chargable? Are you suppose to charge the FM station part of this or does it charge through ipod? I used it a couple times and now it wont work, doesnt help to charge with the included car charger, I don't get it? chargable? Are you suppose to charge the FM station part of this or does it charge through ipod? I used it a couple times and now it wont work, doesnt help to charge with the included car charger,... » Read More chargable? Are you suppose to charge the FM station part of this or does it charge through ipod? I used it a couple times and now it wont work, doesnt help to charge with the included car charger, I don't get it? « Show Less
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I recd mine in the mail today and the charger part doesn't seem to work. It doesn't seem that the USB fits correctly into the charger and the jack doesn't fit firmly into the transmitter. Just doesn't seem like it is the right size. Is that possible? Or am I doing something wrong? It is not charging my ipod while transmitting. HELP?
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You plug the 1.5mm jack (or maybe 1 mm jack, I don't know I haven't measured) into the FM transmitter and USB into car charger, or PC or wall charger and it will start charging. but you gotta have FM transmitter plugged in. It charges your iPod. The FM Transmitter runs off the ipod's battery.
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I haven't had that function work properly. Just tried to do that now. I have the radio plugged to charge via a wall wort and then plugged my phone into the USB port...isn't working. I also tried to charge the phone via the hand crank...that's not working.
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It comes with a cord to charge it, kind of like an iPod, you charge it in the computer or if you have a charger that plugs into the wall you can charge it like that too. I'm not sure what you mean by connecting it to the car but I will try to answer. If you are talking about to play the music, it plugs into your headphone jack and you find a radio station that is static and put the device on that station. If you are talking about charging it in your car, you have to have a USB charger that you can plug it into.
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It plays your iPod through a radio, not a radio through your iPod. You can play whatever is on your ipod through any FM radio, it doesn't have to be a car radio.
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Mine doesn't work with the car charger either. I assumed the battery was dead. How inconvienent if one has to charge it in the house if one travels a lot. Also It only lasts for a month and I don't use it much. Also it shuts off after ten minutes out of the car which is inconvienent because there is no way to tell if it is on when you get back in.Very good sound however and otherwise I like it.
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If you use an FM transmitter, like those from griffintechnology.com, yes - it works the same. No iPod does this right out of the box, they all need an accessory to transmit the music to the car stereo. Or, you can take the more effective route and get an Alpine or Pioneer car stereo that offers direct connection to the iPod via the Alpine KCA-420i - this provides a dock connector and allows the car stereo to directly control the iPod. I upgraded my wife's car stereo for her birthday to an Alpine with the KCA-420i and the sound is AMAZING... far better than using an FM transmitter.
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Let me ask, do you have it on the charger? Because if you do, it will not play the flash drive. Just as a suggestion, return it while you can because it is very hard to navigate your music files and then mine simply got stuck on one song and wouldn't play anything else. Needless to say, I trashed it about a month after I got it.
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the way it works it that you plug it into your iphone or ipod and the music from your iphone of ipod plays through an FM radio... its not made to listen to FM radio. does that make sense? you can YouTube a video of how these work
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Hi John,Sorry for the bad news but when apple changed their charging system from Firewire technology to USB it rendered all the newer models useless for charging. I had to resort to using the Ipod charger and then putting back on the dock. You're likely getting a "Charging not supported on this device" type of notice. My older one worked till it's final day but it was the old style. The only solution is a new dock system or find a cheap old one on Ebay. Best of luck,Cheers--Sam
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Thanks for your suggestions, Bubba. I did try to charge it from my computer as well without success. I've had the iPod for a little over a year and probably didn't use it enough. The functionality of a GPS would have increased its usefulness to me immensely, but adding the cost of a battery replacement to this cradle makes this a rather expensive move. To be sure, I'll follow your tip and try a different cable, but I'm not overly optimistic at this point.Edit: The USB cable *was* the culprit. Got a new one today and just ordered my GPS cradle...
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Hi Maria. Yes, you plug it in to your cigarette lighter and then attach the transmitter to the bottom of your iPhone and set it to a fm frequency that is not used by a radio station and tune your car radio to the same channel and hit play on your iPhone or iPod. It actually charges your iPhone as well. I have one and it works pretty good. Any other questions just ask. Happy holidays&#128522;
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My charger says the same thing. I use it with my Skyfi 3, but have to admit it the radio doesn't like it. I usually have to reset the radio after I use it. I only use it in a pinch. Usually charge the radio on a boombox.
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This charger only supplies power to the iPod. In order to hear your songs over the car speakers, you need an fm transmitter ~ just like Jessica says. I got my nephew a cheap one that picks up a lot of interference, but he is desperate enough to keep using it. ;-S
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This device requires a "player" of some kind (IE: IPOD, MP3, Walkman,....) as it is just speakers with a small amplifier of some kind. *I have been using an IPOD and this lasts about a week on a single charge using it every day for about 2 hours! My IPOD I have to charge every 3 days!! Both of mine work great!!
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Agree with other 2, make sure it charged because that's how you turn it on. I've had no trouble with mine, works beautifully.
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Yes, but I'm finding that IPod is still the only player that has an FM transmitter that also allows you to charge your player while in the car. I'm bummed by this and hope Toshiba will provide their own FM transmitter and charger.
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I have had no issues with my unit. I use it daily for phone calls and listening to music through my phone. I have forgotten to switch it off when getting out of the car, leaving it on overnight numerous times, and it still maintains plenty of charge. I haven't actually tried playing music from the radio in the car so I can't address that. I've had this for several months now and honestly have only plugged it into the charger 3 or 4 times. I'm super impressed with this product. Sounds like you received a bad one and need to exchange it for a new one.