Great value for money
I was a bit sceptical about this adapter, because I read quite a lot positive reviews and I guessed that they may not be genuine. On the other hand, the price was low, so I decided to gamble with it and I think it was worth it. It general - it's not the most innovative gadget but it works perfectly, in my opinion. I'm travelling daily between West Herts and Oxfordshire, mainly M1-M25-M40-Oxford southern bypass-A34 to Chilton with occasional trips through rural Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire (depend on the traffic) and the signal of the national multiplexes is absolutely perfect, with occasional drop outs on M40, where it crosses the Chiltern hills. I also travelled to Buxton for the bank holiday (north on M1 to Derby), and the signal was strong up to about 20 miles to Buxton. Then, it lost everything, aside of the BBC National multiplex - something, which doesn't seems to be adapter fault, but just bad rural coverage. Aside of the receiving capability, there are few things which I like and don't. What I like:
1. The display - big and bright, it doesn't show album art or other multimedia things, but it is multi line, so it could permanently show the station info, instead of scrolling, or scroll in pages. The station name is in larger letters, which is nice, too.
2. Five presets buttons, plus memory for 30 in total.
3. Large size (which could be not very good, depending of your dashboard), so manipulation is easy. Just bear in mind - it could be more convenient to place it for right hand. I placed it left of my steering wheel and I couldn't see the display, when manipulate the controls.
4. Could be connected using 3.5mm aux in or FM transmitter. I'm using the transmitter and it works quite well.
5. Strong magnet mount, but it could be attached to the windscreen with simple phone holder.
6. Bluetooth with option for stereo playback, so you could play music from your smartphone or use it for handsfree. Unfortunately, I can't confirm how it performed as handsfree, because I already have on in my car, plus headset.
And what I don't like:
1. The antenna - I cleaned my windscreen withe wipes supplied, but it nearly pealed off next day, so it's fixed with simple Cello tape. It looks ugli now, but it's still functioning, at least.
2. Well, It's cheap device and based on the price tag - we shouldn't expect some nice solutions for cable decluttering, which some three time more expensive adapters offer. Just bear in mind - there'll be at least two cables, which you'll have to cope with, plus eventually third, if you decide to opt in for Aux connection.
3. The dual USB charger. It does the job, but it cause interference, when I plugged my smartphone for charging, which makes the signal weak and drops frequently. I bought a reputable brand dual charger and rectified the issue straight away.
4. The size. I know, I mention this as a good thing and it is, but it could be a big problem to find proper place for it, depends of your vehicle dashboard. My Hyundai i30 MK 1 had large textured area of the dashboard, which I don't think is a good place to stick the magnet holder, so at the end I placed it on not so convenient spot. Again, this is entirely depend on your vehicle. You could avoid this, if you use phone holder, instead. I just didn't want another device cluttering my windscreen.
I hope I didn't annoyed you too much with this a bit lengthy review ad it could be useful enough to you.
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