rugby in convoy with my mate in the lorry behind me, and he could recieve the crisp , clear signal 400 metres behind me.
Anybody who finds a serious fault with this is obviously a musical purist, who would'nt listen to compressed music anyway.
Buy it, it's fantastic!!

Why'd the wife get one of these and I ended up with an iCast?
Bought this after my good lady spotted the iCast I use with my iPod 80GB Video - she wanted something to use with her faithful iPod Mini.

Had it delivered to work and tried it out (well you have to don't you) on the journey back home.

Now I feel sick as a pig because it outperforms the iCast in every way.

The iTrip connects to the cigarette lighter socket and then into the dock connector on the bottom of the iPod. That way it takes its power from the car, charges the iPod and takes its audio feed all through a single connection. The iCast, on the other hand, supplies no power to the iPod and has a separate audio connection which takes the form of a 3.5mm jack plug that connects to the headphone socket.

The audio feed from the bottom of the iPod is independent of the iPod's volume control so there's no tedious mucking about with trying to get the level right and the sound's much cleaner. Bass performance is particularly improved - music tracks that caused distortion on the iCast had no effect on the iTrip.

Added to that the transmitter signal is much stronger on the iTrip and is far less prone to interference even when tuned to a frequency with radio stations nearby. This makes it possible to turn-up the volume on quiet tracks without having anywhere near the background noise experienced on the iCast.

I noted the comment made by another reviewer with regard to loss of quality when using stereo mode but I was unable to notice any difference.

The iCast is more versatile in that it can run off a battery and can be used with devices other than iPods. That said, my wife and myself don't need it for anything else so I'd rather have the ease of use and better performance associated with the iCast.

All in all I was expecting similar performance to the iCast so I was very pleasantly surprised when I tried the iTrip.

My next task is to order another iTrip......

Quite good but....
I've had a couple of other FM transmitters, one being a very small battery unit, the other a plug-in holder, charger and transmitter combined. The first is neat and portable, but battery life poor. The second is neat and holds the Ipod at a good angle for viewing, depending on your lighter socket location. However, both of these offer only a few preset frequencies, meaning that interference from other stations is likely.

So I bought the Griffin iTrip to overcome this. Firstly, the ability to select frequencies is great. I haven't yet had any problem with channel interference, although to be honest I haven't been on a long journey with it. The charge facility is good.

My gripe, however, concerns the output volume. Even with the Ipod volume turned right up, the output is low, which means that I have to have the radio turned right up. This means it is susceptible to picking up intereference from the car. OK, the sound is fine for most stuff, but to turn up so that kids can hear in the back it's not so good.

Also, the trailing lead is a little messy.

Best solution will be to for a wired solution like the dension Icelink, but this is not cheap and not portable.