Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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I have an Alpine head unit in the car with an iPod/iPhone cable that charges and plays music etc. but the Spotify app doesn't play ball with my head unit - sometimes comes up with 'error-01' which seems to be well known and something Spotify aren't going to do anything about.
Because my head unit doesn't have an aux input (i.e. 3.5mm jack), I bought a cable on eBay that converts the connector on the Alpine cable to 3.5mm to plug into my iPhone - but it doesn't work 
I also tried the USB interface and that doesn't work either, so the only thing left apart from getting a different phone or head unit  is an FM transmitter like the Griffin iTrip.
It's only about £25 on Amazon, so I was thinking of maybe buying one to get around this Spotify problem. Are these FM transmitters any good do you think?
If iTunes offered a paid-for streaming service like my subscription with Spotify then I'd use that straight away as my Alpine plays music and display track info etc. with no problems whatsoever when I use the built-in Music app on my iPhone.
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smcGSI16V
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Registered: 26th May 03
Location: Farnborough Drives: Thurlby 888 CDTi No.98
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Tbh, they are crap. I got one and yes it works but the sound quality is rubbish and I am constantly having to retune it as radio stations start bleeding through all the time.
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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quote:
Originally posted by smcGSI16V
Tbh, they are crap. I got one and yes it works but the sound quality is rubbish and I am constantly having to retune it as radio stations start bleeding through all the time.
I had a belkin one and same thing exactly
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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quote:
Originally posted by smcGSI16V
Tbh, they are crap. I got one and yes it works but the sound quality is rubbish and I am constantly having to retune it as radio stations start bleeding through all the time.
Same thing i had but was a cheap thing off eBay.
Because i'm currently doing around 30k a year i bought and fitted a Parrot MK9200. Works amazingly with cable and Bluetooth.
Had a Novero in the Ford i had which broke after about 6 months.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Mrs has one and it works fine. Sound Q is ok andnunless your driving all over it dnt need retuning
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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I've got one off eBay for £4, sounds exactly the same quality as a mate who's got a more expensive one
[Edited on 08-01-2013 by Jay]
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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Go some no-name one from a stand at goodwood.
Like the others it works, it plays music but the sound quality can be dodgy. Never had a problem with radion stations cutting in, but I still prefer to play a Cd than connect up the phone.
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