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For the past few years I’ve been listening to music and podcasts on my various iPods in the car over FM transmitters. They work… okay, but not great. It’s all about getting a clear enough frequency and being able to sustain the signal long enough.

I’d whittled it down to two reasonably clear channels in the Boston/Cambridge out to metro west areas - 88.5FM and 92.3FM. But, depending on the weather and the quality of the recording, my listening enjoyment fluctuated daily. By last week I’d had enough. 2hrs a day on the road and I want to be able to enjoy what I’m listening too.

I have a 2005 Jetta, the new style. Great car and VW offers an iPod Adapter which can be installed by a dealer. But every review I read pretty much stated it was pure crap.

Finally I found the PA11-VW6 from USA Spec. It works great with all ranges of current and most past iPods and runs off the CD changer port on the back of the car stereo. Installation took around 30mins by an experienced car audio guy for a fraction of the cost a dealer would charge. Best price I got on the device was from Enfig Car Stereo.