Customer Reviews

TeckNet MT-096 Apple FM Transmitter For Apple iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4G, iPhone 4GS and other iPod Players

5 star:		(384)
4 star:		(197)
3 star:		(79)
2 star:		(66)
1 star:		(68)

 

 

I love this little transmitter it fits the bottom of the ipod touch exaclty I even use a rubber protector and it stll fits flush and makes a good connection unlike some other brands. It looks really stylish too but not only does it look good. It DOES actually work I live in the midlands and finding a station to tune to can be hard but this little transmitter once tuned hasn't crackled hissed nothing just tuned in and that was that. It holds the station great and doesn't even drain the battery like some I've bought before. I've had it for about 2mths now and haven't found fault with it yet. The price was really good too I've paid a lot more for other products won't do it again though will come back to this one when it needs replacing like I say love it
x Karen x

It's a little radio transmitter which takes its power from your iPod or iPhone (I'm using it with my iPhone 3G and iPod 5G). Bonus is there's a (shortish) USB cable and plug for your cigar lighter socket (I have an oldish car), so that you don't have to drain your player battery. Plugging it in doesn't seem to help the signal strength.

So you set its transmission frequency and tune in your radio (I had to turn off the auto frequency control). You then get a reasonable signal, especially if you have followed the recommendation to set the frequency to somewhere there's static. Obviously if you're travelling a distance, you may need to reset the frequency (since what was static in Stoke may be noisy in Nottingham) or suffer deterioration or loss of your puny signal.

I get a reasonable reception with the iPod/transmitter on the dashboard (using one of those anti-slip mats which I've reviewed elsewhere) and my aerial in the rear screen (it seems to be integrated with the heated rear window elements). It might be better if I put it on the back shelf, I suppose: I've not tried it.

It is significantly poorer than an aux input, but gives acceptable quality.

So: a good buy, better that a big-name product I tried at three times the price. Just don't expect miracles.

For months now I've SUFFERED with a Belkin transmitter which plugs into the jack input on my ipod - not any more. Not only do you get better sound quality (better signal) it is also MUCH easier to use, and comes with the lead you can plug into your car which DOES charge your ipod. And for the price its an exceptional bit of kit. a MUST buy for anyone who uses their ipod in the car. A*

Only reason for not putting 5*s is that I have not had this item long enough to properly test it in lots of different locations. However, I have had a couple of transmitters in the past that have all been more costly than this one and from the onset did not work as brilliantly as this. On my usual school run there used to be certain spots on my travels that I knew would give me distortion with previous transmitters and this did not happen with the TeckNet - clear all the way to school and back! (Not such a happy daughter who is highly embarrassed by the school run karaoke session as can now play all my favourites with ease and my tuneless singing)

Simple to use - tune it into your radio and you're off - what else do you need. For me the 90.0 setting works brilliantly. Only disadvantage is that you dont have a number of stored settings on it like my previous Belkin however, maybe I dont need it- and at this price it is really not a biggie.
Cant fault it - highly recommended - will update when have used it for longer

I live in London and tuned this to one of the higher frequenzies on the FM band. I have gotta say that i wasn't expecting much but this product surpassed all my expectations. I use an iphone 3G and i can keep it in my pocket and get an excellent playback signal to my car radio (Nissan Primera 2004). I use Spotify and all tracks play through the car stereo with no problems....even through 3g. I also have a Garmin Satnav that broadcasts through the car stereo and this is on a par with that. I have been using it for a while now and have never had to change channels....even in London. I am telling you folks of my experiences with it, and that is in the Capital city. Why pay more when this does the job. You cant go wrong. I'm sure there are devices on the net that do far more, but if all ya wanna do is listen to ya music,podcasts etc. on ya car radio...this does the job.

It looks good, and is easy to set-up, but I found the quality of the signal was very poor and basically unusable, even after trying a wide range of channels. I was using with an iPhone so the issue may be restricted to this device.

Highly disappointed with this product - it does work, but barely. Even after trying lots of different free frequencies, it still crackles and hisses the whole time, and music is barely audible... and that's at its best in certain places in the car - some places (like the well between passenger and drivers' seats, where I'd like to keep it) don't work at all.

It does work better when holding the unit (not the phone) with my hands, for some reason (I become a big arial, I guess), but I can't do that while driving.

I'm not that annoyed because this was cheap, so not such a big loss, but I will be if the fancy Belkin one I'm going to buy doesn't work either!

Car: Peugeot 307cc
Phone: iPhone 3GS

I already own a more expensive Kensington which plugs directly into the aux socket and decide to try this cheaper option. The reason was that the kensington kept losing the signal, so what heck GBP 10 this was worth a try.

Plugged in, tuned in and away we went. I was very impressed with this - drove around and not a single loss of signal. Needless to say I am 'over the moon' - and there is an added bonus pointed out by my 13yo daughter. When we go on long trips I always lose the battle for the aux socket to a DVD player in the back, however now I don't need the aux socket, Kids happy and I'm happy.

I bought this item after reading the reviews, should not have done it. The iphone 3gs tell you it is not compatible when you connect it. Then the actual connection on the transmitter is so loose the signal keeps dropping out and you have to keep moving it about to get the contact back. all in all very disappointed. At the price i can't be bothered with the hassle of returning the product.

I bought this about 6 weeks back so have now used it sufficiently to know its good and bad points. So the good stuff first of all. It is really cheap (you know that already though), it is incredibly easy to install (in fact 'install' seems to imply a degree of complexity that is really not required here) it's as simple as this: plug in, connect it to your iphone, tune your car radio to whatever frequency the display on the transmitter advises and that's it, 30 seconds work at most, and thirdly, when it works well, with no interference, the sound quality is surprisingly good.

The bad news? Well, there are frequent bouts of static noise which make it unlistenable - you can retune to a different frequency which might improve the degree of interference but that doesn't always help. Interestingly I have found that as soon as I touch the transmitter to adjust the frequency, the problem goes away, so in my own very unscientific view, this suggests that there is an 'earthing' kind of problem that casues the static crackle - obviously you can't drive a car whilst having one finger permanently stuck on the transmitter to prevent the interference, so unless you can find some ingenious DIY method of earthing the thing, then it's a frequency change each time. The second thing is that although the sound quality is surprisingly good for something that costs around a tenner, it's hardly luxury hi-fi standards. The third issue I have found is that the iPhone, transmitter and lead often lose a bit of connectivity with each other, especially when going over poor quality roads, speed bumps etc. which suggests that the various elements don't fit quite as snugly and securely as they ought. I'd be the first to admit though that the cradle that I sit my iPhone in is not the best fit either so that probably doesn't help.

So - would I recommend it? Yes. For the money you'll spend I doubt you'd get anything better. It works, and it works well, and the things it doesn't do well may occasionally drive you mad but if you're that bothered about it, you need to think seriously about spening a lot more than a tenner. Overall great value for the price and does what it's supposed to do. I've given three stars because of the various issues described above, but in value for money terms it's probably nearer to a four star.