Pyle PMP3A2 Car Flash Audio Player - LCD Display - MP3 - FM - Secure Digital (SD) Card - USB - W/ B

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This transmitter works great.

Purchased about a month ago, and have had nothing but good luck using it!

Fantastic quality over all. The remote to receiver link well together, no problems when using mp3 or sd card. Nice lcd screen, transmitter looks really good in my car also. Quality transmitter, perfect price, can't go wrong!

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I'm using this in a 2007 Ford Focus. A car that has a factory stereo with an auxiliary (AUX) button, but no auxiliary hook up jack; The jack is in the back and has to be brought forward by fiddling with electronics and taking the radio out.

To side step the problem of having no jack on my factory radio, no want to mess with the electronics, and no real need to buy a new stereo, I was lead to this option by Pyle which plugs into my Power Outlet.

There are three options that I've found to play music through the device:

SD Card

USB Flash Drive

MP3 Player via included Audio Jack Cable

USB Flash Drive: Up first to try the device out, I loaded up some songs on my USB flash drive via my computer and stuck it into the device. I set the Pyle device to a radio station, then set my cars radio to the same station. After inserting the USB drive, the device read the music very quickly. During playback, a static noise could be heard through out. It wasn't constant, nor very bad, but it was noticed immediately. I think that one could live with it as music plays with a sort of radio quality, but I was shooting for perfection so I went on to Option 2...

SD Card: Removing the USB and inserting the SD Card, the device read the music, again, very quickly. During playback however, you could hear a constant static noise that would go up and down in pitch. Going through a few different types of songs, the noise never went away, or got better. This option for me was worse than the USB stick so I went to the last, and assumed best, hope for great MP3 playback. Option 3...

MP3 Player/Audio Jack: The Pyle player comes with a regular audio cable for connecting MP3 players. I have a middle of the road MP3 player I bought from Walmart for $20 (a GoGear Vibe, to be specific) and so, having songs already on it, I connected it up and found no, to very little, static! The only downside is that the volume is now maxed out. I like to jam out sometimes and, either through the Pyle's fault or my MP3 player's fault, I have to crank up the volume dial in my car all the way to even get it loud enough to hear over 55mph. In comparison when listening to the radio or CDs, the radio volume bar never went past 3/4. I later found out that I could maximize the volume of playback by adjusting the MP3 player's volume, but again, it did little to get it much louder and at max volume, I was missing the quality I got from burning my own CDs.

The only other negative thing I found is that I must unplug the device whenever I leave the car because, if I don't, the screen stays lit. Being that my car is parked alone hours at a time in the middle of the night, having brightly glowing electronics inside isn't a good thing. You never know who might be walking around with an idea of breaking into cars. It's only a minor inconvenience to reach up a little and pull the device out, but some sort of on/off button would have been a nice idea.

In conclusion, this is a great and stress-free option if you want to listen to MP3s in your car, but you're not wanting to buy a new stereo or mess with wiring (even if it doesn't take a lot to do). But this is far from great quality. Three stars is perfect because, it works, sometimes great, but I wasn't too impressed.