|
My response from "Shannon" at Griffin was that this device in fact "ONLY WORKS WITH 3G", and not (as the packaging indicted) with the ("NEW") Nano 4g, ignoring the legal ramifications. I purchased this product with the clear intent to FM transmit, charge and cradle my "New iPod Nano". The lousy customer care disappointed me as much as the product. Griffin blithely verified this.
I went with the InCharge because of the reviews, and flame Griffin for the above nauseating experiences. Mine certainly wont do all three as claimed.
I stated that this device will not do as the package claims, and I requested a full refund. Thats all they had to offer.
LAME. I purchased a Road Trip with the "New iPod nano Adapter Included.", only to find that the CHARGER function DOES NOT work with any "New ipod nano" (4G).
Adding, this device CAN NOT perform its stated purpose(s), I further contended that the packaging is deceptive regarding the capabilities of this device. I am very disappointed.
Of course, I expected to get what I paid for, and I requested remedy from Griffin.
It lacks the depth and clarity of a CD by alot. There is only one negative, and that is the sound is not the full range. My best workaround is to adjust the EQ on the ipod to the "classical" setting (although I listen to all kinds of music, mostly metal). I was very pleased with the quality of construction. Works perfectly as intended. Still, not perfect sound, but, hell, it was only $9.95, and at least I can get all my iPod tunes on my car stereo now. Seems pretty sturdy and durable. Overall, I'm satisfied.
Sounds great and much cheaper than at Best Buy. We love it. I shopped around and this is by FAR the best deal.
This can be dangerous.2. I have to dig the unit out of the arm rest compartment where I have it plugged into the recepticle to see the song displayed on the iPod screen. When I shut down the car (and the power to the unit) it does not resume the same settings as when I stopped the car. I found the 4030-ROAD RoadTrip to be great in almost every way. The RoadTrip should also transmit the title of the song for my car stereo to pick up and display. I have to push the connect button again for it to detect the FM station I was using when I shut it down. It is certainly much better than the iTrip.My two feature complaints:1. Annoying.
Nope. And, of course, I had to remove the iPod from it protective neoprene wetsuit, which would have been very nice to have when the iPod fell out of the Griffin 4031-RDGC RoadTrip FM Transmitter and Car Charger for iPod (Charcoal). At least I'll get clean audio straight into the preamp section of my car's system.No such luck. And, of course, no way to attenuate the output; it just smashes its way in and clips like a [.].Unusable for audio, I now have a very expensive iPod charger that sometimes - when it wants to and obeying no logic that I'm able to figure out - supplies a trickle of current through to my iPod, but then shuts off well shy of full charge.These issues seem baked-in and endemic, not at all the result of poor manufacturing or lax quality control. But none of the three frequencies auto-scanned by the Road Trip were at all usable. Turns out the only one that fit was for a different iPod and then only after some filing of plastic. Road Trip fared no better in my wife's 2007 high-end Toyota, a vehicle with impeccable modern electronics.In desperation, I tried Road Trip's OTHER route: a direct output jack (1/8" stereo), bizarrely (and inconveniently) located on the power plug. It's a 2000 BMW with a decidedly Bavarian audio system.
These are basic design flaws.Succinctly: This device is an unmitigated piece of crap. Maybe it's just a Germanic engineering attitude problem. The bad dreams began the moment I opened the package and attempted to fit my 80GB iPod w/ video into one of the provided mating flanges. Manually tuning a dead band on my radio - and incrementing Road Trip to match - produced an interference-ridden, wheezy little simulacrum of the strong studio mixes in my Playlists. The Road Trip's output impedance is severely mismatched to everyone else's idea of the line-in spec. And the result is, like, 20% harmonic distortion.
It is neither line level nor headphone level. With no audible stations within two guard bands either side of Road Trip's self-selected optimum frequency, there was still plenty of harsh hash, multipath "swang", and annoying collapse to mono.So it's gotta be my vehicle, right. This device is a nightmare. Damn disappointing for a hundred bucks.Worse, on recent rural road trip my Road Trip was even more galling. standing still in the driveway.Things went downhill from there as I tried to get music through the car's tuner and into my ears.Okay, true, I live in an FM-RF saturated environment. So I wasn't expecting optimum performance close to home.
Do not buy it.
|
