Griffin Navigate - FM for iPhone

The Griffin Navigate 6254 adds FM radio to your Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Classic.

Griffin Navigate for iPhone

Griffin Navigate - Packacking box The Griffin Navigate is an iPhone / iTouch add-on that we've been waiting on for ages. It adds FM radio.

The unit connects to the base connector on Apple devices and is a 6 button remote control with build-in FM radio

Key features:

Add FM Radio to your iPhone, iPod or iTouch
Control your iPod audio
Built-in mini-display
Radio supports RDS for station name display

Griffin Navigate 6254 Specification

Compatibility: Griffin Navigate works with iPhone 3G and iPhone, iPod Touch (1st and 2nd generation), iPod nano (2nd, 3rd and 4th generation), iPod classic, and iPod with video.
Dimensions: 55 x 31.5 x 15mm
Cable length: 24 inches / 61 cm
Released: Late April 2009

Availability

The Griffin Navigate is now available from Amazon.co.uk

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Griffin Navigate Review

This iPhone / iPod / iTouch add-on does pretty much what it says on the tin. It connects to the base of your device, and accepts a standard set of 3.5mm headphones. It's a remote control device that toggles through a selection of modes: FM Tuner, Playlist, Artist, Album, Shuffle and Select EQ.

Griffin Navigate - Front photo

There are a number of handy functions, such as holding down the pause button puts the iPod into sleep mode, plus a little 'lock' switch to prevent accidental keypresses.

Griffin Navigate - Side plus cable

FM radio is acceptable, though slightly disappointing. We've heard better portable FM radios in the past - it tends to suffer from interference a little more than we'd expect, and would really benefit from the option to switch to mono to reduce hiss - especially evident on our morning train journey. Still, the radio functionality is pretty well done - you can set station presets as well as auto scan to strong stations.

Griffin Navigate - At an angle

The feature we're looking forward to, is the availability of iFM, an application that can be installed onto your Apple device to allow you to get more from the radio (hopefully a mono option?). No idea when this is due out, but we're watching the App Store daily!

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