Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player Dock Review

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(More customer reviews)The home dock has been a key missing accessories. Hopefully there will be a car dock as well. The home dock provides fix audio-out so this means that the volume must be controlled by the boombox, stereo or whatever you are using to listen. It also has a variable volume headphone jack, plus you can use almost any 5 volt USB cable with mini tip to power the dock. I am using a Motorola Razr AC power adapter and it works great. If you use the USB cable included with the G2 plug it into the dock and then into a computer it will allow you to charge the G2, but also you can add mp3's or you can refresh your station.
Now with the latest G2 firmware update, you have the ability to have the backlight come on when docked and powered. You can also have the G2 only come up when a song changes which as another cool feature.
You can also use the dock without power, though the backlight will not stay on, unless you set the G2 to have the backlight always on, but you can set it to turn on when a song changes. This allows you to use the dock and also make use of the G2's battery. Always charging it without every draining the battery is probably not a good idea for long term use.
The dock is well worth the $29.99.

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Get the most out of your Slacker G2 personal radio player at home with the Slacker G2 Dock. Easily connect the Slacker G2 to your home stereo or computer speakers, and charge the player while you listen. The Dock also connects to your PC to refresh your music and transfer songs.

Charge Your Slacker G2 You can charge the Slacker G2 while it's docked. Use the G2's USB cable to connect the dock to your computer's USB port or to the G2's AC adapter.
Refresh Your Slacker G2 Refresh your Slacker stations while the Slacker G2 is in the dock. You also can listen to music while you are refreshing the stations, whether you are refreshing via Wi-Fi or USB.
Play Your Slacker G2 Through Your Stereo Enjoy music from your Slacker G2 through your home stereo by connecting the dock to the stereo. Using the included cable, just connect the 1/8-inch mini jack to your G2 and the RCA cable to your stereo input and free yourself from the headphones for awhile. A 1/8-inch mini jack to 1/8-inch mini jack is also included for use with computer speakers, etc.
Transfer Music from Your PC to the Slacker G2 You can transfer your personal music files (MP3 and WMA) from your computer to your Slacker G2 when your player is in the dock. Use your Slacker's USB cable to connect the dock to your PC, and you're all set.
What's in the Box Slacker G2 dock, 1/8-inch mini jack to RCA cable, 1/8-inch mini jack to mini jack cable, quick start guide

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Scosche motorMOUTH Bluetooth® Receiver Add Bluetooth reception to any car stereo with an auxiliary input (model DIYBRH2) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this item from Best Buy last week and after 3 days returned it. I took a chance in buying it since I could not find one single review online from any other buyers. Well, I took a risk & got burned. In my opinion, this item is NOT hands free. It does not 'automatically' reconnect with your phone every time you get in the car. This item worked fine the first day after I paired it, I was able to receive calls and hear pretty clearly (there was some mild hissing noise in the background). The problem is, every time I got back into the car on subsequent days, this item did not reconnect to my phone. I had to go into the options of my phone and direct my phone to reconnect with the Scosche, to me that is the "opposite" of hands free. I have used my phone with other Bluetooth devices and they were always connected (which is how it should be with Bluetooth, so I'm sure it was 'not' my phone, it was a problem with the Scosche). Also, you cannot place calls with the Scosche even if you have voice on your phone, I tried and it did not work. Listen, the only thing this gadget has going for it is that it goes thru the auxiliary input in the car, which is why I bought it, but that's it, so unless your prepared to manually connect it to your phone each time you turn your car on, forget about the Scosche!!!

