FM Transmitter or Cassette Adaptor?

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Okay so I want to be able to play my MP3 player (Sandisk Sansa c240) in my car, I've looked online and found that some say that Cassette Adapters are better, while others say that FM Transmitters are good too. Keep in mind that I'm fairly new to the whole MP3 player thing-I've only had one for a year, LOL ! Which ones do you guys think is easiest to use. I would also like to charge it if possible.

Thanks

Ricky

 

Cassette adapter without a doubt. Not even a question. The sound quality is better and they are cheaper

The very best option would be to direct connect it to your stereo through the AUX input if you have that option

 

I second that^

transmitters are plagued by interference

 

Hi! I have both ~ a cassette adapter & a Belkin TuneCast FM Mobile Transmitter and they both work well for my Creative MuVo MP3. I use the Belkin FM Transmitter in my car & at work when I want to listen to my MP3 player thru my CD/Radio player, and it work's just fine! I really don't find any interference on the Belkin FM transmitter when in my car, nor at work ~ thru the radio (and I am in an old building)!!! Oh, I think they are both fairly easy to use - w/the FM transmitter it's just a matter of finding the correct channel on your radio!

 

Well if your car has a cassette player, then go ahead. Personally my car is relatively new and only has a CD player so... yea just make sure yours has one.

 

If you have a cassette player, get the cassette adapter.

 

yea cassette adapter. my friend has one of those transmitters it always gets static, and sometimes it loses the signal completely.

 

Okay, so the general consensus is that I get a cassette adaptor. Thanks for all the help everyone

 

Just use a direct connection to amp. Best quality available.

 

Since he has a cassette player, it's most likely an older car with stock speakers and NOT aftermarket speakers/amp/sub/etc.

But yes, a direct connection to the amp would be best, however I don't think it pertains to the OP.

 

I've used both and wound up using a cassette adaptor all the time. Only problem is a quiet squeak from the cassette player turning the fake cassette. A bit irritating during very quiet parts of the music.

 

Here's a good cassette adapter in case you needed an opinion: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MiniDisc...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1203818127&sr=8-1

 

Get a new CD Player Deck with Ipod/Aux-in support. Wont cost you an arm or leg, even a cheap brand will do.

Get the one with a detachable face so people wont steal it if you have an old car

 

I guess I am the only person that likes FM trransmitters better. Before I got a sterio with an AUX input I tried both.

The cassette adapter had a steady hiss when playing music real loud. Plus the sound was very flat. Basically, it had cassette quality

The FM adapter was great. The sound quality was excellent. The only down side is that when traveling from city to city on the highway, different local channels would cut in and gives interference. Such as hearing the weather broadcast laced in with my music

The FM adapter I bought allowed me to store 4 different low-band channels of my chosing. So I tested them out at different locations of my drive and from then on it worked perfect so long as I changed channels when getting into a different city.

However, car cd players with an AUX input are very cheap. I got mine from Best Buy for $60. The sound quality is better than I could have ever imagined.

 

FM adapters don't work where I live. You get far too much static. I think most of the FM signals are taken over here. Perhaps you had a bad cassette? I've heard music from bad cassette adapters that sounded like what you describe. The one I got produces no hissing sound or any other sound. The music quality is also better than when I burned my songs onto a CD player. However,this could be because I only remember the past few years with my CD player when it was breaking down. Nevertheless, I get great sound quality.

 

$5 vs $25, with negligible difference in quality.

Go with the cassette deck.

 

I have a newer car, which has no cassette deck, so I'm stuck with an FM tuner (or the unreasonable costs of replacing my head unit, which also controls my chimes and other rather necessary things in my car).

The FM Antenna is integrated into the rear window, so I got a long extension cable, soldered a momentary switch to the power button on the transmitter (with a long wire that extends to the front seat), and a long power extension.

I attached the transmitter to the glass, so that there's no distance between it and the antenna, ran the cables to the front seat, and it sounds pretty OK.

I get no signal bleedthrough, even in the crowded Seattle-area FM band, but there's always that annoying hiss, and it sounds rather flat, like FM radio. The whole project cost me less than $25 to do, which beats forking out hundreds to replace me factory headunit.

 

thanks guys for the suggestions I'll think I'll stick with the cassete adapter for now.

Thanks jin07 for the link-sounds like this will probably be my choice.

 

No problem. Plus, if it doesn't work out for some reason, it wasn't that expensive. Most FM transmitters are quite a bit more.