arkon cigarette lighter adapter causing problems

[billh]

Bought a cigarette lighter adapter from Arkon and it is causing problems. I was previously using a Monster charger/line out Icharger with no problems. Decided I wanted the cigarette lighter mount. Now I have ground loop issues that weren't there before and I can hear the hard disc spinning through the line out jack which I also did not have with the monster. What a mistake. Hopefully this has not damaged my IPOD. I think I will get the monster cable back.

[bschucher]

Im expecting one to be delivedred on Tues... this doesnt make me too happy. Ill let ya know my results when i get it..

[billh]

Please let me know. Maybe I just got a bad one. I though about just getting a ground loop filter or moving the ground location of cigarette lighter, but it wouldn't fix the hard drive noise because that happens even if I don't have it connected to the lighter. The part that disturbs me about the product is that I didn't get that problem with the monster cable. In case anyone's intrested in the details, I don't get the sound through my headphone jack, only throught the line out of the Arkon unit, whether its connected to the lighter or not.

[billh]

If you are curious about the quality, just saw the identical model on ebay, brand new, buy it now for 16.99. I guess you get what you pay for. BTW, this appears to be the identical model sold by Seido and mobile planet.

[bschucher]

I hooked mine up and had no noise to speak of. It sounds the same as when using the Sik cables... My only issue with it is that i wish it was more articulating without the extension... a sideways movement would be great. Im just gonna create a new cig lighter lower in the console and use the extension arm..

[billh]

Here is a trick i figured out to adjust the mount a little to the right of the cigarette lighter. When mounting the mount to the arm, twist it counter-clockwise rather than the designed clockwise. If you look at the design of the interface, it will accommodate this by 10-15 degrees. Then you can use the mounting arm adjustments for left right manipulation rather than up/down. And its still very secure. As a bonus, I could adjust to face the driver slightly.

Glad to hear you had better luck than I did with the sound quality.