Product Description
TuneBase FM lets you listen to your iPod and avoid the frustration of manually finding a clear FM station. ClearScan technology cuts through the static and quickly finds the best FM frequency-all with one push of a button. Line-out feature, improved FM transmission, delivers crisp, clean audio with car-stereo inputs or cassette adapters. Innovative, flexible steel-neck with integrated antenna makes for easy repositioning. Custom-designed swivel cradle and flexible steel-neck mount your iPod securely and easily Line-out option for use with car-stereo inputs or cassette adapter
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The Belkin TuneBase FM with ClearScan offers:
- the ability to listen to any docking iPod in your car;
- automatic search of the best FM frequency with the cleanest sound; and
- a built-in charger to keep the tunes going all day long.
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The Belkin TuneBase FM with ClearScan lets you easily play the music on your iPod in your car with just a push of the button.
The flexible steel neck allows many positioning options. View larger. |
A Button Press Away from Great Sound
By pushing a single button, Belkin's ClearScan technology will automatically scan to find the best FM frequency so that you can enjoy the music on your iPod static-free in your car. With an improved FM transmission, the sound is better than before. And the large LED tells you at exactly what frequency the music is being broadcast.
Once you find a clear station, you can set it to one of two presets on the TuneBase. This is especially useful around your local area and areas that you frequent, because you can quickly return to these stations at the touch of a button.
The TuneBase also has a line-out feature that lets you use it with car-stereo inputs or cassette adapters. The built-in PRO setting optimizes the audio and provides a volume boost for the best sound possible.
Built-in Charger and Stand Works with All Docking iPods An integrated auto charger plugs into the cigarette lighter so you needn't worry about running out of power while on a road trip. With a flexible steel-neck mount and a swivel cradle, you can position the iPod for optimal viewing and accessibility. The antenna is integrated into the neck for a clean look. Multiple cradles are included for compatibility with all docking iPods.
The Belkin TuneBase FM with ClearScan is backed by a 3-year warranty.
Enjoy the music on your iPod while on the road. |
Customer Reviews:
Good FM Transmitter.......2007-12-26
I live just outside DC and found this FM transmitter to be pretty good. The Clearscan feature is pretty useless, often tuning to stations with a signal, so manually tuning is the way to go.
A couple times I've noticed some occasional signal damping which cause the sound quality to diminish then get better after a while. I can't really come up with a good explanation as to what would cause this, but its not very noticeable so I ignore it.
The arm off the cigarette lighter is fairly stiff, which is great for keeping the unit and ipod in place, but makes twisting and adjusting a bit difficult. Not a big deal as long as you have enough room around your lighter.
The unit comes with different pieces of plastic and foam to hold and support different types of ipods and is pretty easy to install/change.
The Belkin is pricey, but does a good job and I'm happy with it.
Great... So far .......2007-12-24
0k the -"TUNEBASE II"- Is great product you may get it, to be honest I`ll give a 4-1/2 stars but since they don`t have that option, 5 it`s fair,I bought a year ago the "Tunebase I" and it sucked big time, then I got the "Monster Icar wireless plus" wich is great no complain about it when it comes to sound quality, Problem comes when you have to buy a car base and that ruins the look... but the -"Belkin Tunebase FM with ClearScan"- looks Great, you may say it looks fancy... and with great sound quality that could match the monster quality and sound, but you have to learn how to take advantage of any feature, if you do the sound quality could be the best in the business.
Go buy it.
Works Well and Best Yet.......2007-12-24
I recently purchased this unit as a set with a wall charger at Costco for $[...]. I have used three other units from Belkin TuneCast, Kensington 33169 Digital FM Radio and Transmitter for iPods, and XtremeMac AirPlay. The Airplay was for the original remote connector and worked good on my iPod Photo until my daughter broke it on a road trip. I bought the Kensington at a special price and it was not as powerful and therefore did not work as well. The Belkin TuneCast was a joke, but was universal since it used a 1/8" male connector.
The Belkin Tunebase is in a whole new category by itself. It is not because of the built in dock for charging or the extension arm to see the display or the 1/8" jack to use the Aux port on new stereos or the ClearScan FM selection process, but the Pro 2 power level for the FM transmitter. The Tunebase has three different power levels and this is what allows the unit to over power even co-located stations or distance weak ones that other transmitters can't. The ClearScan is the second best feature because it does do a good job of finding empty stations. The Belkin Tunebase is not perfect, especially in big cities like LA, but it does work well and is easy to use. Just hold down the button below the display and it will display in a second a new frequency that you tune your car stereo to. It does have two station memory for your favorite stations that work.
