Reviews for Monster iCarPlay Cassette 800 for iPhone and iPod

I bought this to go with my new iPhone 5 because my old radio transmitter can't work with it (thanks Apple). The very first time using it was on my way home. The drive take about 25 minutes. This product stopped working 5 times. Stopped working as in stopped playing and wouldn't resume. I had to eject the cassette then put it back in. 5 times. While on my way home. This is a stupid thing. But props the the marketing team, they made a hunk of junk look pretty good. I wouldn't say don't buy it, but I can't recommend it.

6 of 9 people found this useful

This was really cheap, and if you can get the cord to stay in the phone, the music is not bad (for what this thing cost) but my cord will not stay in the phone. I have a Iphone5 with a Otterbox case, and I'm not sure if the case causes it or not, too much trouble to remove the case so haven't tried that yet, but even so I doubt I would remove it just for the music. It's a great idea and glad it works for a lot of others, but not sure I'll use it much due to the cord popping out in the middle of songs.

1 of 5 people found this useful

I bought this over three years ago and it's still going strong. Sounds as good as anything else out of the cassette deck - no static or other noise. I'm very happy not to have to buy a new stereo system for my 2000 Wrangler.

147 of 147 people found this useful

This worked sporadically at first & then kept popping out of the cassette player even though I knew I had everything positioned correctly.

An email from monster customer service said to: unscrew the four screws that hold the two halves together and reroute the cable so that it exits the cassette adapter to the other side.

Seemed odd to me that I would have to do that because it had worked correctly the first few times I used it. When I followed the directions above, 1: all the gears fell out leaving me no clear idea how to put it back together. 2: the cable doesn't reach to the 'other side'.

This is now a piece of electronic recycle out of warranty.

106 of 110 people found this useful

I had an earlier version of this product and like many others noted, the sound quality and "clicking" sound was awful. I was reluctant to try this updated product by Monster given the still mixed reviews, but I'm so glad I did.

This works amazingly well. The sound quality is fantastic, the volume levels are greatly improved, and there is no clicking whatsoever. I would highly recommend the iCarPlay!

67 of 69 people found this useful

Well i bought the Monster Icarplay cassette not too long ago and the only reason i bought that exact one was because it was the only one they had in target well when i popped it in my (2000 honda cr-v) car i was pretty impressed with the sound. However the next day the sound would switch either on the right side of the car or left side plus the volume would lower and raise itself by itself it was definitely not worth the money

55 of 63 people found this useful

With the griffin cassette player the bass was great in my car, then i bought this one and the sound is completely different and there is hardly any bass at all.

69 of 76 people found this useful

I had a Sony cassette for my iPod for years. Eventually I started to be able to hear the head cogs rotating. So I researched and went looking for a new one. I bought this one. It worked wonderful for the first month and then I noticed it having volume issues, connection issues, and eventually static that was impossible to get rid of. I ditched this and went to a car stereo sound place and had them put in an aux plug for me. The best decision by far! It wasn't cheap ($250 installed), but will save me wasting money on cassettes that never seem to work properly over a long period of time!

77 of 79 people found this useful

Everytime I start to play music it will continue to eject itself from my cassette player. The sound and quality of the music is fine but it ejects itself randomly. Not sure what to do. If anyone has any ideas please let me know.

Thanks

66 of 74 people found this useful