Monster Cable iCarPlay iPod Cassette Adapter (AI CAS-ADPT) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Monster
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Rating:  61 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 5.1 x 2.5
MPN: AI CAS-ADPT
Model: AI CAS-ADPT
UPC: 050644353123
EAN: 0050644353123
ASIN: B0001MQURE
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| Features:
| • | Pops right into your car's cassette deck to play music from your iPod | | • | Spring-loaded cassette head helps maintain contact with cassette player's head for clear sound | | • | 40-inch cord so you can rest your iPod where you want it | | • | 24k gold-plated contacts resist corrosion for maximum signal transfer | | • | Universal accessory for all digital audio players compatible with 3.5mm mini-jack |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Why shuffle through stacks of CDs and tapes to find the song you want while you are driving? With your iPod, whether you are going down the block or cross-country, you will have plenty of music for the whole trip. iPod puts all the music you want just a dial and a click away; and Monster iCarPlay lets you and your friends share thousands of songs through your car's cassette player. Features - Pops right into your car's cassette deck to play music from your iPod.
- Spring-loaded cassette head helps maintain contact with cassette player's head for clear sound.
- 40" cord so you can rest your iPod where you want it.
- 24k gold-plated contacts resist corrosion for maximum signal transfer.
iPod Compatibility
iPod nano 1G, iPod nano 2G, iPod mini, iPod 3G, iPod 4G (Clickwheel), iPod Color, iPod 5G/5.5G Video, iPod Shuffle 1G, iPod Shuffle 2G
Product Description
Why shuffle through stacks of CDs and tapes to find the song you want while you're driving? With your iPod, whether you're going down the block or cross-country, you'll have plenty of music for the whole trip. iPod puts all the music you want just a dial and a click away; and Monster iCarPlay lets you and your friends share thousands of songs through your car's cassette player. Just pop Monster iCar Play into your car stereo cassette player like any regular tape. Next, plug the iCarPlay cable into the iPod headphone jack, select your favorite song and you're ready to roll. Your music plays through your car stereo the same way it does from a recorded cassette in full stereo sound. You downloaded all your favorite music to your iPod so you could listen to it anywhere, anytime. Now Monster iCarPlay is your easy way to link your iPod to your car stereo and get your car into the groove.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 56 more reviews...
 After 4 Years of Use, Buying a Replacement November 3, 2008
Well my Monster iCarPlay finally bit the dust after four years. Yes, I do know how to use it. I routinely check my iPod's sound level before attaching it to the adapter. Oh and so you'll know my 60gb iPod Photo just bit the dust as well. Happy owner of a new 120gb iPod now. But I digress. Figured Amazon would be as good a place as any for the replacement because I plan to order a few other items at the same time. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the preponderance of the reviews for this product are at the lowest possible level. I decided I better look at others, I selected a Sony and a Phillips. Both have about 25% of their ratings at the lowest level. The descriptions of the sound quality with both though were underwhelming to me. So I am back to the iCarPlay because the previous one provided excellent sound quality, no extraneous sounds and worked well in my car. Of course I wish the cable hadn't frayed at the plug, but things to wear out, especially as rough as I treat them. By the way I would have rated this at 4 Stars but I haven't been able to rate anything on Amazon for over a month no matter which browser I use.
 Works perfectly October 6, 2008
This adapter works perfectly with an iPhone 3G in an old off-brand auto tape deck.
The sound is excellent, the noise is minimal. It is cheap, yet it vastly outperforms high-end iPod FM adapters (and I have tried several of them).
That said, this kind of adapter is very tape-deck specific, so it may or may not work well in some decks. IF it works, it is super, just be sure that you can return it if your player won't accept it.
 ipod cassette adapter failed July 25, 2008
I purchased two auto ipod cassette adapters. One for myself and one for my wife. Shortly afterwards, they both failed. They wouldn't stay in the cassette deck. I bought two more, one from radio shack and one from circuit city. I've had no problem with either. My first dissapointment from a regular and otherwise happy customer
Looks good July 16, 2008
but its sucks!!! I spent extra cash to get the "best", don't get it! I put it in and it starts clicking, I thought it would stop but even after I got my ipod running it clicked louder. I'm returning it, any suggestions on a better one? I was thinkin Belkin or sony... thanks
Good if you know how to use it. April 7, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A lot of the reviews I've seen on this site complain of this adapter's poor sound quality- that couldn't be farther from the truth. This adapter plays back sound excellent through an iPod. The users here experiencing trouble do not know what they are doing unfortunately and don't know how to configure this device properly, or they have terrible sound systems.
If you read the instructions on the packaging it indicates that sound playback is best with your iPod volume adjusted to about 75%. Doing this produces excellent sound quality through the tape adapter. I'm using this in my Infiniti G35 with a Bose sound system.
I've had the adapter now about 9-10 months and my only complaint with it right now is that recently it has been having issues playing back in my car. Specifically, sometimes when I start my car up and the tape deck attempts to play the cassette, it has trouble doing so and will auto-reverse to side 1, then back to side 2, and eventually eject itself with a tape deck error message. This seems to happen the most right after starting the vehicle or sometimes when I hit bumps while driving. I've tried to look into the cause of this and from what I've read the issue seems to arise from rubber rollers that cover the plastic rollers within the mechanism and their tendency to get stuck and cause problems in the playback. It was also suggested to remove those rubber rollers to improve playback but I haven't tried this yet. However, the playback errors are happening quite frequently now so I will probably either try that or buy a different tape adapter soon.
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