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Kiiro Wireless Car Stereo Adapter
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I bought this item to play CDs in my car, which only has a radio. The car aerial must be lowered in order to block any external radio stations at the same transmitted frequency as the Stereo Adapter. But apart from that, the adapter works fine. The instructions do say that the unit is temperature dependent, and theyre not wrong!
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A solution for those that cant use a cassette adaptor  |
A suitable but not perfect solution to those that cant use a cassette adaptor.If you have a car radio with only a CD slot instead of a cassette and no Aux in socket, you need to use some form of FM transmitter to input a mini disk or mp3 player. There are two alternatives a wireless adaptor such as the Kiiro here or an in line fm transmitter. The wireless adaptor is the easiest to use as it does not involve fidling with the car wiring. The Kiiro is easy to use and has long battery life, but suffers from the following problems:
1) Only a limited range of transmission frequencies which clashes with BBC R2
2) The tuning control is very sensitive and can drift, you will have to re tune on some long journeys to counteract strong BBC R2 transmitters. A tip to improve reception is to attach an extension lead between the Kiiro and your sound device. The Kiiro seems to use its lead as an antenna so lengthening this makes a difference - well it did for me.
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Versatile and good value |
I can recommend a few other uses for the gadget, in addition to its obvious role in playing MP3s in the car. I have radios all over the house, and use this to play tapes or minidiscs from a walkman, without having to bother with headphones or portable speakers. Ive even managed to broadcast the sound from Sky digibox through my hifi system- though that was using a rather convoluted set up! Ive found it very easy to tune on all radios. Output is sometimes a bit hissy, but the convenience far outweighs this slight disadvantage. Its also much smaller than I expected, which makes it easy to carry around - size is 70mm x 55mm x 15-20mm.
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