I borrowed a mates Belkin transmitter,it all depends where you are for reception quality really. I used it in my mates passat going down to cornwall & it hardly crackled.Used it again in the zed coming back from london & around town,found it a tad more crackly and annoying so ive gone back to making cd's which i hate. Roll on getting my Alpine IVA-D310rb put in the zed so i can use my ipod properly.lol