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Venturi MINI multi-function Car Kit FM Transmitter | 
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| Brand: Venturi
Category: CE
Buy New: £50.99
New (11) from £50.99
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 7253
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 3.9 x 2.8
MPN: VENTURI-MINI
Model: VENTURI-MINI
UPC: 506015959000
EAN: 0506015959000
ASIN: B0011Z7I62
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Bluetooth Music Streaming A2DP | | • | Full Duplex Hands-Free Calling | | • | RDS / RBDS FM Transmitter | | • | High performance Charger | | • | With no Installation Required |
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Product Description
The Venturi Mini is a new and unique product combining Bluetooth Music streaming with Hands-Free calling and USB style charging. The integrated FM RDS Transmitter streams stereo audio through the in-car sound system for music playback and hands-free. The Venturi Mini requires ZERO INSTALL and simply connects to the cigarette lighter socket in the vehicle making it easily transportable. The integrated OLED display and high performance microphone enables high quality crystal clear hands-free with the received audio coming through the in car speakers. Music Streaming Music can be streamed from a mobile phone using the Bluetooth A2DP profile or a portable music player can be connected via Bluetooth A2DP or directly through the audio in stereo jack. Hands-Free Bluetooth Audio and Phonebook Providing high quality audio via the car speakers and crystal clear voice via built-in microphone as well as remote control of your phonebook with dialing activation from the smart interface on the Venturi Mini. Bluetooth Wireless Technology Featuring Bluetooth v2.0 & state of the art DSP technology for clear hands-free audio and advanced music streaming from your Bluetooth enabled phone or portable music player via smart interface on the Venturi Mini. FM Transmitter with RDS/RBDS Sends caller ID and other information to the car radio display for simple and easy call management. The phonebook contents are also displayed on the car radio display along with call status all controlled via smart interface on the Venturi Mini. Audio In and Out For complete flexibility the Venturi Mini allows you to connect any device to the audio-in and supplies audio-out for a direct connection to the vehicle stereo system or other audio devices. Built In Charger To keep your phone battery and other devices fully charged on the move with the built in 5V, 500mA USB style charger. (Adapter cables not supplied)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Exceeds expectations January 2, 2009
Mark Twain
This product is great. Call clarity at the other end is surprisingly perfectly good even though the unit isn't near the speaker's mouth. The FM transmition is very clear, much better than a couple of other transmitters I've had and calls come through very clearly without the usual buzzing of the phone in the speakers. There is occasional radio interference and you will get this if you're driving across regions which will probably require selecting another frequency. Most amazing is the convenience - it automatically docks with my phone when enter the car, even with phone in pocket. In the same time you can play and control music on your phone with two clicks, phone still in pocket. There's no battery to charge and you just fling it into the glove box when you park in a public place - when you plug it back in, it's automatically back in action in 10secs - nothing to do. If you pause a track when you leave, you can just resume when you return! RDS display is useful too (better than voice prompts). Drawbacks - 500mA USB might be low to charge a phone while also in use. Also couldn't download my phonebook - just got a message saying 'error' and yet to hear back from email to customer services.
 Does not work with iphone December 6, 2008
Sweetfoot (u.k.)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The streaming music via bluetooth function does not work with a iphone 3g.
I also found the controls to be too fiddly.
 Not as competent as I expected November 4, 2008
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.
Venturi Mini V. HTC TYTN 2 October 13, 2008
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.
seems like a great product, but cant charge 1000ma ppc phones September 27, 2008
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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