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The sound quality is very good. The cassette forward and reverse buttons work as advertised. For me this was a much better solution than an FM transmitter. I'm glad I bought this before reading the other reviews because it works great for me in my 2000 Lexus RX300. Our 1999 Ford Escort will spit it out a few times when it is first inserted, but it eventually stays in.
CAUTION: Before you purchase call Griffin at (615) 399-7000 to check compatibility. Overall, it's a treat for me to listen to my I-pod in my old hoopty. It may not work for your ride though. I drive a '97 Ford Taurus and this device works great in my cassette player. It didn't work in my wife's 2002 Toyota Corolla. The sound quality is decent. It was a plug and play kind of deal, very easy to use. There is a light lo fi mist sound in between tracks.
wasn't clearly advertised as not appropirate for nano, not even worth the postage to return
I'm disappointed because I normally associate Griffin with higher quality iPod accessories. I'd also note that this is probably the most expensive of the simple cassette adapters on the market. As noted this thing makes a tremendous amount of mechanical noise. No more. What a ripoff. At first I thought maybe my car had a defective tape deck (I'd never used it before buying this, as I usually listen to XM or CD's). So I tried a regular tape: no problem, it was virtually noiseless.
Also, what may be related is that SmartDeck seems to have lost its mind: it now seems to send the iPod all kinds of strange signals; songs skip and repeat at random. Despite my almost fanatical attention to pulling on the plug and not the wire over the six months I've owned this thing, the sheathing on the wire came loose anyway and exposed the wires inside.
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