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Radio iPod Adaptor Connector For 2005-up Toyota Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought my YaTour device directly from the Chinese manufacturer, Qualir Corporation, intending to use it in my 2005 Toyota Matrix as a replacement for FM adapters. I took a calculated risk, finding no review of the YaTour but seeing a price well below my other option, the USA Spec PA15-TOY. And Qualir Corp provided free shipping from China. I went through a number of e-mail iterations to get Qualir Corp to ship the item in a timely manner. I highly recommend buying from a US distributor. Qualir Corp did reply consistently to e-mails, albeit with a one-day delay due to the time difference. The device installs very easily once you have instructions on taking out the Toyota 6-disc changer/radio (search online for a variety of available how-to videos - very straightforward). Don't count on the Qualir Corp instructions for the YaTour - the translation to English is almost impossibly poor. Alas, though, the product itself is very inexpensively manufactured. On my first usage, I had to wait for sufficient sunlight to straighten the pins in the iTouch adapter cord that attaches into the device. The pins are made of wire so fragile, and housed in a connector so cheaply made, that a number of the pins bent and made the connection impossible. It did get the pins straightened and the connection remade. Not a good start on customer satisfaction, though. Then the device routinely cuts out upon initial use of the Toyota volume control. Volume control works after restarting the iTouch. And the balance of the radio interface didn't seem to work well at all. The device is a major sound improvement over the FM adapter. Alas, though, the device died with only 12 hours play time! No reset, no cord fiddling, could get it back to life. Thankfully the iTouch and Toyota disc changer/radio survived unharmed. I contacted Qualir Corp for a refund or replacement, and was told to return the unit within 7 days and they'd pay for postage to China. Turns out the 7 days were from the receiving date. With the YaTour off to the trash, I now have the more expensive USA Spec PA15-TOY, and thus far it works very well. The price, smaller size, and the simple aux. input are the only advantages I found with the YaTour, assuming one gets a device that works, and that one can figure out the interface controls or live within the limits of the YaTour. My calculated risk cost me $55 and half a trip without a usable interface.


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For select 2004-2006 Toyota factory radios with controls for an optional CD changer or satellite radio, this cable provides a direct audio input from any iPod with a dock connector, and it also charges the iPod while connected. By using the dock connector for audio output, the highest musical sound quality is achieved- much better than any FM transmitter or headphone adapter can provide. The iPod's click wheel controls are still used for song selection, play control, etc. Note: This part is NOT compatible with vehicles featuring factory equipped external CD changers, satellite radio turner, navigation, or video systems. Not compatible with 2006 Toyota 6-disc in-dash radios. Toyota Applications Avalon/2003-2005 4Runner/2003-2005 Camry/2005 Celica/2003-2005 Corolla/2005 Highlander/2004-2005 Land Cruiser/2003-2005 Matrix/2005-2006 MR2/2003-2005 Sequoia/2003-2005 Sienna/2004-2005 Solara/2003-2005 Tacoma/2005-2006 Tundra/2003-2005Compatible with the following iPods:* iPod: 4th gen (20/40GB), 4th gen color display (20/30/40/60GB), 5th gen video (30/60/80GB), iPod Classic (80/120/160GB)* iPod Nano: 1st gen (1/2/4GB), 2nd gen (2/4/8GB), 3rd gen video (4/8GB), 4th gen video (8/16GB) , 5th gen video (8/16GB)* iPod Mini: 1st gen (4/6GB), 2nd gen (4/6GB)* iPod Touch 1st gen (8/16/32GB), 2nd gen (8/16/32GB),3rd gen(8/16/32/64GB)* iPhone: 2G, 3G & 3GS (4/8/6/32GB) Important Installation Information:Your car head unit should be CD changer capable. This device is applied to orignal car audio equiptment or upgraded car audio equiptment with supporting digital music changer ports only , furthermore , same brand car with different model should use individual digital music changer . Each car use specific device . More options coming soon available for your choice .The in-dash CD changer will remain working, but external CD changer are switchable by a switch on the wire harness.

