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The Coby suits my needs very well. You can scan through the entire FM band, so even though I range over more than 100 miles, I've always been able to have a station.The sound is good. I listen to my Kindle 2 for hours in the car every week (using the text-to-speech). While the built-in speakers on the Kindle are decent, they weren't quite loud enough in some situations.I'd had an FM transmitter for an iPod before, but it had broken and I was a little wary.The Coby is solid and easy to use. Like any other cabled transmitter, if you bump the wire you will hear the crackle, but otherwise, it is clear.One of the best features is that you still have access to the 12v ("cigarette lighter") power outlet. That means I can use my Coby and plug in my GPS or charge my Kindle at the same time.I recommend it as an easy-to-use, reliable way to access your audio in the car.
I have no idea if Coby will honor my warranty anymore, but I can give it a shot I guess. I bought this product in January but didn't have a need for it til June, so it's now no longer under warranty, and I have a piece of junk. I brand new, never used item should not need RMA service though, no matter how long it's been sitting around my house unused. It looked like a promising item, with the plug-in pass-through and the up/down digital controls- it looked like exactly what I was looking for.It plugs into the lighter outlet and lights up with no problems, but it's not transmitting my audio source to the FM station I have it set to. I mean, the transmitter must be COMPLETELY dead, as there's no "locked in" silence you normally hear with a working FM transmitter. This is the first DOA product I've ever bought, and I knew it was too good to be true when I saw the Coby name. I should've known better.
Guess what happens when I change the source to a real FM station. I read the 5-star reviews here (which look suspiciously like they were reviewed by the product's marketing team) and thought that this product might actually work. I've come to determine that these FM transmitters JUST DON'T WORK. An explosion of sound in my car. Didn't. No matter where I was on the dial, I had to turn my volume up 3 times louder than normal to hear via this device. Tried multiple cars (and various iterations of FM transmitters) and they've never worked well. I finally did purchase a cassette tape adapter which works great (until my next stereo which will have an alt-in for iPod).
I read the reviews for this one and decided to try it. This is a really good transmitter. I have bought many and they didn't work good. I am so glad I did. For the price this is a great little transmitter and I won't hesitate at all recommending it to anyone and I am getting another one for myself.
The product was great at first, worked fine, no static, no need to change the channel while driving. However, it quit working.it won't turn on anymore when I plug it into the car so I am going to have to send it back. Also, how can it be called wireless. I have to plug a cord into the car and then the MP3 player.
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