Comments on: Griffin iTrip Auto

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:23:27 +0000

Bought the Griffon ITrip auto adapter several years ago which broke. Tried to buy another, but the frquency only goes down to 88.1, not 87.9. I travel the country each week and the new one just doesn’t work at 88.1. Does any one know where I can buy one that goes down to 87.9???? That worked perfectly through out the US.

By: tyler

tyler — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:47:42 +0000

i love it.i actully took apart my itrip. i have the one with out the ciggaret lighter. i attatched a attena to my itrip. i can go 20 feet from a radio in New york

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:32:45 +0000

It has its flaws, but this thing is worth the $25 I dropped for it. I live in the North Atlantic corridor, halfway between Baltimore and Philly. 87.9 is an untouched frequency, as promised. And if I ever get truly sick of that static hiss, I just switch it to DX for a while. It beats burning mixed CD’s or a cassette adapter. I’ve had bad experiences with both. Kudos to Griffin for a good product.

By: TMan

TMan — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:19:27 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have a great love for music, and especially music in the car while I am driving. I love my iPod (I am on my third one…), and have been through several car chargers/transmitters. I had the original DLO TransPod for some time, and it worked great – transmitting in the lower 87.1 rage. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of leaving the transmitter in a loaner car while my car (a German car, with a radio that tunes down into the 87.1 range…but old enough to be without a built-in MP3 port…) was in the service garage. So, when I asked to check back to find the TransPod, it was gone. Not too much of a surprise, really. Anyway, the TransPod allowed transmitting in the 87.1 to 87.9 range. In the overly-crowded radio market of Los Angeles, these “unused” frequencies were the only ones available that were not constantly static-saturated, or simply unusable most of the time. There are, quite simply, almost no unused frequencies in the LA area. So, I was very disappointed when this Griffin iTrip Auto indicated it could broadcast on the lower frequencies, but for the longest time I could not find out how to switch it from US to INTL mode. Griffin’s own manual (the minimally informative cardboard backing for the packaging) nor their own web site give much advice. I was resigning myself to looking for an over-seas seller of an iPod transmitter, or going back listening to CDs in the car. That was until I read your article and the comments following. I was able to get this model (purchased in June 2008) to switch over the INTL mode, while still in the LX stereo mode. I did this by holding down the preset button until the LX/DX indicator flashed, then holding it longer until the US/INTL indicator flashed, then using the +/- button to toggle back and forth between selections. This has made driving with my iPod a pleasure again – free of static in the lower, non-US, frequencies. Thank you!

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:31:37 +0000

If you switch to DX mode you can choose 87.9 in US mode, KW. Just so you know :)

By: kw

kw — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:06:46 +0000

just talked to griffin. apparently the FCC told them to stop allowing manual switching to international mode & to stick with 88.1-107.9. too bad b/c i live in a major market and have trouble finding open stations (or ones without signals bleeding over.)