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Where to get an iPod
TimM:
--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---Look good, but they're not cheap, are they - not much cheaper than my iPod in fact.
I have a PodGear CarDock FM which I got from ipodworld.co.uk, and I swear by it. Not strictly legal for use in the UK though.
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Now your talking, that looks just like (but possibly a little better) than the one I was looking at, I'm just waiting though to see one a friend of SWMBO has as it is a tiny unit that is truly portable rather than being tied to the car - not sure if this would be any cheaper or any better but first I need the iPod and second I will have a look (you never know).
--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---
Not strictly legal for use in the UK though.
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Are all the CB's licenced, do we never speed? By connecting your iPod to one of these you are providing a service to anybody within range, so it should be legalised and you should be paid to use one! - though on a serious note do they have a long range? I'm wondering if they should be NOT used near hospitals etc
Thrasher:
Tim,
You should be ok with a D1 - mine works fine in there - however it's not so hot in the RR3 - as the actual audio hardware is right at the back of the vehicle ... and the range of the little transmitter doesn't quite make it that far!!! I kid you not.
zebidee:
--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---Look good, but they're not cheap, are they - not much cheaper than my iPod in fact.
I have a PodGear CarDock FM which I got from ipodworld.co.uk, and I swear by it. Not strictly legal for use in the UK though.
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Aye but the thing is that the Denison turns your iPod into an auto-changer! The price isn't that bad when you compare it with the price of an auto-changer for the car & the difference in the number of "CD's" it'll "hold".
The FM kits work okay in some cars some of the time. My trooper has trouble picking up normal FM transmission a lot of the time so the FM CarDock wasn't really that attractive an option.
TimM:
--- Quote from: "Thrasher" ---Tim,
You should be ok with a D1 - mine works fine in there - however it's not so hot in the RR3 - as the actual audio hardware is right at the back of the vehicle ... and the range of the little transmitter doesn't quite make it that far!!! I kid you not.
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So that's good news and bad news,
Good for me that I can use it
Bad for you that you have trouble
Good for everyone who uses one (in that it doesn't send out a huge signal like mobile phones that would affect hospital equipment).
If you keep having trouble with your RR3 I could always swop you for my Discovery 1 :lol: (well you can't blame me for trying!)
:wink:
TimM:
--- Quote from: "zebidee" ---Aye but the thing is that the Denison turns your iPod into an auto-changer!
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But surely having the iPod itself is the autochanger and the Denson link is then directly up against the FM style adapters.
The Denison I think wins on professionalism, looks, legality, but it just has the price as a draw back.
If I was going to buy a smaller iPod then the Denison would not seem too bad, but as I'm about to shell out the best part of £300 on the iPod itself, then the Denison kit would just tip the balance from it being a 'small' outlay to the whole kit becoming (in my terms) expensive.
Now if you could find me a cheap iPod Photo 60 to go with it, I would be laughing all the way to next year.
I may persuade myself to upgrade to one later as It would look better and would incorporate charging (saving more messy wires) - but for now I will take the cheaper option.
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