Usar o iPod no carro (via FM)

«Devices that play music held on iPods over FM radios are set to become legal in the UK, as a law that bans such devices is about to be overturned. Communications regulator Ofcom has announced that it wishes to lift Britain's ban on the use of such devices.

By "such devices", we are referring to gadgets such as Griffin Technology's iTrip, which allows users to listen to digital music in cars or around the home. They are very popular in the US and Europe, but are illegal in the UK. They work by allowing car radios or household stereos to tune in to iPod signals and play music, and were outlawed because it was feared that they would interfere with commercial radio, despite the fact that their range is only a few metres. Even once the ban was in place, thousands of people continued to use their iTrip or Belkin's TuneCast wireless transmitter to listen to their music whilst out and about.»

Fonte: Techspot, «iPod radio transmitters to become legal in the UK», By Derek Sooman, TechSpot.com, Published: July 16, 2006, 5:27 AM EST

Mais:

«Under current legislation it is legal to sell the devices in the UK, but they cannot be used without a radio broadcasting licence.Ofcom said in a statement: "Low-power FM radio transmitters for MP3 players are currently unauthorised for use in the UK and Europe because of the potential to cause interference to broadcast services."Ofcom is responding to growing consumer demand for the use of these devices and has led negotiations in Europe to develop a harmonised approach to their use by late autumn 2006."The communications watchdog was criticised earlier this year by Kensington, which makes accessories for Apple's iPod music player, for dragging its heels in approving the devices» (fonte: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2160423/ofcom-legalise-low-power-fm).

sobre o iTrip: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itrip/

sobre o TuneCast (Belkin): http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=&pcount=&Product_Id=140984

Sobre o Sonnet (da Podfreq): http://www.podfreq.com/ipod/index.html

Sobre os aparelhos da Clear FM (nomeadamente o Pico): http://us.kensington.com/html/6402.html

Sobre o Airplay da XtremeMac: http://news.com.com/Device+brings+your+iPod+music+to+any+radio/2100-1041_3-5533310.html?tag=nl

Sobre o novo iCast: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/#082306istuff

Já agora: «In the United States, FM transmission technology is legal, though satellite radio companies have run into trouble with several products. The Federal Communications Commission is now examining various devices that apparently pose interference threats to terrestrial stations»