Okay, so the Finns were a little late getting on the IPod bandwagon, but now that we are, we really enjoy having one. Here is our dilemma: though we have a nice new model mini van, there is no external jack for us to use with our IPod (one of several small areas in which the van falls short, but I will not chase that rabbit right now). We would like to have the freedom to listen to the IPod in the van, especially during our travels this holiday season, but we don't know the best option to pursue. How well do the FM tuner-thingys work? Any thoughts?
To update everyone on an old post where I requested advice about phones/internet/cable, etc...
On the recommendation of several people, we bought digital converter boxes, which work wonderfully! The channels are much clearer most of the time, and we pick up a few new ones. I had gotten really frustrated with our home phone service because it went out several times over the summer. After the last time--when it didn't work for a week--it was finally, truly fixed and we have had no more issues. So we kept Embarq as our home phone/internet provider. Our biggest change came with our cell phone. We upgraded Nathan's phone to a Blackberry and switched to a data plan for him with more minutes overall. Our budget for cell phone went up, but our actual spending on the cell phone did not (because we had gone over so much in the previous months). That may be more information than you care about, but I appreciate everyone's thoughts!
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Jonathan has a tape thing. A tape goes into your tape player and then plugs into your ipod. I think it works great. We bought it at Target and if I remember correctly, it was pretty inexpensive.
Does the ole minivan have a tape player, or is it too new?
We have an itrip (by Griffin I think) and it works great. They are a little more expensive but worth it. Welcome to the ipod world! :)
Jen Grady
Do not do the FM thingy - you won't always get reception well enough to use it. Mike and I just went to Best Buy and bought a tape adapter thingy. You stick in your tape deck and it hooks to your ipod! We love it and it works great!!!
I recently began saving over $30 per month by switching our home phone to receiving calls only. Even if we do use it to call out, it's only 10 cents per minute -- versus 45 cents for cell phone minutes over our plan. (And, we have DSL over the phone line.) Jeff actually thanked me when he got the phone bill last month!
We have one of the FM tuner thingys, and it works pretty well. You just have to find a station that is not actually being used, so you end up doing that repeatedly on long trips. Ours uses 2 (I think) AA batteries. We can make a trip to SC and back, and then we need new batteries. That may be another downside. But, it is sometimes worth it to be able to listen to what you like for those long trips.
I have one of the FM tuners and so does Hannah---hers is better than mine---(isn't that usually the way it goes?) Anyway, spend the money to get a good FM tuner---not the cheap one thinking they are "all the same"---if you want a nice Christmas gift, you can have a jack put into your car at Best Buy---I got David a stereo system for his birthday one year and it came with the jack---the whole thing less than $250...now, I know $250 probably isn't what you had planned, but you would be surprised how affordable they are if you don't want those big "honkin'" speakers to rattle you and others around you....but, maybe you do???
Well, you asked for advice---and that's mine!!
I have a tape converter that I use for my ipod and it works great. I've never actually used one of the radio ones, though i think my dad has. Actually, I believe that we had one, but that it broke.
We have the FM tuner thing and it works well. The downside, like others have mentioned, is that on long trips you do have to change the station if you end up in an area where the station is a real station. However, ours plugs into a cigarette lighter and so it doesn't drain any batteries. I don't remember how much it cost or where we got it though. Sorry :(
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