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I live in the Boston area and have no problem at all with the transmission this product is great, monster lives up to their name, and I highly reccomend it.

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I did a lot of online research before buying this transmitter. I had low expectations since it seemed like most of them have mediocre quality and problems of one kind or another especially in metro areas. I decided on this one since this best met the criteria I had set for the purchase:

1. Good Reviews

2. Price at $50

3. Easily protable from one car to another

4. Wanted the passenger to be able to control it in addition to the driver.

This product more than exceeded my expectations. The sound quality is awesome. I have never had any difficulty finding at least one station where there is no interference. Also, the protability and passenger use has really come in handy. It is great to let the passenger control the tunes.

I would highly recommend this product if your needs are similar to mine.

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I have two of these. One for my truck and one for my van. My wife and I both really enjoy this device, as it works extremely well for us. There is a slight bit of static no matter what station I choose to transmit on, but neither my wife nor myself can hear it once the music (or video or whatever) starts to play. It’s a very convenient device, especially since the stereo in my truck doesn’t have a tape player (CD and Radio only) so a tape cassette adapter wouldn’t work for me. The three programmable buttons make it easy to switch to different frequencies should the one we’re using suddenly become “unavailable”.

Of course, you have to realize that this is a low-power transmitter. It’s not going to produce the same quality signal you’ll get from your local 100-watt radio station. It’s designed strictly to be used as a local transmitter with a range of only about a dozen feet (if that). So don’t expect crystal clear, static-free operation. Like I said, once the music starts, that static can’t be heard. And even what’s there, truly, isn’t that bad at all.

If I had to give any down sides to this, it’s the cost. Truly, it doesn’t seem like it’s an $80.00 device. Why Monster can produce the generic version of this product that will hook into any player at half the cost but charge $80.00 for this one is beyond me. This is specifically built for the iPod. I guess that’s why they feel they can double the price.

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Just hooked this up, and love it. The one station here that it won’t actually overpower has the max allowed signal by the FCC and it nearly drowns out the chatter. Not sure about CA or NY, but this is a great item in the midwest. This is my 5th, and I would have saved a boatload by spending more the first time to get a transmitter that actually works….

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I have a friend that swears by this product and I consider him to be quite the A/V maven. I asked him about the negative reviews for this product and he blew them off. I ordered the Monster iCarPlay Plus and have been tickled with its performance. There are two things to consider before you purchase this product.

If you live in a very large city (I’m talking as big as one of the top 10 cities in the U.S.) you may have trouble finding a clear frequency. That seems to jive with what some negative reviews are saying (like New York City and San Francisco). I live in the 15th largest city in the U.S. and I have no problems.

If you travel a lot you may have to fiddle a bit along the way to maintain a clear signal. On long trips you may come across frequencies that are being used by local radio stations. When this happens you will have to switch the channel you’re on and try a different frequency. It’s no problem really but something you need to be aware of.

For me, and keeping those two points in mind, this product workes fabulously! I highly recommend it.

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Great sound, durable, best one I have ever used. Only con, doesn’t have a channel lack feature, easy to bump one the the buttons to chnage the ferquency.

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It’s only three stars now, because the Monster iCarPlay 200 wireless is a much better solution. It finds stations you could not find with the iCarPlay Plus, which I stopped using because it was just more hassle than fun to use driving in Los Angeles. Below is my original review of the iCarPlay Plus, before the “200″ model came out:

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I have used the Griffin and Belkin FM transmitters, and the Monster is the only one that is useful for me driving around Los Angeles, where almost all of the available FM stations are in use. The Monster has a lot less static and locks onto the station a lot better than the other two. It is good to have the three pre-sets on teh Monster … that are easy to set. I need the three pre-sets bacause as you drive, one station gets noisy (as you get closer to the transmitter of the real owner of that frequency) and you need to change to another. It is a hassle to change the station on the radio and also change the station on the Monster, but that is life with an FM transmitter. It is definitely an imperfect solution. (If you have a cassette tape player in your car, use the Sony cassette adapter instead. I never tried the Monster cassette adapter.) For people who drive shorter distances or who don’t have as many FM station broadcasting nearby, the other brands might be ok.

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I can’t testify to the longevity of iCarPlay, but it performs perfectly.

The transmitter even stomped on an existing signal on my 06 Corolla radio,

blotting out the received station with the iPod output. The quality of

the sound is as good as the radio can produce, and much better than

any strong FM station. It’s not quite CD quality, but close enough

for my pop, rock, folk and classical tracks on my 8GB nano.

The cars antenna is on the rear of the roof, almost as far from the ICarPlay

sitting in the front seat drinks holder as it could be and still gets

full quieting, broad stereo quality, better than

my hi fi quality earphones. Great Product.

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I’m actually in Iraq and this thing is a lifesaver! I use it everyday while driving around this place and without this, I would have to listen to endless hours of Armed Forces Network radio which is horrible. A good tune once in a great while…now with this…great tunes all day long. VERY tough as well since its been subjected to hours of extreme heat and more dust than you could imagine. sure it was not made for this specific purpose but it sure does work well. I had another FM Transmitter and it died within a week. This has worked just fine for over 5 months now.

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ive read many of your reviews and ive noticed alot of people complaining that there are only 3 presets if you read the tag attached to the cord you will see you can change the presets by holding down the number 3 for about 2 second and uses 1 and 2 to toggle through and pick a new station hope this helps, love this product my only complaint is it does NOT charge a 2nd gen ipod touch and ive yet to find something for it that transmits and charges, very dissapointing