Me. The update has little if nothing to do with this. Trust me, you're just not doing it right. I'm handing my old iPod over to my sister, so I'm trying out old devices before sending them along. I thought my iTrip didn't work with my iPhone either. I forgot that it needed to be playing audio (the iPhone) before the LED would turn on. I started plugged my iTrip into my iPhone and nothing happened. I jiggled it, and I got the "This device not designed for the iPhone / Airport mode" requestor. I said "No". Still not LED on the iTrip, but the iPhone recognized it. I then went into an audiobook and played it... instantly, I get the LED and start picking the radio station I want it to play over. When the radio turns on, I get a surprise... the sound is GARBLED. It sounds sped up and garbagy. I wonder for a moment if that's the end of it. Then I unplug it, and plug it back in. Guess what, it worked PERFECTLY. Audio starts streaming over my aiwa on 98.1 FM. I try changing it to different stations, and everything just works. I even use the USB jack on the iTrip, and plug it in, and my Mac pulls off all my photos from the iPhone, while its playing over the radio.
HONESTLY, if your previous FM transmitter doesn't work with the iPhone, then you're not doing something right. That's it.
Also on monsters website it says the model i have is not iphone compatible.
It doesn't... note that YOU said you didn't get a message box, but on the website it says different. It says:
http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=3029
Qiuck Tips: The following product will work with the iPhone, but with limited functionality, will only charge the iPhone. When the transmitter is connected, the iPhone will display a dialog box, that asks: would you like to turn on the Airline mode? Select Yes to assume functionality of the transmitter.
I don't know if they're on crack, or subscribe to the diabolical reasoning I list below, but the device works FINE. Honestly, these companies are scrambling and putting up inaccurate info just to curb complaints or manage expectations. If you say "YES" to the dialog, you turn on airplane mode, and can't browse the web or get phone calls... but the sound transmits without occassional/limited interference. If you say "NO", the device will occassionally get a spurt of interference from the phone's GSM communications. For me, this is about every 15-30 minutes and lasts about 3 seconds or less (long enough for you to go, "what's that--, oh" and then its gone).
MADE FOR IPHONE - As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that means, is that the device will be better shielded to deal with issues concerning the GSM interference, and moreover you won't get that message warning you that the device wasn't made for the iPhone. It's better that they say its not iPhone compatible: 1.) They don't have to hear you complain about incoming/outgoing GSM interference. 2.) They get to sell you a new version.
My theory... I have no IDEA why the iPhone takes a little jiggling (unplug/replug/jiggle) to work with some of the old devices. My feeling is that the connectors need to be slightly "cleaner" with less oxidation related substances on them. Once there's better metal-to-metal contact (easiest way being to jiggle the male and female parts together... call it foreplay if you must), and its fine. Perhaps the iPod simply isn't as fussy about that.
Trust that you're just missing something and that I tell you the truth. I wouldn't be so definitive if I didn't have the device, go through the SAME misunderstanding, and prove the point multiple times for myself through practice (and not theory).
The only other explanation is to why my iCar Trip, iTrip (old one), or anything else works with my iPhone (and not someone else's)... is that I have some magical "gifted" iPhone that has amazing "compatibility" powers NO other iPhone possesses. --Now... I may well be whimsical and eccentric... but that's still a longshot for me. ;-)
~ CB
