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The sound quality is very good. The cassette forward and reverse buttons work as advertised. I'm glad I bought this before reading the other reviews because it works great for me in my 2000 Lexus RX300. Our 1999 Ford Escort will spit it out a few times when it is first inserted, but it eventually stays in. For me this was a much better solution than an FM transmitter.
Overall, it's a treat for me to listen to my I-pod in my old hoopty. There is a light lo fi mist sound in between tracks. It may not work for your ride though. I drive a '97 Ford Taurus and this device works great in my cassette player. The sound quality is decent. CAUTION: Before you purchase call Griffin at (615) 399-7000 to check compatibility. It was a plug and play kind of deal, very easy to use. It didn't work in my wife's 2002 Toyota Corolla.
wasn't clearly advertised as not appropirate for nano, not even worth the postage to return
So I tried a regular tape: no problem, it was virtually noiseless. I'm disappointed because I normally associate Griffin with higher quality iPod accessories. As noted this thing makes a tremendous amount of mechanical noise. No more. I'd also note that this is probably the most expensive of the simple cassette adapters on the market. At first I thought maybe my car had a defective tape deck (I'd never used it before buying this, as I usually listen to XM or CD's). What a ripoff.
Despite my almost fanatical attention to pulling on the plug and not the wire over the six months I've owned this thing, the sheathing on the wire came loose anyway and exposed the wires inside. Also, what may be related is that SmartDeck seems to have lost its mind: it now seems to send the iPod all kinds of strange signals; songs skip and repeat at random.
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