Venturi MINI multi-function Car Kit FM Transmitter

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Product Features:

• With no Installation Required
• High performance Charger
• RDS / RBDS FM Transmitter
• Full Duplex Hands-Free Calling
• Bluetooth® Music Streaming A2DP

Customer Reviews:

• 
  2008-03-06
  By Mr. Q. Abbas, United Kingdom
  The Venturi Mini is marketed as a multi-function device allowing a user to make use of the modern bluetooth profiles found in most new mobile phones.
  
  This is coupled with an FM transmitter meaning the user is able to listen to calls and music through the car speakers via a spare frequency on FM.
  
  In theory all this is perfect and indeed this is one of the mostly fully featured devices of this type. The OLED Display is very bright but thanks to the ambient light sensor the brightness is reduced at night, meaning you will not be blinded by the display.
  
  It is possible to set up 4 different FM frequencies which is handy if you are driving from town to town etc.
  
  The set up is a breeze and pairing to a bluetooth compatible phone is straight forward. Beware though Phone Book download can only be done via bluetooth but not all phones support this (not even my N95!).
  
  The buttons have a good feel to them and a beep is heard whenever any button is pressed or if the scroll wheel is used.
  
  With the use of RDS the Venturi Mini displays some information on the Car Radio display (e.g 'IN-CALL', 'CALLING' Etc).With some compatible phones (i.e. ones which allow the user to download the phonebook to the Ventrui) it is possible to have Caller ID on the cars Radio display.
  
  The Venturi Mini allows the user to stream music from a compatible phone and offers the following controls: PLAY/PAUSE, STOP, Next Track and Previous Track. Music is automatically paused when a call is dialled or received.
  
  I have sensed a slight hissing sound when playing audio through the FM transmitter. This is intermittent an I guess just an irritant more than a real problem.
  
  The Venturi mini does not have its own speaker but it does have audio out meaning you can use it with headphones (bit risky in a car!) or if you have audio-in on your car stereo you can switch off the FM transmitter on the Ventrui mini and get even better sound through your car speakers with no FM 'Hiss'.
  
  The venturi Mini locks into the cars 12v socket meaning it feels sturdy when being used. It switches on when the car is started and pairs automatically with the last used phone. The Venturi mini looks great and feels well built - it is surprisingly smaller than what the pictures seem to suggest.
  
  One thing to be aware of with this type of advice is the position of the 12v Socket. If it is too far away from you - no one will be able to hear you. A killer feature would have been the ability to add a microphone through a Microphone jack so that a user can place the mic in a better position. Also if the driver behind you happens to tune into the same frequency that you are using he/she will be able to listen to the person that you are talking to - AND your Music ;-)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  2008-03-06
  By Mr. P. Donovan,
  I love this product!! I was really unsure about how good it would be - i thought that the description of what the Venturi does was over-the-top, but it really does deliver.
  
  It is a doddle to install & very easy to connect to the phone via Bluetooth. The sound quality is very good when playing music - there is only a small amount of interference on the frequency i have selected, and this is mostly inaudible when mixed in with the normal sounds of driving... even more so when driving at high speed.
  
  Taking & making phone calls is also very simple. The sound comes through the car speakers very clearly & i have been told by my friends that they can hear me just as clearly, even though the Venturi is nearer the passenger side than the driver's side, due to the positioning of my 12v socket.
  
  This is the first review i have ever written about something i have bought online. I am just so chuffed that i can now listen to my music collection whilst on the move i wanted to let everyone else know!!
  
  BUY THIS GADGET!! You'll love it.
  
  
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  2008-09-27
  By coolj, us
  This would be a great product, with the ability to charge your and listen to mp3/take calls at the same time. This would especially be useful for phones that have a single headphone/charge point. But if you connect a usb lead to the venturi, it will only charge 500ma phones not pocket pcs.
  
  
  
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  2008-10-13
  By M. L. Farnham, England
  I bought the Venturi Mini mainly to reduce cables in the car and play audio via Bluetooth and FMrather than make phone calls which the Nokia CK-7W which I already had does rather well. The fact that the Venturi provides a USB Power Supply was very attractive since it will supply electricity to my Road Angel. Please bear in mind that any little problems I have run into may be down to the Venturi or the TYTN; I do not have the time to try another device with the Venturi! Firstly make sure the TYTN is not paired with any other device in the car by Bluetooth; if it is it may pair with the Venturi but it will not dock properly on subsequent occasions. If you would like it to dock and play music the best solution I have found is for the TYTN to have switched its screen off in power save mode! I think it docks every time like this. The trouble is, if you try to restore the screen manually on the TYTN to see the album art the music jumps. The best solution I have found is to press the white telephone button on the Venturi after docking and getting the music to play. Then press the green button indicating "Redial" as if to make a call and then the red as if to disconnect the call on the same unit. If you are lucky the screen will return to the media player on the TYTN after a short while and the music may not jump on occasion!
  Other reviews that you might have read indicating that the strength of FM signal is a little weak are true. Nevertheless if you search your car radio you will find spaces of about 1.2 for 1.3 MHZ between stations and if you tune the Venturi appropriately the sound quality is perfectly acceptable. The new Parrot costs over twice as much and has no USB Power Supply but I am reading all the reviews!!
  Mike Farnham.
  
  
• 
  2008-11-04
  By Pete Y, Midlands UK
  Reading the write up I had expected it to use RDS to break into whatever was on the radio or music and give me my phone call. Instead I find that the radio has to be retuned to the chosen Venturi frequency before I can hear anything.. with my Espace this involves a fair amount of fiddling around as it has a read-out on the dash and a remote control. Like most others it won't download the phone-book either. It does most other things competently and the download sound quality is fair.