How well does this work outside of the car? I'm thinking of getting one mainly for in the car but occasionally taking it out and into a hotel room or similar situation. Music would of course be more important here. What are people's thoughts, in...
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It will work for that purpose. Obviously it will not sound as good as a bluetooth speaker specifically designed for music (like the Creative D100, which I highly recommend). It will sound way better than your cell phone speaker for music, however.
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You can use external speakers in the car. My problem was that tape adaptor stopped working. It can still be used with head phones or plugged into my speakers in my house.
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I mean yea its loud enough, on max, but might be less effective with windows rolled all the way down, if that's what you're asking. Besides that the car really can only charge it. It only plays what's plugged into it, so plugging it into the aux port in the car will do nothing.
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This is a fairly powerful little transmitter, I can hear my broadcast up to two+ miles away depending on obstacles in the way. As such it is vastly more than you would need for an in car MP3 player transmitter. It also only comes with 120v power source and has a fairly long solid antenna. Would it work? Yes it would, however you would need to source your own 12vdc power source. It just might not be the best possible choice for in-car usage in my humble opinion.
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Yes, the speaker is actually pretty good if you use it in a car or at your desk. I'm moving next week, and I'm not going to mess with getting a radio transciever, so I'm just going to use it's speaker. Also the recording microphone is great for classes.
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I use one in my car.....but sudden stops can send the unit flying. If you could secure it with Velcro on the bottom, that should do the trick. The sound is adequate for a car....but may not be loud enough for some. You might consider buying two, as they will automatically recognize each other and split the Bluetooth signal into Left and Right channels for true stereo.
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It's great for a portable listening device... In the bathroom... On the deck... Pier... Backyard. Not sure how good it'd be for that. I'd get a soundbar. But I guess it would work. Hope that helps.
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Ya, it'll work pretty much anywhere that there is enough sound to activate it. It's not necessarily bass activated, however lower end frequencies seem to drive it better. If the music is loud enough, it'll play nice. For outdoors, I would keep it as close to your speakers as reasonably possible.
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This is a great speaker, it may be too large for use in the car. I keep mine on a shelf in our 5th wheel trailer. You might look for something smaller.
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I only use in cars so you may have to try it and return if doesn't work for you. Really love mine.
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I recommend getting the external speaker if you have room for it. Also consider the size of the unit, I wish I had gotten a smaller one.
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It should work well outside with a movie if it's not a quite movie or your not in a loud area, and it's fairly close to you. I actually used mine outside this past weekend (it was music from and iphone), it sounded great. I even used it near a airport and it still sounded pretty good. I've also found the louder the device it's connected to the louder it will be.If you have the option try dual speakers set might be even better (I have yet to try this though but it couldn't hurt)
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its sounds pretty good outside too. put it on the floor to increase bass-response and raise treble a bit (more treble on ipod EQ) to counteract the somewhat directional treble response. i had it turned up to the max, although at these levels it starts to distort slightly and the sound becomes a bit compressed, but you can still hear it from some hundred meters away and you won't notice distortion if you don't stand very close to it. i even had it cranked up on a beach and everyone was turning around where the sound was coming from, as they couldn't see it as small as it is. i also have an altec lansing imt800 which has more bass and an overall fuller sound, but near maximum level both sound similar (the altec reduces bass at higher volume) and the sounddock is even slightly louder. as the sounddock portable is really small i think it is the perfect party-machine even for outside. at normal listening levels you can expect about 10-12 hours of playing time from one charge. at maximum volume it will play for 2-4 hours.
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Yes. The only problem is that sometimes it answers in the car when outside the car in range. You would have to shut the device off when near the car (right near the car only). Otherwise it works great. Good audio, good time on a charge.
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Hi Bettie- Yes, this product is intended for car which do not have the "mini-plug" / headphone input jack in their car. It's intended for older cars to find a portion of the radio band which does not have a radio station signal. It will generate its own signal and include the broadcast from the iPod. The biggest complaint collectively seems to be users who are driving through cities and dial their unit to a powerful radio station. For FCC compliance, it will not overwhelm the radio station's signal, so you need to find a portion of the FM band which is unoccupied. For people in larger cities, this is quite difficult as most of the FM band has been taken. It works great on long trips in the country as the radio station signals are weak and there is less of them. The unit is nice because it not only provides the iPod signal on a radio station, but it charges the iPod simultaneously if you want to use it away from the car. I hope that answers your question. If not, please ask more.
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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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I haven't been able to get ANY radio stations on mine. So I use it mainly with a USB Flash Drive. I can use my radio in the car and record the songs and play them in the house. It works okay for me that way.