Having no luck with iPod in the car

[johnjohn320]

Picked up Monster's "iCarPlay" tape deck adapter for the iPod today. It works for about 3 seconds, then my tape deck spits it out and says "error 11". Any ideas how to fix that?

This comes after already trying the iTrip (waste of money, the sound quality is terrible) and the Griffin SmartDeck, which doesn't allow you to adjust output level (wtf?) so the sound is just horribly distorted and you can't fix it.

Argh.

 

[Scouzer]

buy a new deck instead of making the big boxes profit off the accessories?

 

[EyeMWing]

Just use a REAL tape adapter. You know, one of the ones that plugs into the headphone jack and works with ANY CD/MP3/laptop/whatever. I know no fewer than 15 people with those that use them with a variety of equipment, including an iPod, and have NO problems with ANYTHING. And they cost about $nothing.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

I use a regular tape adapter I've had for about 8 years with my iPod. It worked flawlessly with my CD player many years ago and it works great with my iPod too

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
I use a regular tape adapter I've had for about 8 years with my iPod. It worked flawlessly with my CD player many years ago and it works great with my iPod too

QFT. That's what I use, and it sounds much better than any iPod FM transmitter that I've heard.

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Just use a REAL tape adapter. You know, one of the ones that plugs into the headphone jack and works with ANY CD/MP3/laptop/whatever. I know no fewer than 15 people with those that use them with a variety of equipment, including an iPod, and have NO problems with ANYTHING. And they cost about $nothing.

Got a particular recommendation? A specific one?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Just use a REAL tape adapter. You know, one of the ones that plugs into the headphone jack and works with ANY CD/MP3/laptop/whatever. I know no fewer than 15 people with those that use them with a variety of equipment, including an iPod, and have NO problems with ANYTHING. And they cost about $nothing.

No kidding...why would anyone pay money for super-specialized equipment that costs more and works worse than the generic stuff?

 

[secretanchitman]

i use the cassette that came with my sony discman (yes discman before sony bombed it and called it cd walkman) car-kit ready player and it plays fine. though my brother has the monster fm transmitter and charger and though its really nice, its expensive at around 60-70 bucks.

 

[middlehead]

The tape deck in my car has refused to acknowledge any and every tape adapter I've put in. This makes the baby jesus cry.

 

[rambow]

Originally posted by: middlehead
The tape deck in my car has refused to acknowledge any and every tape adapter I've put in. This makes the baby jesus cry.

just a thought, but have you read the deck's instruction manual? If you have not, it could be like my '02 TrailBlazer which requires you to hold down the tape button for 6 seconds before it can read an adapter.


EDIT: JohnJohn, after rereading your post, sounds like you miight need to do the same thing.

 

[HermDogg]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
Picked up Monster's "iCarPlay" tape deck adapter for the iPod today. It works for about 3 seconds, then my tape deck spits it out and says "error 11". Any ideas how to fix that?

This comes after already trying the iTrip (waste of money, the sound quality is terrible) and the Griffin SmartDeck, which doesn't allow you to adjust output level (wtf?) so the sound is just horribly distorted and you can't fix it.

Argh.

As far as your Griffin SmartDeck goes, I don't know specifcally, but when I use my straight-up iPod dock in my car via line-out, it needs to be plugged into a car charger or it sounds awful.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Just use a REAL tape adapter. You know, one of the ones that plugs into the headphone jack and works with ANY CD/MP3/laptop/whatever. I know no fewer than 15 people with those that use them with a variety of equipment, including an iPod, and have NO problems with ANYTHING. And they cost about $nothing.

Got a particular recommendation? A specific one?

Anything at Walmart that's shaped like a casette tape and has a minijack hanging off of it.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Just use a REAL tape adapter. You know, one of the ones that plugs into the headphone jack and works with ANY CD/MP3/laptop/whatever. I know no fewer than 15 people with those that use them with a variety of equipment, including an iPod, and have NO problems with ANYTHING. And they cost about $nothing.

No kidding...why would anyone pay money for super-specialized equipment that costs more and works worse than the generic stuff?

I only know one person that NEEDED to buy an FM transmitter for their car and didn't have a CD player (us CD owners are f'd sometimes), and that's because his mom, when buying his car, decided "I don't need any of that fancy electronic stuff. It'll just make the car less reliable" and paid EXTRA to DELETE the tape deck in favor of FM Radio only.

That woman has problems.