iphone fm transmitter for car

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(05-12-2019, 08:11 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Buying my daughter a car.  Her only requirements were good gas mileage and a USB port so she can play music off her iPhone.  I am looking at Corollas and Civics for about $7K.  Most of these cars are '10 or '11, and many of them don't have USB port.  I looked online and you can get a little gadget called an "iPhone FM transmitter" that you plug into the phone and it will play through the car FM stereo.  Anyone know anything about these things?  Are there and glitches or tricks that I should no about before buying one?

There seem to be 2 different types.  One plugs into the phone and the other plugs into the car power outlet (what used to house the cigarette lighter).  Again, do any of you know the difference or which one works better.

I know this has to be a very common problem now that everyone gets their music from their phones, so I am pretty sure these things work.  But I just know nothing about them and there are tons of options on amazon.

Got one for my 07 pilot and ended up pitching it. Too hard to find a channel in Cincinnati that doesn't have interference from other channels. Plus, as another person said, as you drive signals wax and wane for interference.

This site helped me find the "blankest" https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/vacant but I was unhappy overall with the one that I had that plugged into the cig lighter.