Product Description
Spend more time enjoying your iPod tunes and less time searching for a station. The QuickSeek FM transmitter for iPod finds the best FM signal in seconds, while the ClearFM feature ensures great sound. The FM transmitter and charger play iPod tunes through the FM radio in your car or wirelessly through your home stereo. Charges your iPod while it plays through your car stereo. Detachable car charger also recharges USB powered devices, such as mobile or smartphones, PDAs and more while transmitting.
Amazon.com Product Description
Spend more time enjoying your favorite iPod tunes and less time searching for a high-quality audio signal with the Kensington QuickSeek FM transmitter/car charger. Like other FM transmitters, the unit broadcasts your iPod's music through your vehicle's stereo speakers, so you can groove to your full digital music collection without buying an expensive iPod-compatible car stereo. But unlike with competing models, you don't have to fiddle with the transmitter for several minutes to find a static-free station. Instead, the unit's QuickSeek technology locates the best FM signal in mere seconds, making tuning easier than ever. All you have to do is connect the transmitter to your iPod's dock connector, plug the car charger into your vehicle's 12-volt power outlet, and you're set.
The QuickSeek boasts Kensington's ClearFM technology, which delivers richer lows, crisper highs, and superior stereo separation with a "concert hall" effect--all through your regular stereo speakers. The ClearFM circuitry also includes the company's patented filtering technology, which results in the lowest harmonic distortion and signal-to-noise ratios of any FM transmitter on the market today--up to three times clearer than Kensington's competitors. Handiest of all, the detachable car charger isn't for iPods only, as it also works with other USB-powered devices, such as mobile or smartphones, PDAs, and more.
Other details include three programmable preset buttons for storing FM stations, an ultra-bright display, and a detachable spacer to ensure a custom fit with iPod models in a case. The QuickSeek FM transmitter is backed by a two-year warranty.
What's in the Box
FM transmitter, car charger, user's manual.
Customer Reviews:
Best, as far as radio transmitters go.......2007-11-30
I purchased this product a few months back and have been pretty satisfied. This transmitter has a fairly strong signal and comes through pretty clear. The car charger attachment is a great feature and ensures your ipod has always got juice. The only potential downside is that the part that attaches to the bottom is quite large, so if you have a case or a car holder you may want to take a closer look at the picture to make sure it will fit, otherwise you might be taking it in and out of your case alot (I use an I-skin, which I cut some of the material out of the bottom, works great and I don't have to take it off). A caveat is that you will experience a small amount of static occasionally, this is unavoidable with radio transmitters especially if you live in the city. If you want perfect sound you're gonna have to chop up your stereo and put in a line.
Probably the best for its price, But.........2007-11-23
Its great. it works pretty well, but it doesnt always find the clearest station and I wish they would make it so it stays attached to the ipod better. In all im glad I bought it though.
simply does not work as advertised with my classic........2007-10-22
What can I say. The QuickSeek button almost never finds a station, and returns me to the main menu. The controls are not intuitive at all; the device is slow to start up or respond; it is frustratingly difficult (in fact, as far as i can tell, impossible) to manually set the station, at least in my unit - i have to rely on trial and error with QuickSeek (which, itself, often fails to respond properly - the "progress bar" remains a motionless dot until it times out and does nothing).
I could go on, but I think I've made my point. Kensington's other recent FM Transmitter is "highly recommended" with an A- review on ipod lounge, and is recommended by another reviewer here. I'm going to try to return my 33384 at the Apple Store tomorrow, and I sincerely hope they don't give me any trouble.
As you can see from the other reviews, the product works beautifully for some people. From what I've gathered, my problems may only apply to the iPod Classic (I'm using the 160 GB model); which makes me wonder if there's a firmware update available for the Kensington unit (I guess installable via a 4-pin / 6-pin usb cable, which I don't actually have. And the latest Classic firmware update (1.0.2) seems to be causing more problems than it fixes (perpetual disk spinning -> battery drainage for many users).