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Rio Carbon 5 GB MP3 Player Review

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(More customer reviews)General thoughts about Music Playback:
It's great at its main purpose, playing music. The Rio Carbon is small and incredibly lightweight so carrying it in your jean pocket, jacket pocket, tight jeans' pocket, etc... is easy and comfortable. The metal back scratches a little too easily but that is something you have to expect with this kind of shiny surface. Just love the battery life for playing music (not recording! - see below). The way the music files are organized requires me to really use playlists. Otherwise, I'll often play the same album 20 times in a row. Shuffle could be a little bit more random but really can't complain. I mainly bought this device because of its potential for super multi-tasking so I'll leave the music playback comments to other reviewers.
As a Portable Hard Drive:
I've used it to replace my USB memory drives (since I either lose them or they stop working after 6 months) and it interfaces seamlessly with the computers I use (mainly Win XP). Like all multi-GB HDDs, it takes awhile to scan the files when you first plug it in. Unfortunately, you can't download the Win 98 drivers from the Rio website. For those who use Win 98 computers occasionally, this means that you'll either need to carry the Rio CD around with you or put the drivers online (i.e. in an email account). Overall, the concept of using this as a cheap portable small harddrive that just happens to be an mp3 player is very appealing to a student like me. You get slightly less than 5Gb so it's possible to allot one entire gigabyte to files while saving the other 3.7GB to music. It's about the size of 3 Sandisk Cruzer Mini USB drives laid parallel to each other, but it can hold a billion more files (slight exaggeration)!
As an Audible player:
Unlike the review below, I've had very little to no problems listening to Audible tracks on the player. I've used an old iPod and a Treo 600 with the Audible Manager software before so I know that juggling extra Audible devices is confusing but definitely possible. I've heard that Rio Carbon only accepts Audible formats 2 and 3. Audible always requires that you download drivers for (or "Activate") any new device/player you add onto your account. My experience is that downloading a 46MB Audible format 3 file takes me about 10-15 minutes. Copying onto the Carbon takes me 5 minutes via USB 2.0. Maybe this varies with Carbons and/or software but personally, I really appreciate the ease and integration between Audible and Rio Carbon. (My old 2nd gen iPod had problems but that was probably because I got it secondhand and the previous user was also an Audible user. Songs can be transferred but couldn't be played.)
As a voice recorder:
I had such high ambitions for this device to be used to record lectures. Sigh... the whirring of the hard drive, the orientation of the built-in mic (perpendicular from the face of the Carbon)... all this really hinders any kind of comprehensible recordings you have when you sit more than 4 rows away from the front of the class. No wonder Rio specified the voice recordings for reminders and such. I was able to listen to the muffled and noisy recordings by fiddling with the equalizer in windows media player 9 (without needing to find a noise reduction software) so maybe it's still possible to use this as a lecture recorder. Turning down 32 - 125 Hz on the Graphic Equalizer in WMP9 pretty much cuts out the whirring hard drive noise. Recording format is .wav and a 1 hour lecture is 12.2Mb at 32kbps. The Carbon heats up slightly during recording. Also, recording eats up batteries. The battery barely made it while recording for 2.5 hours (plus about 30 minutes of listening to music). If you have a laptop, you can easily charge it inbetween classes really quickly.

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Rio Carbon 5G MP3 Player

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Sirius/Xm Sirius-Xm Sdst5v1 Sirius Starmate 5 (Personal Audio / Sirius Satellite Radio Receivers) Review

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(More customer reviews)My new car came with s Sirius radio. I liked it so much I wanted the same programming at home. I'm in Maine and was not sure I could get consistent reception.
Installation was without muss or fuss. It took all of ten minutes to hook up the receiver to my sound system and find a spot for the antenna on my deck where reception was good. The built-in signal strength indicator helped a lot. The system has worked dependably since. I did pull in the antenna during a major snowstorm so I'm not sure it works when buried in snow.
The remote is small so you have to be careful not to lose it. Apart from that, no negatives.

