Merconnet has sent a sample of one of their FM transmitters, the Car MP3 FM Transmitter, so lets have at it. I'd venture a guess that 99% of the readers here at PC Apex have some form of MP3 player... but unless you have a new car or have upgraded your car/truck/Yugo's audio system, then chances are you have to rig some way for your tunes to be played. Before I got this device, I was using my vintage Sony Discman's cassette adapter. I was looking forward to not hearing the tape drive spin.

Specs

Here are the general features supplied by the Merconnet web site:

Product Details

Remember the anydrive? It was a great product. This is one of our new models replacing the anydrive. As well you can plug your thumbdrive and listen to the music in the car via FM transmission.

This incredible new product is adopted with 3D sound coding technology, which maintains the Hi-Fi effects of MP3,MD, CD and TV. It has been developed from frequency phase lock loop ethnology, which ensures stable frequency radiation while functioning at a distance of up to 30 meters with no dead areas. It operates through your automobile audio sounding equipment so that you can still enjoy Hi-Fi music.

Features
- 3D sound
- To plug USB Thumb drives
- FM Transmission

Specifications
- Operating Distance: Up to 30 meters.
- Channel Isolation Ratio: ≥72db
- Frequency Range: 20-1500Hz
- Working Current: 45mA±10mA
- Operating Frequency: Labeled on the unit
- Output Current: 100 mA max (According to different model)
- Preset frequency station: 87.7 87.9 88.1 88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9
- Remote control

Contents
- CS-FM06
- Car Adapter
- Remote Control

Package

The FM Transmitter package would be best described as sparse. The package contains the transmitter unit itself, audio cable and a remote. That's it.

Now I know that the majority of consumer electronics are manufactured overseas, and that fact does not bother me. What bothers me is when a item is sold to the English speaking consumer without proper spelling and/or grammar proofing. If I were in the marketing department for ANY firm selling products to a different country, I would make darn sure that the text on my packaging, marketing, and instruction materials were proof read by a fluent speaker of that language. Enough of the pet peeves, on to the product.