ipod and griffin itrip - my views

[jedi-knight83]

thought i would share this

i have a 4gb 2nd gen ipod mini and an audi s3 with symphony 2 headunit and the bose package

i currently use a tape adapter that i got from maplins for £7 and just plug it into the headphone socket on the ipod. with the EQ set to off and the volume on full i get a pretty decent sound with good bass and trebble although it is noticabley quieter than a cd (ie if i play coldplay x&y in the cd and then switch to the recording on the ipod i have to turn the volume on the headunit up 2 or 3 notches to get the same audiable volume)

i hate clutter and wires so i thought i would try the griffin itrip which i bought from ebay for £25. i have heard mixed reviews on this so i thought i would try it myself

it is easy enough to use. plug in and go. set the radio to 87.9 and press play on the ipod.

sure enough you can hear the music on the ipod and at times it sounds just fine.... but then you get a booming or sometimes a high pitch whistle or sometimes mild static or sometimes if your lucky... a mix of all of them..

i loaded the software (that enables you to change the frequency that the itrip transmits at) and then tried a few other frequencys on the radio .... all with the same result.

so in short.... i am going to stick with the tape adapter which gives a nice clear constant signal (even though there is a little hiss in the silent bit between songs)

i know that there is a better link... the dension icelink but that is atleast £100 and to be honest i dont think i have anymore room behind my headunit for cables and i dont want a cradle on my dash so the tape adapter will have to do.

hope this helps anyone thinking of getting an itrip

cheers

Nathan

[wytwolf]

Yeah Itrip do better when the antenna is on the fornt of the vehicle. My mazda3 has the anteanna in the same position as your A3, at the very back of the roof. The extra distance and added barrier seems to be too much for the itrip.