TuneLink Auto Bluetooth-to-FM transmitter for iOS 4 devices

When I first read about this product, I ordered it right away and couldn't wait to receive it. Unfortunately, it does not live up to its hype. At least not in my area, my car, my radio, whatever the 'but..." is. I got as much static as I have had with other, cheaper, previous generation "transmit through the FM radio" products. I only wish that this product delivered on its promise. Caveat emptor. Hopefully they'll get it right on next iterations of the device. For what it's worth, customer service was understanding and receptive, and pointed out that my particular device may have had defects. Onward.

This is much more than an FM transmitter.

This device is a wireless Bluetooth transceiver that works with any AD2P equipped Bluetooth enabled phone. It uses a wireless connection between the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to stream your music to your car’s audio system. You can plug it in the center console or even in the trunk!

The coolest features are based on custom Bluetooth features that include Auto-Reconnect and TuneLink Share modes.

When you get in your car and start it up, the TuneLink automatically reconnects to your device and start the music playing. Even if you phone is in your pocket or your purse.

The other revolutionary feature is the Tunelink share mode that allows for more than one player to take turns seamlessly streaming through the Tunelink unit.

TuneLink does include an advanced FM transmitter with RDS providing best of class audio to your radio. The app provides a single tap SPEED TUNE feature that uses your GPS location to access a database of broadcasting stations to determine the best open FM station to use for your current location.

The direct connect output includes a “Humbuster” circuit that eliminates ground loop and engine noise found in about 40% of vehicles when using conventional direct connect inputs while charging.

The Bluetooth processing is specially optimized for playback of high bit rate formats, so that your music is flawlessly delivered to the car audio system.

TuneLink is a next generation solution that is as portable as a charger and will work wherever you are.

"Humbuster" is more than just a catch-phrase! When you start-off "clean", the end result is always better! Add a real high-speed Op-Amp.. What kind of a frequency response can you expect from Bluetooth? You might be surprised...

this is nothing, new I've been using the venturi Mini
http://www.myventuri.com/home.aspx
for over a year now and it even has a wired connection possibility included.

works very nice and is a handsfree system with noise cancelling mic as well.

I've been doing this for over a year with the soundly by satechi (http://j.mp/e72uU7) and it's $30 cheaper than this new unit.

It works great on channel 87.7 and haven't had any radio interference since they don't go down to 87.7. It also doesn't need the iPhone app. You just turn on the car and it's ready to go.

It also has a mic input so you can do handsfree calls through the unit, Very convenient! And since the 4.1 update now you can control the music through the unit. It really cant be beat!

I am looking for a bluetooth to Aux solution, I think this is way better than Bluetooth to FM.

Before I bought my 1st iPhone few years back, I used a Zune with FM module and it worked great. There just seems to be too much interference with an iPhone, tried it with my 3G and a few weeks back with my new iPhone 4. Still stinks. One of the two vehicles I drive has an input jack on the removable face plate. The sound is fantastic! Although the truck has a great 9 speaker system, no exterior jack. Found a tech manual online and the jack although was not visible but was 'feel-able'. I plugged a pigtail (male to female) in. Was looking for the AUX in the system menu and to my surprise. the hidden jack is auto-sensing. This rocks with it's 200 watts!

Wow, must be nice to have a fancy car full of technology.

My car doesn't have an auxiliary line in and has a non-standard stereo size no its just not feasible to replace it. I've been using FM modulators for years. There's a big difference between the random brand that cost $10 and the Belkin or Griffin branded ones that cost $50+. I live in LA, which is one of the most crowded areas in the country and never have a problem finding a perfectly clear signal. I really do wish I had another option, but since I don't, it works perfectly fine for what it does.

This BT one is a perfectly fine solution, its not really too much more than any decent wired solution costs and allows you to put your iPod or iPhone in a sealed console or something without worrying about pinching wires. Only bad part is that there's no charging through the dock port.

Hey look, here's the same thing for $10. I hate all these stupid $100 iPhone car adapters.

http://www.focalprice.com/EF165S/4_in_1_Bluetooth_and_MP3_Wireless_FM_Modulator_Silver.html

Seems like a kludge. Your phone transmits via bluetooth to this lighter plug in, which retransmits to the care stereo via FM.

It's doesn't solve the problem of poor quality FM transmission.

I'd rather have a wired connection to the FM transmitter that can charge the phone at the same time.