Griffin iTrip AutoPilot FM Transmitter Review. Griffin innovation and user-centric design makes setup and operation quick and easy. Press the SmartScan button and tune your car radio to the FM frequency that shows up on iTrip's easy-to-read lighted display. That's all you have to do....
"Beautiful device, very weak signal." 2010-08-04
By Harold R. Schatz (Raleigh, NC United States)
I ordered the new iTrip and was hoping to use it in my SUV (a 2007 Chrysler Aspen). You download a free app to your iPhone, let it search for an empty piece of FM bandwidth and you're ready to go. The device is beautiful and very well designed. Unfortunately, with recent regulatory changes by the FCC, the allowed amount of signal strength just isn't enough to get a decent signal. Maybe my car has a lot of metal shielding in it, but I held the cable as close as I could to the external antenna, but it just wasn't usable. I ended up returning it. I don't consider this Griffin's fault but rather the FCC for implementing too strict regulations.
By Harold R. Schatz (Raleigh, NC United States)
I ordered the new iTrip and was hoping to use it in my SUV (a 2007 Chrysler Aspen). You download a free app to your iPhone, let it search for an empty piece of FM bandwidth and you're ready to go. The device is beautiful and very well designed. Unfortunately, with recent regulatory changes by the FCC, the allowed amount of signal strength just isn't enough to get a decent signal. Maybe my car has a lot of metal shielding in it, but I held the cable as close as I could to the external antenna, but it just wasn't usable. I ended up returning it. I don't consider this Griffin's fault but rather the FCC for implementing too strict regulations.
