I bought this to use in tele-conferences and it works very well indeed. It’s compact, links up to your mobile phone really easily and is very clear (both the lodspeaker and the microphone). A very good invetsment.
Rating: 5 / 5

I bought this product hoping that it would be the answer to my iphone3g hands-free call /music streaming needs – at a reasonable cost.

Initial set up is pretty straightforward and syncing the jabra with the car radio is easy. However, as with all fm transmitters the product broadcasts your music/phone call via fm. This means that you can save the chosen frequency as a radio station in your car stereo so that you can easily flick to it. You can then stream your music to the stereo and when calls come through they are played through the car speaker – much in the same way as when you use the in ear headphones on an iphone.

Your voice is picked up by the mic on the jabra and the clarity for the people on the other end of the call is excellent. The unit itself is pretty stylish with easy to use buttons which you can navigate without looking at them – (always handy when driving given that it is clipped to the sun visor!). Having said that the lights on the unit are slightly distracting when you drive at night but you soon get used to them. (they are always on the edge of your vision)

The Jabra can automatically check for a clear fm frequency to use ……….and this is where the irritation starts.

If you live in a city as I do (namely London) then the Jabra struggles to find a clear frequency. Part of this is the fault of the ridculous number of pirate stations that seems to clog the fm frequency but some blame has to lie with the jabra. On occassions the jabra claims to have found a frequency which is clearly not ‘free’. Ok, you can manually adjust it and for most non-city dwellers this should be ok. But for us Londoners this is far from ideal while on the move. For example, i made a journey of about 6 miles across London and had to continually reset the fm frequency. In the end i simply gave up. Its not the Jabra’s fault that pirate radio stations or legitmate stations clog the airways but the automatic frequency finder is not perfect. You try manually tuning the Jabra and then manually tuning your radio while driving……….exactly!

Now i’m happy to put this down to the limitations of all fm transmitters but i did notice that if I held the Jabra in my hand rather than clip it to the visor then the signal strength improved considerably…..i.e it was using me as an ariel. That would suggest that its output is pretty weak. (whether it has anything to do with the fact that my car ariel is situated to the rear – i don’t know)

But………if you drive on the motorway then the airwaves are clear as a whistle and the jabra comes into its own. If I drove predominantly drive on the motorways then i’d give it a 4 or 5 stars.

But as I don’t then it’s an average 3 i’m afraid.

Similarly if you just want to just make phone calls then again it would be a good purchase. (but then you would surely buy an in-ear bluetooth headset? ) But if you want to stream music around town its not the best but its better than nothing

Overall a good well built piece of kit at a good price that warrants its plaudits – but I feel that it does not stand out from the other fm tranmsitters I’ve used in the past. Hence the average 3 star.

I guess what i’m trying to say is that at the end of the day……..its a battery operated tranmitter. So don’t expect the earth.

The search for the holy grail continues
Rating: 3 / 5

Good product, well made – easily loud enough at motorway speeds – mic picks up conversation well – extraordinary battery life – fm works well if you drive a van or something and need REALLY LOUD volume.

All in all very pleased with the product – 5*
Rating: 5 / 5

Combined with my Nokia 5800, this works perfectly. Being able to transmit my music from my phone to the car stereo, and send and receive calls as well ‘hands free’ is great. Incoming calls interrupt the music, which returns once you hang up. Voice dialling works pretty well too.

The only reason for not giving five stars is that the sound of vocals on music tracks is a bit tinny when fm transmitted to the car stereo, though I shall probably find a decent compromise by changing the phone’s graphic equaliser. The sound quality is definitely better than a cheaper fm transmitter I previously purchased.
Rating: 4 / 5

Bought this on the strength of reviews, specifically that it it easy to set up and use in-car. Can confirm this on both counts. Pairing to my Nokia 6300 took a matter of seconds. Haven’t tried its music facilities as I’m already catered for in that department. So far – well the battery life is excellent (days on end) and it really is easy to use. To turn on/off, simply depress the front casing ’til the voice confirms it. And the same action to take a call – no fiddly buttons at all. Actually you don’t need to turn it off when leaving the car, it does this automatically a few minutes after the Bluetooth connection is cut as you walk away. Sound quality at both ends of a call is on a par with built-in systems I have experienced. The visor mount does look a bit weedy at first sight but in practice it has held firm in all conditions. For the money, this is an impressive little device.
Rating: 5 / 5