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Garmin GPS and sound question

Firebird

2006-11-25, 10:33 am

I am about to get one of the XM traffic units (2730) how does it work with
your existing FM radio, I have read some things that does not work well. I
have a 2006 GM vehicle with a BOSE FM-XM radio. There is no input for a
device.
So, how can I get the sound over my radio?

Seagull

2006-11-25, 12:33 pm

Firebird <erodman@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> I am about to get one of the XM traffic units (2730) how does it work with
> your existing FM radio, I have read some things that does not work well. I
> have a 2006 GM vehicle with a BOSE FM-XM radio. There is no input for a
> device.

The FM transmitter is okay. No better or worse than any other FM
transmitter on the market, I suppose, only if your antenna is in the
rear of the car you may get a weaker signal because the transmitter
is integrated into the power adapter and as such you don't have any
placement flexibility.

If you have a cassette deck, use a cassette adapter instead.

John

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Topdog

2006-11-25, 10:33 pm

I own the 2730 and the issue I have with the FM transmitter is the
frequency range. It does not go down to the lower levels like 88.1
where you will find most of the open frequencies. When you are in the
bigger cities like Raleigh, NC and Denver, CO the FM transmitter is
virtually useless. The device it's self is fantastic but it is sad
they did not do a better job on the transmitter.

WeeeZer14@gmail.com

2006-11-25, 10:33 pm

Topdog wrote:
> I own the 2730 and the issue I have with the FM transmitter is the
> frequency range. It does not go down to the lower levels like 88.1
> where you will find most of the open frequencies. When you are in the
> bigger cities like Raleigh, NC and Denver, CO the FM transmitter is
> virtually useless. The device it's self is fantastic but it is sad
> they did not do a better job on the transmitter.

Actually it could be said that if the transmitter doesn't go down to
those lower frequencies, it is a _good_ thing. Or at least it was done
for a reason:
http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0052/t.262.html

If you consider NPR a public service that could be very important in
times of emergency, this issue gets very interesting.

So, how low will the 2730 go anyway?

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