Play it safe. Go with either the other Kensington product, or something else. "QuickSeek Technology", as mentioned by another reviewer, is, indeed, a gimmick. Having used various other FM Transmitters with manual controls in the past (which were all stolen from me. I hate West Philly), I can tell you that it's really not too much of a hassle to find and set a reliable frequency or two yourself.
But it does manage to charge my iPod. At least they got that part right.
(and, in fairness, when the product DOES work, it sounds great; but I've spent more trips trying to get the damn thing to work while not killing pedestrians than I have actually spent listening to my music).
Yeah. For $90, I'm pretty livid.
Confusing and did not operate as advertised.......2007-10-14
I plugged this thing in to my car and it seemed to do something - it would show me a frequency on the iPod display, but when I went to the frequency, there was no signal from the iPod. The instructions tell you how to set up presets manually by moving up and down the dial using the left and right buttons but I couldn't get that to work either. Got it to work once I think by random luck but when I turned the car off and on the frequency had changed and my attempted presets were gone. The connector to the iPod seemed a little loose so maybe that could have been the problem but I wasn't willing to try and bend it at the risk of damaging the iPod.
Ended up with a manual cable/charger from a different mfr with the little transmitter in-line with the wire. Worked well from the moment I plugged it in. I might have to change channels when travelling but that's a compromise I'll make.
It's a cool idea, just didn't work for me.
Works great on the 1st Generation iPod Nano.......2007-10-08
Works great for me. Plugged the iPod Nano (4GB 1st Gen) into the transmitter and plugged it into the power outlet (a.k.a cigarette lighter) and within a few seconds I had the recommended frequency tuned and my music playing. The transmitter is small enough that you can hide it in your palm but large enough you can velcro it to the dash and it'll support the iPod Nano, and maybe a larger iPod.
Product Description
QuickSeek FM Transmitter for iPod - Spend more time enjoying your iPod tunes and less time searching for a station. QuickSeek technology finds the best FM signal in seconds while ClearFM ensures great sound.
Product Description
Spend more time enjoying your iPod tunes and less time searching for a station. QuickSeek technology finds the best FM signal in seconds, while ClearFM ensures great sound.
Product Description
Attractive Desktop Radio that's functional and high tech - yet so affordable. Large LCD displays time, date, day and temperature. FM auto scan radio. Remote control for radio. 200 year calendar. 6 languages for day display option. Thermometer: degree C & F option 3 sounds options for alarm Snooze function Hourly chime with on/off option 12/24 hour format Excellent sound quality with telescopic antenna.
Cheap Consumer Electronics:
- KNG America Pooh and Friends Talking Corded Phone (026100)
- Lithium Ion 2-Way Radio Battery For Xact X3X-2 WRISTLINX
- Marware USB Travel Dock for iPod Shuffle 2G
- Midland AVPH1 Open Face Helment Headset for Midland GMRS
- Motorola T7400 Talkabout® 2-way Radios
- Motorola TalkAbout T4800 Battery (Equivalent)
- Motorola XV2100 Business 2-Way Radio
- Multiplier Industries Battery, 1800 mA, NiMH
- Nady MRC-11X 22 Channel Bike-to-Bike Radio Communicator with Helmet Headset
- Nady MRC-11X 22 Channel Bike-to-Bike Radio Communicator with Helmet Headset
Cheap Consumer Electronics List
Cheap Consumer Electronics
FM Transmitters
|
Auto Accessories
|
MP3 Player Accessories
|
Portable Audio & Video Accessories
|
Audio & Video Accessories
|
Accessories & Supplies
|
Categories
|
Electronics
Tamrac 4386 Compact camera case for slim-line cameras
Apple MA592LL/A iPod USB Power Adapter
DLO PodFolio Leather Case for 30 GB and 60 GB iPod Video (Black)
Apple 80 GB iPod classic (Black)
Apple MA045G/C iPod Universal Dock
Apple 8 GB iPod nano AAC/MP3 Player Blue (3rd Generation)
Apple 8 GB iPod nano AAC/MP3 Player Green (3rd Generation)
Apple 1 GB iPod shuffle Green (3rd Generation)
Apple 1 GB iPod shuffle Silver (3rd Generation)
Apple 1 GB iPod shuffle Blue (3rd Generation)
