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| KENSINGTON NOT FOR IPHONE - Scores 1/5
Being technically minded, I laughed when I read the other reviews listing the problems for this item. I have built and installed aerials for radio, TV and Sat systems and used many in-car FM transmitters in the past....what can anyone teach me about this technology? ... or so I thought.
I bought the new iPhone and wanted to listen to its contents in the car. Simple. I bought this FM transmitter, but as soon as I plugged it in, the iPhone suggested switching to "Airplane Mode" as it was identified as a non-compatible accessory. Airplane mode on or off, the appalling quality of sound could not be improved. Nor could extension wires, plugging it into the boot mounted power supply (close to the window mounted aerial) or even switching the car engine off.
Looking at the packaging it makes no mention of compatibility with iPhone (only iPod)--it may fit the same plug, but as with USB 1.1 and 2.0 I am sure there is a world of difference, even if square plug fits into square hole. Maybe it works with the iPod, but it clearly does not work with iPhone in my car.
The seller despatched this item super fast, and I am hoping that they will take this item back with the same speed. | REVIEW BY ANONYMOUS
ON 06 OCTOBER 2008 |
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| SNAP CRACKLE AND POP - Scores 1/5
The signal from this unit is so inefficient that the audio from the iPod or iPhone (I used both) is constantly accompanied by noise - even on a clear frequency.
My car is a new Toyota Avensis with a good radio in it, and I have another MP3 transmitter that works extreemly well and produces no crackle or hiss (I tried this because I wanted the text on the screen). It also re-tunes to a different frequency when you don't want it to.
In addition, the iPhone warns that this is not designed to be used with this transmitter and you have to put the iPhone to flight mode to stop the RF from the cell phone from interfering with the audio.
The connector for the iPod or iPhone is cheap and does not have the side clips to hold itself in.
| REVIEW BY ANONYMOUS
ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2008 |
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| DISAPPOINTING - Scores 1/5
I chose to ignore the reviews here, and bought the Kensington from Best Gig. The company I have no complaints about whatsoever (they respond better to telephone than email). The Kensington though was terrible.
Autoscan failed to find any clear channels (in Gloucestershire or Worcestershire). It routinely selected Classic FM. But it didn't then have enough "power" to overcome ANY radion channel/ interference. Maybe my unit was faulty - but other reviewers have said the same.
Far from being the market leader that I expected it to be. I bought a £5 transmitter from a petrol station that actually DOES work.
Oh, and I tried this on my Mazda 6 (2003) and on a new Fiesta, both with RDS radios (of the type that display the station name, rather than rolling text): the Kensington did NOT put any information on to either radio.
The only thing it did well was charge the IPOD ... | REVIEW BY ANONYMOUS
ON 22 JULY 2008 |
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| VERY DISSAPPOINTED - Scores 1/5
Bought this product last week. Tried it in both our cars (BMW and VW Polo) and it simply is next to useless... My partner tired it in her Polo driving from Cirencester to B'ham (the RDS didn't work but we didn't give up!). At best reception was fuzzy at worst nothing at all. This is despite the product having 3 'quick access' frequencies. Strangely - the nearer we got to B'ham the worst the reception - maybe it is affected by built up areas?
So at the weekend we tried it in my BMW. Again the RDS didn't work - again we remained postive (!). Within 20 minutes it was disconnected and in the back of the car!!! We did the right thing - retuning when the reception drops out but how many times are we expected to do this - 10? 15?? 20?? After a while it became dangerous - distracting me from driving! Trying to retune the transmitter and the car radio whilst on the move is not safe - plus I had to keep dis-enabling the auto scan to get the car radio to 'find' the transmitters frequency - again - not the best thing to be doing whilst driving. So -it's going back. Shame really because the concept is great but the reality is that Kensington still have work to do to produce a reliable product... | REVIEW BY ANONYMOUS
ON 16 JUNE 2008 |
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| DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN - Scores 5/5
This product worked first time, and produced a crystal clear sound from my Ipod Touch. The sound quality is amazing too, alot better than the tape deck inputs.
I think alot of people have problems with this because they are aware that the cable acts as a transmitter. I found that if you leave the cable coiled up, and down where the cigarette lighter is, my car radio wont pick up the signal. However, if you uncoil the cable and put the ipod ontop of your dashboard, it works a treat!
Also, there are times when it does get crackly, but thats due to driving into range of new radio stations (and pirate ones!). A quick press of the Quicksearch button, and it easily found a new station.
This product is brilliant, and having the artist/trackname on the radio looks cool too.
| REVIEW BY ANONYMOUS
ON 10 MARCH 2008 |
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