Anyone tried this thing before? I heard many complaints about its poor quality of sounds broadcasted.

#1: a lot of the cheap FM transmitters have low quality sound. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if that was the case with this one as well.

#2's posts are completely useless and uninformative unless they are copy and pasted from somewhere else. *smirk*

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I have the irock (another FM transmitter), but that only has 4 channels. Depending on where you live, the FM transmitter will be fighting to override the signals from the FM stations. In that case, you'll get some feedback. This eight channels one will provide more options but you are better off getting a FM transmitter that allows you the option of picking any FM channel. Of course, those cost more than $8.

#5, excellent point. A more practical solution would be to construct a metal mesh screen around your vehicle. This would effectively shield out all external radio frequencies from interfering the device. In addition, it will also comfort your fellow drivers so they will not have to listen to your music.

A friend had one that let you tune in to whatever frequency you wanted on the radio. You would then press a button on the FM transmitter and it would "find" the frequency you had tuned in with a built in mic. It must have been expensive because it also gave pretty good sound.

However, the best sound I have heard from an Ipod is when you have a radio with aux ports, Ipod dock or something called a PIE connector, a standard used for automotive CD changers.

I bought a "Whole House Transmitter" for $99 including shipping. It works perfect. Runs on 2 batteries, car adapter, USB port.

There may be cheap alternatives but the WHT really works as advertised and most people can afford $99. eBay bids about $86 will also get you one.

I think the picture on the web site is wrong. I have a similar unit and it has an LCD screen telling the frequency and buttons for up/down and three fixed freqs.

I just drove 1200 miles from Buffalo NY to Bradonton FL and had to retune, maybe 3 or 4 times. Mine has a long wire from the xmitter to the Ipod. The wire acts as an antenna. I place the Ipod as near to the vehicle antenna as possible. That way the signal strength to the vehicle antenna is maximized. That makes a real difference.

I can't speak about sound quality, I don't listen to music, only audiobooks that I compressed to 13Mb per CD.