Re: [OT] iPod in Car?

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

White, Peter wrote:
> Not my experience, but I guess things would be worse in cities.  Ours
is
> currently tuned to 87.9 (the factory pre-set I think), and that's fine
from
> Colchester to Heathrow, via the M25.  If I turn it off the other
'stuff' can
> be heard, but there's no bleed when it's on.  Conversely, I struggle
to get
> Capital in several places on the M25, so I know my tuner isn't very
> sensitive, but maybe having the aerial built into the screen actually
> benefits the iTrip (but not normal reception).
>
> As an aside, I think the logic behind the iTrip is very clever; using
a
> playlist of tuning codes to retune it is an inspired idea (if a little
> fiddly), and the fact it turns on & off with the iPod (and charges
from it)
> is a great idea; my iRock never did that, and had flat batteries all
the
> time as a consequence.

I find that if I am near a station that is by the frequancy I used on my
one, it
would bleed across to the much weaker signal from the itrip, Luckily there
is
still a portion of the FM band free over here in NZ that means we can use
these
up at 102.xx but I believe the licenses have being sold, just dont know
when it
will be in use.


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