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While I generally loathe FM transmitters, could Belkin have something decent up their collective sleeves?  Entitled the TuneCast Auto Live FM Transmitter, it uses GPS to find your location, then in conjunction with the Clear Scan App on the iPhone tunes into the clearest FM frequency.  Does that really sound any better?  An FM frequency is an FM frequency right?  How is this gonna make the sound any better? At any rate we’ll have to wait and see as I am quite skeptical right now.  The app (free) and the transmitter will arrive this fall from Belkin for $80.

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When the Griffin iTrip Auto Universal Plus arrived at my doorstep it dawned on me.  People are still using FM transmission!  Aww man, I’m lucky I never had to deal with any of that as I went from a Mini-Disc car set up (laugh all you want, I loved Mini-Disc) to a deck with an 3.5mm aux input on the faceplate.

The Griffin iTrip Auto Universal Plus is an FM transmitter that works with virtually any MP3 player the accepts a 3.5mm jack.  Operation couldn’t be simpler as you plug the MP3 player into the 3.5mm jack end with the other end plugged into the cigarette lighter socket.  From there you press the smart scan button and the iTrip designates the most optimum FM frequency to broadcast your MP3 player’s music.  Then lastly, you match the frequency on your car stereo to the one displayed on the iTrip and you are good to go.  Self explanatory at this day and age really.

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