XtremeMac AirPlay FM Transmitter for iPod Shuffle

This is a wonderful piece of technology. A fitting complement to the iPod.
I live in a Mid-eastern city which is without a doubt the fastest growing city on the planet. Fortunately we do not have too many FM stations so it was easy to find a free FM frequency I could broadcast on.
I've owned a car for over a decade and never had a CD changer. Am I glad I waited. No need to carry and keep changing CD's.Now I have 240 of my favourite songs on my iPod and "own" my very own private FM station !

Stay away from this product. I'm returning mine ASAP. First of all, the USB connector has to be *fully* seated before it works at all. My silicone shuffle case has a thin layer on the USB end, enough to make it not activate the Transmitter. I removed the case to verify this and just pulling the connector out the barest fraction of a millimeter broke the connection. Given the choice of using this product (leaving the shuffle "naked") and keeping the case, I'll opt for keeping the case.

Secondly, when it was connected, the sound quality was awful and the constant static waves made it unlistenable. I found several empty patches of airspace, so interference was not a factor. When not being annoyed by the static, the sound quality was very poor, sounding as if the speakers were stuffed with cotton.

I have an older fm tranmitter that costed $14 that I bought 2 years ago that works better than this $50 POS. Avoid at all costs.

Even after removing the radio antenna on my truck the signal was full of static on every frequency. Obviously an inferior product.