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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Works, but not well
By PansyChicken
Here’s my sentiment of the Griffin iTrip Universal. I have a 4th Gen iPod Nano, which I love. I looked at the “old” style of the iTrips specifically designed for Nano, but there was not a 4th Gen one out yet. I decisive to go in front and buy the iTrip Universal, that way if an individual was in my car with an MP3 player other than an iPod, it would still be capable to be used. I was exceedingly excessively affected emotionally once I received it and thought the charging mechanism (via USB) was brilliant since you wouldn’t drain your iPod battery using it. However, the excitement quickly faded when I went to use it the firstborn time. I charged it wholly and a few days (4 days tops) later went to use it. It was completely dead. I had assumed I had done something wrong, since I hadn’t used it yet. I recharged it later that day and applied it the next day. I drive a somewhat little car and have used FM transmitters before without issue. With the iTrip universal however, there are 2, perhaps 3, places in my vehicle I may set my iPod/transmitter and have it transmit without a ton of static. I tried multiple frequencies and all had the same result. My trip to work is in regards to 20 minutes, by the time I was there, the battery indicator had already dropped from 3 bars to 2. I didn’t use it the next day, and when I went to pull it out to use it the following day – totally dead again. If I want to use it, I have to make sure I have had it plugged in to charge within the last couple of days or else it is dead and I can’t use it. I gave it the gain of the doubt, that perchance it had to charge and drain a few times in order for it to be competent to have the battery operate at full capacity. I have had it coming up on 5 months now and see no betterment whatsoever. I plan to buy a alternate (most likely the iTrip Auto for iPod). My only problem is that I will have this iTrip Universal that I expended good cash on that does not work well, and I don’t feel right in regards to selling an individual something that I find only works halfway.
I just wanted to let you know my review and tell you that while I love most Griffin products, I was/am highly, highly disappointed in the iTrip Universal. It will work, but not well, and I just can’t give it a great recommendation like I had hoped to.
5 of 5 humans found the following review helpful.
Long Time User of iTrip Universal
By T. Bailey
I’ve owned and used this product for close to a year now. Bought it as soon as it came out. That was a mistake. It is cute and is good in theory, but not in practice. Here’s a quick summary after using it a lot of times in numerous situations:
* Short shelf life for battery. To charge battery you will have to connect it to a USB port of computer. Good in theory. But after a charge, if you don’t use it soon afterward, when you go to use it, the battery is dead and you need assorted hours to charge it up again. Who is going to keep it perpetually attached to a USB port?
* Signal strength is weak. From back seat of minivan or sedan, static is present while music is playing unless you hold the iTrip just right. Have had various other transmitters that have much more outstanding range. In a house, greatest or most complete or best possible unobstructed range is 15-20 feet.
* Cord to connect to headphone jack of music player is ridiculously short. Like 4 inches long. Why so short??!!
* Display is monochrome and very tiny. No backlighting. Battery strength indicator is too small.
They need to do a version 2 on this thing. The conception is good. I like how you may tune it to any FM frequency to broadcast, and how it turns on by itself when it detects a device, but it falls way short of the basic functionality of a good FM transmitter.
3 of 3 humans found the following review helpful.
acceptable for home use
By Aldo Calliari
I have purchased the iTrip MP3 player fundamentally to play in my stereo the music I have stored in my computer. If you find a clean FM frequency, the device will transmitter properly. However, galore interference may stay depending on how the transmitter is placed (beside the computer or on it, for example). For this reason I found that the cord to connect to headphone jack of music player ought to be much longer. A longer cord may likewise improve reception.
The battery drops quicker than what the marketer says (about 4-6 hours). Moreover, it drops even without use.
All these drawbacks may make this device useless for use in your car, but it still worth for use at your home.
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