Latest reviews about Monster Cable - iCarPlay Wireless Plus Car / Plane Charger, FM Transmitter for Apple iPod shuffle (AISHFMCHPS)

ballhawkdawk says "It gets the job done, but wireless fm is not the way to go." about Monster Cable - iCarPlay Wireless Plus Car / Plane Charger, FM Transmitter for Apple iPod shuffle (AISHFMCHPS)

ballhawkdawk — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:17:46 GMT

I've ALWAYS been a firm believer in Monster products. As far as I can tell (installed alot of these) the Monster transmitter holds up really well, and, compared to the others I've seen on the market, does just as good as most, if not better.

The problem most people don't realize is, the FCC forced manufacturers to cut down the strength of wireless FM modulation because they were bleeding over into other people's radios, forcing a neighboring car to listen to other people's music (which could be obscene).
This is why XM, Sirius and other items with wireless transmission built in do not work well.

My advice, get you local installer to hardwire you a connection for your mp3 or ipod. Its realitively inexpensive and well worth it!!
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loves2shop2much says "Too much static, not enough song." about Monster Cable - iCarPlay Wireless Plus Car / Plane Charger, FM Transmitter for Apple iPod shuffle (AISHFMCHPS)

loves2shop2much — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:04:57 GMT

I bought the fm transmitter by imonster without having done research (I know silly me) and now regret my choice. While it is serviceable, it has not lived up to my expectations. By having only 8 preset station choices, I always have a fair amount of static playing along with my music. Even when I've managed to find that one preset that is working, I've had it happen where 10 minutes down the road I can no longer hear my music, but another station is cutting in. I've also found that in order to hear the songs at a normal level, I have to turn my volume to around double the normal radio setting. For myself, there are just too many radio stations near the low end of the dial for this to be effective....

nicetouch99 says "Easier to use but not as good as the Griffin iTrip" about Monster Cable - iCarPlay Wireless Plus Car / Plane Charger, FM Transmitter for Apple iPod shuffle (AISHFMCHPS)

nicetouch99 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:42:55 GMT

I've tried a number of 'players' that allow you to play your iPod or other portable music player through your car's FM radio. I've never been fully satisfied with any of them. I tried the Monster Cable iCarplay because I thought that for the relatively high price and only 8 FM stations to choose from it must be really good. Well that was a stupid assumption wasn't it! I'd say the Monster Cable iCarplay's sound quality landed pretty much in the middle of the different units I tried. The limited number of stations and the design make it very easy to operate but even on an 'empty' station (which didn't occur very often) there was a lot of static. I tried positioning the unit in different spots but it never made enough of a difference. A friend gave me their old Griffin iTrip which allows you to use any frequency but it took me awhile to get the hang of changing the frequency. The old iTrip is definitely not what I would call user friendly but the sound quality was by far the best of all the...

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