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| Belkin Tunecast 3 FM Transmitter |
| Page 2 - The TuneCast 3 |
| Page 3 - In Use |
| Page 4 - Conclusion |
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In Use:
While the Tunecast 3 is very easy to use and looks great, at the end of the day all that stuff really doesn’t matter if the transmission quality is poor. So we had to give it a quick test.
As I’d be using it in my car if I bought one, it seemed the best place to test it out, and I compared it to my old Tunecast 2 that’s served me well over the years. One thing I always noticed with the Tunecast 2 is that it’s transmission power was quite average when it’s on battery power, unfortunately the same is true for the Tunecast 3, it can be easily distorted, even by a hand moving around inside the car, no worse than the Tunecast 2 though.
When powered by the included car power adapter things get much better, distortion is next to nothing, and it can be placed almost anywhere in the car and still have the same signal strength. Whether plugging it into the car adapter boosts its output, or it uses the adapter lead as an antenna, I don’t know, but it certainly works a lot better and is how I would be using it anyway, so I'd certainly be happy to upgrade from my Tunecast 2.
Audio quality seems to have improved with the Tunecast 3. The old Tunecast 2 seemed to distort easily if the song contained heavy bass, but the Tunecast 3 handles it far better, with all notes, no matter high or low coming through crisp and clear. Belkin don’t list the Tunecast 3’s audio frequency range, but I’d expect it to be a wider range than its predecessor, as it certainly sounds better.
