Product review: Sony Ericsson MMR-60 FM Music transmitter.

I just gotta say something about this.
Just coughed up for a new mobile phone with MP3, radio & ‘good’ digi camera/video – Sony Ericsson W810i.
The phone is great, but this accessory:

Sony Ericsson MMR-60 FM Music transmitter K750i/W810i

What it does is transmit what you may be playing in the mobile’s MP3 palyer on a FM frequency (of your choice between 88mhz & 108mhz) which you can then simply tune into with the car (or other) radio, wirelessly. Seemed like a good accessory to have which can be easily adapted to any vehicle fitted with a FM radio.
But it didn’t live up to my expectations, which is that the sound quality would be the same as any of the FM radio stations. It isn’t.

Even though I have followed the instructions of setting my phone on ‘Normal’ on the equalizer & the volume to 80%, the sound quality as it comes out of the car radio sounds almost mono & pretty muffled. You can’t really enjoy the richness in the sound qualities of your MP3s as there isn’t any when played. Sure you can hear something, but that hollow, tinny sound of a ‘70’s stereo comes flooding out.
2 thumbs down.

Better option is to fit a MP3 compatible car radio or one fitted with a USB/phones jack where you can connect the phone directly to the car’s audio.