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TomTom GO 720 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Factory Refurbished) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have tried a Garmin 680 and a Tom Tom Go 720. You can argue back/forth about the gps abilities of the two brands, but there is one BIG negative that the Garmin has vs. Tom Tom. The Garmin navigation screen is pretty, but information poor. No distance to objective. No speed. No miles travelled. No street names as you pass them. And no option to see any of that except by slecting a different screen. Tom Tom lets you see all of that on the navigation screen. If you never had it, you may not miss it. Once you have had it, if you buy a Garmin, you will regret doing it.

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TOMTOM 1M00.783 Auto Navigation System/ Refurbished. The TomTom GO 720 4.3-inch GPS offers you the ultimate driving experience. This stylish new device combines groundbreaking new technology that allows you to make daily map improvements, with a host of new features, such as safety extras, and the ability to record driving instructions. The TomTom GO 720 features a new elegant slim design with a high-quality finish that allows it to fit perfectly in any car or to be carried in a shirt pocket. The large 4.3-inch touchscreen has TomToms renowned easy-to-use and intuitive user interface with 3D graphics, including building footprints, that ensures you will have an even better overview of your surroundings. With the TomTom GO 720 you will get the best navigation, the best maps, safe and efficient driving, and Bluetooth compatibility. TomToms award-winning software means groundbreaking new technology for the ultimate driving experience. TomTom guides you door-to-door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions, including street names. TomTom has the most accurate maps, and with TomTom MapShare technology you can instantly modify street names, street direction, and POIs on your own device. The GO 720 makes driving even safer with hands-free calling. And now, there are added safety features so you can easily access local emergency providers. Previously Road Tested

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Harman Kardon GPS-810 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this unit but returned it because, for me, the cons (most significantly the battery life) outweighed the pros. Here is a rundown of what I found:
Pros:
- solid build - you can feel the quality when you hold this device
- generally good performance, rapid satellite lock and route calculation
- excellent car mounting accessories
- beautiful large screen with video playback as well as audio
- control knob is innovative and convenient
- menus are intuitive and easy to follow
Cons:
- 2 hour battery life (confirmed to be "normal" by HK tech) - this is fine if you don't plan to use video feature and instead intend to leave it mounted in the same vehicle all the time
- suspend feature described in quick start guide missing on some units pending firmwire update expected in the next couple of months - so the unit reboots completely every time you turn it off
- recalculation routing sometimes erratic (lots of U-turns!)
- full user manual not available and no time-frame within which it will be released - a complex, feature-rich device such as this deserves better
Bottom line: a good product, but needs some refining before it can justify the price tag.

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GPS-810 Harman Kardon Portable Navigation+Traffic+Audio+Video+Bluetooth device offers a highly intuitive user interface making it an easy to use navigation device. It features Text-to-Speech in English. It also offers full playback capability of digital music and video files along with hands free functions of Bluetooth enabled phones. All access and control is via a breakthrough wireless remote control and / or utilizing the high resolution 4.3" WQVGA touchscreen.In navigation mode, it offers easy-to-understand spoken instructions and visuals in 17 different languages. Turn-by-turn graphics with all vital information is displayed in 2-D or 3-D and Maps of U.S. and Canada are built-in along with a 12 million point of interest database. Real-time-traffic information to reroute around traffic delays and the antenna built into the cigarette lighter power cord is included along with a 90 day free trial period.The fullblown MP3 player offers browsing by Artist, Album, Genre, Song or Playlist. It will display ID3 tags for artist, title and album along with album artwork. MP3/AAC/WMA audio formats are supported along with Windows Media DRM 10 for compatibility with music and video download services. In video player mode the 4" high resolution WQGVA widescreen plays back hours of video and supports MPEG-4, WMV9 and H.264 video formats.All digital media is accessed via SD Card slot (SD card not included) and will accept SD and SDHC cards.The Bluetooth interfaces allows hands free cell phone communication and will display phone's address book and caller ID's from Bluetooth capable phones.A built-in dual microphone with digital signal processing significanly improves clarity of speaking voice to the other caller.Lastly, a photo viewer that reads JPG, BMP and GIF files is provided with folder sorting and thumb nail viewing.

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