Anyone use iPod car chargers?

[Superstar Punani]

I bought a car charger that just arrived. I haven't tried it out yet because I've read about ipods getting fried (Check out the mixed reviews here

Any of you chumps use it and has it fucked up your ipod?

Muchos Grassy-ass

[MOHSHSIHd]

http://www.cardomain.com/shoplist~b~...terface+Cables


my buddy has one of these in his cruiser...its awesome...its is a direct input so the sound is perfect, it charges the ipod as well, and he has had it for a year with 2 different ipods and has had zero problems...


gonna pick one up for myself soon


EDIT: WRONG LINK....i gotta search for the right one

[MOHSHSIHd]

well I found a ton of shit on crutchfield, but i realized my friend has a pioneer headunit, so it was cheap for him...


for factory head units you are looking at spending at least 200...

nevermind

[Merlyn]

I use a Newer Technologies RoadTrip +. It's a combined charger/FM transmitter. No problems at all, and pretty good sound quality for a transmitter (which is the least desirable method - a cassette adapter is better and a direct line in to your stereo is best).


http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/roadtrip/

One warning - the transmitter is fixed at the 87.9 frequency. Works great in my neck of the woods 'cause there's no radio stations on nearby frequencies. Depending where you are, YMMV.

[Canuk]

no problems with my cheep-o generic car charger - I'm no electical whiz, but I would think that as long as your charger has a fuse, it should be pretty tough to fry your ipod. The only time I have had any problems with running electronics via dc in my car was when my wife replaced the a 2.5 amp fuse in the adapter with a 10 amp fuse (mmm...burning plastic)

[nutcase]

I use one and haven't had a problem.

[Snow Dog]

I'm no electical whiz, but I would think that as long as your charger has a fuse, it should be pretty tough to fry your ipod.

A fuse limits current (that's amps), not voltage. You could run 100 volts through it and the fuse would be fine. It also takes time to pop -- tenths of seconds -- which is forever to the electronics in the iPod. The iPod dock connector has +5V (USB) or +12V (Firewire) for charging and I'd guess that cheap chargers hook up the +12 directly to the car. Too bad the car's electrical system runs at +14V (or more) with lots of noise.