iPhone 3G S snap in adapter, will I be able to play music?

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04-26-2010, 07:12 AM

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Ok, that makes more sense... These inductive-type antenna boosters aren't particularly good, but I suppose they might help in marginal areas.

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04-26-2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 545felix

the antenna connection isn't physical, it's an amplified loop inside the snap-in plate that connects to the antenna in the shark fin. it does boost the signal, somewhat. if i'm having signal issues i put the phone in the snap-in and the signal does get better, sometimes. i haven't bought the snap-in for the iPhone since i'm going to get the speck.dock instead but i have the whole center console wired up from when I had my blackberries with their snap-ins.

I thought about using my old iPhone in the car (if I got the dock) and swap the SIM when I get in the car for communication and just load up the internal hard drive with music or a memory stick and use it in the glove box. If the adapter is proven to give better reception via the external antenna, I might do this. Can anyone else chime in on using the iPhone snap-in adapter and how much it improves reception?