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Bought this for our Australian roadtrip, from JB Hifi somewhere in Sydney for $80 or so. Usually I object to expensive “Made for iPod” accessories… did this one work out for me?

Basically, it does exactly what it says on the tin: plug it into your iPod and cigarette lighter, hit the “C” button to find a clear radio frequency, tune the car radio and it just works. We probably benefited from being in the middle of nowhere, hence having no radio stations to interfere with the TuneCast anyway, but the sound was clear, well-balanced between bass and treble (cleaper units I’ve used have tended to be a bit tinny) and very very simple to set up.

Aside from that, the unit itself feels solid, looks great (the inverted white-on-black display is clear to read and pretty cool, plus the cigarette lighter plug has a white LED on it which is a nice touch) and there are a couple of features we didn’t use, like the “PRO” settings (which seem to be some equaliser presets plus a mono mode) and the two frequency memories. We were also sad that the radio in our Wicked Campervan didn’t have RDS, otherwise apparently we’d have seen the artist and song title on the radio display, which is a innovative use of RDS.

All-in-all, while more expensive than some alternatives (e.g. my last transmitter was £3 from a computer fair, and worked OK) the Belkin excels in being intuitive, well-built and very good at what it does. Would buy again, even at that same price.

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