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C-Tech *** Car FM / MP3 Modulator ***
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Synaesthesia
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Just googled for it, it's on sale everywhere!
http://www.pricecheck.co.za/search/?search=WOW!+200+CHANNEL+!!CAR+MP3+FM+MODULATOR+via+USB+&
http://www.pricecheck.co.za/search/?search=WOW!+200+CHANNEL+!!CAR+MP3+FM+MODULATOR+via+USB+&
wikk3d88
Expert Member
no offence mate, but these FM modulaters are POS, cheaply made etc. far better off buying a head unit that has a USB slot to play your music off a thumbdrive.
bidorbuy only mate
i just spoke witha guy who had his car broken into he said these ones I mentioned works quite well but the other brands are more questionable.
I would like to follow this up by getting the same brand that he reccomended before I conclude that these are a failed technology
HavocXphere
Honorary Master
If you find an empty channel then it should at least be on par with radio quality. One factor I'd think about though is where your antenna is vs the sender. If there is a metal roof or something in between then it might be an issue.
Check out the RF modulator here: http://www.xpaudio.co.za/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=545
I bought one; it's not one that broadcasts, it has a cable that goes directly into the head unit's antenna socket, so the quality is perfect. I was very, very happy with it. It has an antenna cable (goes into the HU), an antenna socket (to take the normal antenna cable from the aerial), a power cable and earth, and L&R line-in sockets, so with the appropriate cable, to can connect an MP3 player/phone/whatever.
I bought one; it's not one that broadcasts, it has a cable that goes directly into the head unit's antenna socket, so the quality is perfect. I was very, very happy with it. It has an antenna cable (goes into the HU), an antenna socket (to take the normal antenna cable from the aerial), a power cable and earth, and L&R line-in sockets, so with the appropriate cable, to can connect an MP3 player/phone/whatever.
Terencek
Expert Member
You could be unlucky with a cheap one or even a more expensive unit: I paid R300 or so for one of those cigarette-lighter units and the thing was unusable because it simply would not hold its frequency -- you had to keep retuning your car radio (or other receiver) every few minutes or so to compensate for the drift.
I ended up buying an iConcepts Digital Wireless Radio Transmitter 11988 from HiFi Corp for much less than that, which takes input through a standard earphone cable and plug and runs on 2 x AAA batteries (or a mains adapter not supplied) rather than off the cigarette lighter socket, and it proved to be rock solid, with a quite astonishing range (about 10 metres).
I ended up buying an iConcepts Digital Wireless Radio Transmitter 11988 from HiFi Corp for much less than that, which takes input through a standard earphone cable and plug and runs on 2 x AAA batteries (or a mains adapter not supplied) rather than off the cigarette lighter socket, and it proved to be rock solid, with a quite astonishing range (about 10 metres).
KhoisanX
Expert Member
The car/radio does seem to make a difference. I have one of those Belkin transmitters that IC sells, works well in the Merc(antenna probably in the windscreen), but dismally in the bakkie(antenna on roof).