Belkin TuneCast Auto Live for iPod/iPhone/iPod Touch [GPS Assisted FM Transmitter Gains Optimal Radio Frequencies]

If you use an FM transmitter with your iPod or iPhone you’ll doubtless know that gaining the optimal radio frequency when you’re on the move can be an ongoing task that, apart from being particularly irritating, also has safety implications but Belkin’s new FM transmitter for use with Apple’s iPod, iPod Touch and iPhone – known as the Belkin TuneCast Auto Live – should see such frustrations wholly alleviated.

Designed specifically to be compatible with iPhone OS 3.0 but also compatible with the iPod Touch, iPod Classic and iPod Nano, the Belkin TuneCast Auto Live is billed as being the first GPS-Assisted FM transmitter when used with the iPhone application known as ClearScan Live (downloadable from App Store separately) which allows the device to ‘to control FM transmission and utilize GPS coordinates to determine the clearest FM frequency at the user’s location’ – thus ensuring that the optimal FM frequency is always utilised automatically. The is a great boom for those, like me, who consistently find their FM transmitters flaking out whilst on long journeys thus requiring intermittent re-scanning.

Belkin TuneCast Auto Live Features:

• Specifically compatible with iPhone OS 3.0
• Also compatible with the iPod Classic and nano
• ClearScan one-push station locator
• PRO setting optimizes audio and boosts volume
• Two programmable preset buttons
• High-contrast backlit display
• In-car charging

ClearScan Live Application Features:

• Activate ClearScan and utilize the GPS capabilities of the iPhone to identify the clearest FM frequencies, based on geographical data as well as results from other TuneCast Auto users in the same geographical area.
• Contribute to the quality of ClearScan’s recommendations by rating how well specific stations work at your current location
• Manually change frequencies and set favorite channels as presets.
• Minimize the number of devices you interact with in your car. Control FM transmission and music seamlessly all from the iPhone user interface.

The Belkin TuneCast Live FM Transmitter is available sometime this Fall for around $80 whilst the ClearScan Live application can be obtained via apple’s App store.