The only reason I did not give it a full five stars is because the memory and power level buttons are on the sides are not labeled from the front and I accidently push the wrong button sometimes and the price is a little high. I am real pleased with the unit and would recommend it to others if you use a unit like this a lot to justify the price. Since my package at Costco came with a wall charger and sync cable as well as a mini USB charge cord, I thought the $69 was a reasonable price. If the price is over $[...] for just the transmitter, that might be too high for even a quality product like this.
Does what it's meant to do very well.......2007-12-17
While ClearScan did not the absolute best channels for me to use, the product worked just fine. I was able to quickly find 3 or 4 channels that work very well and get no static through them. The audio quality is very good with rare static sounds cming through. Using the Pro1 and Pro2 sound settings really are the most helpful features...they can make the audio quality even better and more helpful than the QuickScan.
Good, but, not great........2007-11-05
I got this last night (Monday November 4th, 2007 @ 2:00AM)
1st.
I took it out of the box, found the right adapter that best fit my iPod
(Cassic 160GB)and installed it. Well there are two parts. One is the Cradle, which holds it on the sides and the Pad, which goes in the back of the unite that keeps it from moving forward. With both of these in place I have a good tight fit for my iPod.
2nd.
The "ClearScan" feature does not work all that well. Every time I used it the unite kept finding a station that was occupied or sort of had a station using it. So I did it manually. I found a nice clear station 104.3
3rd.
I and noticed that there are two buttons a 1 and 2 button that lets you preset stations that you've found to be clean and clear and store these in memory for later use. I would like to use them, but every time I pressed the 1 button, it went to 107.3 which has a station in it already. The 2 button also has the same station as its preset. I can not get it to reprogram and thus, this feature is useless.
4th.
The unit does a good job at charging your iPod.
5th.
There is a feature called "Pro" and it boost up the sound and I think the transmission signal of the unit. There is "normal" that gives you a good but not great signal. I tried Pro 1 and its not much better than Normal.
I've found that Pro2 and Pro work best. With Pro it sounded as good as if I had been at home listing to my iPod through my stereo.
(note: on the unit their is a button that says "Pro" and on the display it reads as Normal, Pro1, Pro2 and Pro with a .o0(Thought Bubble)0o. out beside it.)
6th.
I like the arm that the unite rests on, stiff but very flexible. The cigarette lighter plug makes for a good anchor and good placement in my car.
So in closing, it's good but not great. I like it, but its got a few buggs that I'm going to have to call the company over.
(more on that later.)
I just got off the Phone with Belkin, (Tech Support in the U.S. 1-800-223-5546 ext. 2263)
The lady I talked with was VERY helpful.
(1)The way you set the presets is to, Find a good empty station.
(2)Pick between button 1 or 2, then press down on the 1 or 2 button until you hear a plink sound(about 5 seconds).
(3)You will see that station has "Preset1 or Preset2" over the station numbers on the display.
I looked all through manual and it never did say anything about how to reset the 1 or 2 button to another station. This is something they really needed to put in.
After having this 14 days (Tuesday November 18th 2007 9:16 p.m.) Here are a few observations.
1.
When I place my iPod into the cradle and line it up with the data/power port; the unit will turn off the sound on my iPod and let a preset volume level come into your deck, thus you'll be able to control the sound level from your deck with no tweaking needed.
2.
When driving I found the unit to pick up on interference from my car's motor. Here's the good news, it's not so bad that you can't enjoy your favorite Podcast or music.
3.
When you're not moving there's no sound problem.
But if the station you've picked out is too close to another station then you will really know it.
Case-in-point 101.1 is used but 101.3 aren't.
So you pick 101.3, but here come 101.5 bleeding over into your 101.3. I've found that if you can, pick a frequency that has at least two clear stations out either side of it.
Like so, 103.1 clear & (your station)103.3 & on the other side 103.5 also clear.
I don't know if this will work for you, but for me it works well enough.
Product Description
With one push of a button, TuneBase FM with ClearScan automatically seeks out the clearest FM frequency to play your music. TuneBase FM also conveniently mounts and powers your iPod in the car.
Features
Features ClearScan technology
Includes line-out for use with car-stereo inputs or cassette adapter
Pro setting optimizes audio and boosts volume
Transmits audio wirelessly on multiple FM channels from 88.1MHzn++107.9MHz
Multiple cradles fit any docking iPod
Flexible neck offers convenient, easy repositioning of your iPod.
iPod NOT included.
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