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FM Transmitter That Works In Atlanta?

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bak8041

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The Atlanta radio waves are extremely full. I am sure all of you know that.

I have a late model car that doesn't have an input jack for my MP3 player.

I have purchased off the shelf models FM transmitters at Target and WalMart to transmit the audio from my MP3 player to my radio with little luck. Even the nicer model like Belkin that let you set any frequency of the FM dial still don't work very well!

With everyone's knowledge of radio and the Atlanta airwaves here, does anyone have a suggestion on what to use?
 
I've never had much success with the little ones. The best I could get was to use a long wire and make sure the transmitter was as close to the antenna as possible. You can get in-line modulators that install inline with your antenna. They completely disconnect the antenna when on.
 
If your late model car has a casette tape drive, buy the cassett tape adapter where you can plug the cord directly into your m3p player. They cost around $19 to $20. I have one, and the sound is great.
 
You can also use Radio-Locator.com to find the best frequencies to use for your part of the metro area.
 
Best thing you can do is to try to find an FM transmitter that can broadcast on channels below the FM band. That is on 87.7 or 87.5 MHz. Most car radio can tune to at least 87.7 MHz.

Also try to use a long audio cable or extended connector cable to connect from your iPod/mp3 player to the FM transmitter (this acts as an antenna). The FM transmitters that plug-in to your cigarette lighter plug are also good since they use your car's ground system (although make sure you don't have excessive alternator noise). Also, beware some mp3 players introduce some digital noise that mixes in with the FM transmitted signal and that shows up as white noise in the FM stereo signal. Yet another noise source is if you have a GSM/EDGE/3G phone, keep it away from the FM transmitter as pulse noise from the phone definitely can interfere and mix in with your FM transmitter. These tips should extend the range of these very low power devices and reduce the noise coming through on your radio.

However, I do agree that audio cassette adapters are probably going to work out better than these FM transmitter solutions.
 
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