Help, I'm an iPod virgin!?

Question

Apologies for my total ignorance when it comes to iPods, but I've just bought a Nano for my husband and want to buy a radio add-on. I've seen a product called the Griffin iTrip FM transmitter, which is designed to slide onto the Nano and looks very sleek. I'm wondering if it's as simple as that and whether that's all he'd need to be able to listen to the radio whilst commuting on the train, or whether this product is only designed for use at home or in a car? Any advice appreciated!

Answer 1

The FM transmitter is used for the opposite direction.

It sends your iPod signal to a radio, not radio to the iPod.

Answer 2

The griffin itrip FM Transmitter will send your iPod out via FM Radio waves so you can connect it to a home or car stereo that doesn't have aux inputs. If you want to listen to the Radio go to www.apple.com/store and have a look at the radio remote. I thinks its around £35 but note your nano will need version 1.1 of software of later for this to work.

Answer 3

the radio transmitters can be used anywhere you have an fm radio. you just tune the radio to an empty channel that the radio transmitter can broadcast. it's usually in the 88's or hi 107's. there is no extra software or tinkering needed. just hook it up, choose a station and tune the radio and you're off!
if he wants to listen to the radio there's only a few brands i've seen that turn the ipod into an fm receiver. but they are just as easy. it's literally plug and play. i think belkin makes a model as well as griffin.
the only warning is with the transmitters that charge your ipod. some of the units run on batteries and some run on ac or dc current. some of these will also charge your ipod battery while it's plugged in. but i have heard that these chargers do not recognize when the ipod battery is fully charged and can end up overcharging and wearing out the ipod batter sooner than it should.

Answer 4

I don't know anything about the Griffin radio attachment, but i know Apple make their own which is compatible with the iPod nano. It's called Apple iPod Radio Remote and is available from the Apple website for about £35 UK / $49 US. Just plug in and a radio display will appear on the screen.

Answer 5

It relies upon on the ipod. everywhere from $150 to $350 for fifty-a hundred, you in basic terms % a 1gb. A a million gb may well be an ipod shuffle. Uh...i'm uncertain what you mean by skill of "substitute covers". yet there are different situations or skins you may get for them, if thats what your asking. You bypass to the itunes website, acquire the appliance (its unfastened), and you punch in a mastercard quantity. To get the songs onto the ipod, you plug it into the pc. P.S. just to grant you a heads up, you will need lots greater desirable than a hundred songs. have self belief me, i thought that on the initiating, yet now I even have over 2,000 on my ipod.

Answer 6

the FM transmitter is not a FM receiver it only transmits the ipod to the car/home radio so its useless for you if you want to listen to the radio on the train.

Answer 7

them FM transmitters are where you plug your iPOD into it. it then sends your ipod over FM so u can listen to it on your stereo/radio/car etc.

Please note that it is illegal to use an FM transmitter in the UK, although after 52 years this ban has been in place there hasn't been ONE prosecution.

OFCOM have requested the government remove this ban though.

you could apply for a licence to use one in the UK but it will probs. be rejected.

Answer 8

If he wants to listen to the radio, get him a small radio - they're extremely cheap. I'm guessing that since you bought him an MP3 player, however, he enjoys listening to his own music, in which case a radio is an extraneous function.

Answer 9

go on the apple website, i have a black nano but i dont know much about it lol i dont know the exact adress but search "apple ipod " on google and you should get it