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| | Average Rating: 60 out of 100
Owned by 35 users
On 24 wishlists
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After trading in my 4th generation iPod for a new 30 gig video one, I was forced to buy a new radio tuner since my old iTrip was not compatible with newer iPods. I came across the Belkin Tunecast II and was happy to find that not only was it affordable, but I could also use it with my Sony PSP and my portable DVD player. It's just too bad that after I bought the tuner, I have no desire whatsoever to use it with any of those devices.
The problems just do not stop with this thing. To start with the biggest complaint, batteries tend to live short and unfulfilling lives when used with the Tunecast. Most alkaline batteries will survive about two hours of continuos play in the tuner before crapping out and turning the loud music you were just listening into the most horribly painful sound to hit your ears since the days of dial-up internet. Even with rechargable batteries made for high-tech devices, the tuner will die after a few hours of airtime. It's bad enough that I have to worry about my PSP's battery life, now I have to worry about the impending death of the batteries in my tuner.
The headphone input jack of the Tunecast II can be neatly tucked into an enlosure on the tuner, however using this built-in feature will slowly weaken the jack to the point where it splits and wires become exposed. It's an awesome surprise that will send you into a whirlwind of emotions. You won't know whether to be angry at yourself for tucking the stupid thing in or furious at Belkin for creating a feature that will actually break their own product.
On a positive note, because you are able to select a frequency right on the device, it's usually fairly easy to find a station thats clear enough to broadcast your PSP or iPod.
50
The tunecast is great if you are out in the wopwops where the deer and hte antelope roam. But if you are in the city it works like crap. There are just to many small stations that take over the signal. I was using this on my ipod for a while but ended up biting the bullet and getting the ipod adaptor for my headdeck rather than put up with the frustration of this unit.
I am giving it 50 because it does actually work out of the city and does come in handy for long drives.
75
The Belkin transmitter is pretyy good, it is very easy to use. Simply plug it into your headphone jack, find a frequency on your radio that is not being used, then tune the Belkin transmitter to the same frequency. And presto, you have sound coming through your home or car radio receiver!
This is great if you want to have a umds playing on your PSP while you are in your car, you get to hear the sound from your movies through your car audio set up. The transmitter has a 30ft range but I find that if you get more than 5-6ft from the radio you will start getting a bit of static For the most part this fm transmitter works just fine, and does the job it is suposed to do, probably not the best on the market but it will get the job done!
10
I bought the tunecast for 30 dollars and thought it was worth it. I get good signals for 10 minutes then the thing stopped. I checked the tunecast and the thing was dead. The batteries were zapped. This thing wasn't worth it.
99
This doesnt seem like something you'd use all the time..and it isn't, but when you DO use it it makes your world immeasureably better. I love this for listening to MP3's, watching movies while traveling and for being able to plug it into ANYTHING with a 9mm port and broadcast the output to the nearest radio. I use it more often than I thought I would and am impressed with its range and battery life. If you can spare the money, get one!
83
Works on everything that has a headphone jack: from your laptop to your iPod. It works and gets the job done.
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