] Of the several options available for iPod use in the car,
] the cassette adapter is the most favorable. The cassette
] adapter will allow you to listen to your music without
] interference with the added plus of not requiring
] batteries. While portable FM transmitters have improved
] recently, success with them is still questionable. For
] every one person that is able to get the FM transmitter
] working well in their car, there is at least one person
] who received very poor results using the Transmitter.

I have to agree with this. I tried to use an FM transmitter with my iPod, and the results have been very poor. Since I live in a metropolitan area (St. Louis), I'm constantly having to tweak the frequency to find a station that isn't being used. And even then the signal is prone to static, like getting those weird "buzzing" sounds when driving past an electricity pole.

Furthermore, even when the signal is clean, the sound quality isn't that good. High frequencies are truncated, leaving a sense that the music is "muffled." I do *not* consider myself a fussy audiophile, but even with my lowered expectations, the sound quality is just plain bad. Which is even more annoying considering the high price of the transmitter ($60).

I'm returning my transmitter to the store today, and switching to a cassette adapter.

Connecting iPod to car stereo