Listen To Your iPod Through A Car Stereo

For playing an iPod through a car stereo system (that doesn’t come with its own iPod adapter) no one makes better products than Griffin. For car stereos with an AUX port there’s the Griffin TuneFlex Aux. For cars without an AUX-port there’s the Griffin RoadTrip.
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TuneFlex Aux: For Car Stereos With An AUX port

One end of the TuneFlex holds your iPod, from which you use the included cord to connect the headphone jack to the AUX port. On the other end the TuneFlex plugs into your cigarette lighter and keeps your iPod continuously charged. Between those two there’s a malleable steel neck that you can adjust to angle your iPod just so. Before getting our hands on a TuneFlex we were a bit worried about the neck moving with the bumps and turns of the car. After a few months of testing this is proved not to be a problem.

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RoadTrip: For Car Stereos Without An AUX port

For car stereos without an AUX port the best way to listen to your iPod is through the radio.

There are numerous products that, in essence, broadcast your iPod on a radio signal that’s strong enough to be picked up by your car’s stereo but too weak to be picked up by nearby cars. Most of these allow you to choose from the full spectrum of radio frequencies to broadcast on. And all except for the cheapest iPod radio adapters broadcast on the maximum strength signal allowed by government regulations. So what makes the RoadTrip better than the other options?

First, the RoadTrip uses the same sophisticated design with the same sturdy-but-flexible steel neck that the TuneFlex (above) does. Most other products require you to rest your iPod loosely in your cup holder or on the passenger seat.

Second, the RoadTrip is the only iPod radio adapter that automatically finds the three clearest frequencies and then saves those in easy-to-access preset buttons. This feature isn’t necessary if you drive around rural areas where there are few competing radio signals. But it is vital in urban areas where the radio spectrum is near full with stations—without this smart scanning you could spend as much time adjusting to a clear frequency as you could listening to your iPod.

Both the RoadTrip and the TuneFlex work with the iPhone and with any iPod that has a color screen (that is, any iPod that’s not a Shuffle or one of the very earliest models).

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