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Griffin iTrip AutoPilot 6191-TRPAUTOC - FM Transmitter & Auto Charger For iPod With iPod Controls And Smartscan |  | Brand: Griffin
Category: CE
Buy New: £39.55
as of 9/3/2010 03:27 PST details
New (8) from £39.55
Seller: bumperbargains
Rating:  40 reviews
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.7 x 0.5 x 0.2
MPN: 6191-TRPAUTOC
Model: 6191-TRPAUTOC
UPC: 685387061914
EAN: 0685387061914
ASIN: B0010X7H4S
Release Date: December 5, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Charge/control/play your iPod or iPhone on your car stereo. Griffin's premium in-car solution lets you play AND control your iPod or iPhone as it charges.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 40
 Poor December 16, 2009
K. Booth
Very poor quality item, rarely got a good reception and when I did it didn't last long. The controls for the iPod/iPhone are a great idea and have no comparability issues!
 Very disappointing November 11, 2009
M. Harley (UK)
I bought this Griffin with high hopes after trying out a Griffin iTrip Smartscan (which works extremely well).
Sadly it did not live up to expectations.
Potentially it may be a faulty unit, I'm not sure but it's being returned regardless.
I tuned it in using the scan feature, which took about 1 second (Griffin say 25 seconds - so possibly faulty).
It immediatly found 3 stations, all 3 of which were directly next to the 3 strongest stations on the dial!!
subsequent scans found some usable frequencies so it all appeared to work well with the car in the drive. The RDS feature is pretty cool, except it does not scroll, but chops the song titles into what will fit onto the radio screen, so can appear a bit disjointed.
One not so good feature of the scan function, is that it immediatly stores the 3 found frequencies into it's memory, good idea in theory, but in practice if you have some favourite stations stored (ones you know work well) then it immediately dumps these for the scanned ones that don't work. No option of whether you wish to accept the new stations or discard them.
On the move it was useless. If i moved the unit more than 5cm it lost the station or the sound degraded massively. The RDS mostly froze and would not unfreeze even if switched off.
The function buttons on the cigarette lighter part worked very well, but again there was a function missing that is on the iTrip Smartscan, which is the 'off' button. The only way to power off was to physically remove the lighter plug.
As I say my one might be faulty, as it did not appear to be able to scan properly and the transmission output was aparrently very low.
In summing up, if it worked as it ought to then it would be a very nice bit of kit.
It is a shame that it could not encompass some of the features of its more lowly sibling (Griffin iTrip Smartscan) such as the manual programming of best station (or at least be able to switch of auto saving) and the power off setting on the lighter plug (and the ability to work properly!) as if it had all these functions it would be the best FM transmitter available.
I'll have to keep using the iTrip Smartscan for now though.
 Works, but not in big cities. October 5, 2009
D. Robinson (Bristol, UK)
There's a few flaws with this product:
1) When auto scanning it tends to choose the lower frequencies, which are occupied by BBC stations. This means if you're driving a long distance your perfect tuning in one place is likely to unusable later on. Around Bristol I've settled around 91.9 as most interference free and clearest sound.
2) This works fine in Bristol & surroundings, but driving down the M4 it's just about useless from Reading and into London. Where there's a lot of radio stations it's very hard to find a clear enough gap to use.
3) Don't try to use this whilst driving! It's impossible to do so without putting yourself and others in jeopardy. This makes it problematic to use on solo long distance motorway trips. At most you can probebly use the buttons to tune it a manually up and down a bit without looking.
4) You'll have to experiment with cable positioning to get good reception. In an older model Ford Focus I only get good signal with the iPod in the tray above the lighter power source and the cable looped round the gear stick or tucked into the slot of the CD player.
So I do use this a good deal, but always have CDs on stand-by on longer solo journeys, or in London enjoy the wide range of radio stations available.
 The Superior FM Transmitter for your iPhone or iPod August 27, 2009
Mr. J. J. Atkinson (Bolton, United Kingdom)
This may seem pricey compared to some of the cheaper FM transmitter cables for the iPod and iPhone but it is worth the extra money. This cable connects to your iPhone or iPod, charges it as you go along and transmits the music from it using an FM frequency. Simply tune your radio in and you can listen to your music as you travel. So far, this sounds like any other FM transmitter cable, but this version of the iTrip does so much more. Firstly, it has controls for the iPod built into the bit you stuff into the cigarette lighter, making it easy to control what is playing. Secondly, it uses RDS technology to send the track title and artist to your RDS radio display so you can see what is playing. Thirdly, it has a very tidy vacuum fluorescent display that clearly shows the FM transmission frequency and which can be used to automatically scan for the three best frequencies available.
The sound quality is excellent, delivery being much more faithful than my previous Griffin model. Highly recommended.
Pleasantly surprised August 26, 2009
Wiglet (London)
After much research and review reading on Amazon I bought the iTrip autopilot for my partner as a present. I was a little worried it would not perform that well. Having used it only once so far on a drive down to mid Sussex from SW London I have no complaints about it. The signal never changed and the sound quality was excellent. A huge improvement on my partner's previous (much older)model which kept losing reception!
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