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Griffin TuneFlex AUX Mount and Charger with SmartClick Remote for iPod and iPhone (Black)

(38 Customer Reviews)

Price: $48.18
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Technical Details

• Mount, charge and play iPod in your car
• Wireless remote control comes with magnetic steering wheel mount
• Flexible steel neck and swiveling cradle let you position your iPod where you want
• Line out port and included audio cable connect TuneFlex to AUX In-equipped car stereos

 

Product Details

Product Weight: 0.82 pounds

Shipping Weight: 0.70 pounds

Model: 9563-TFLXSMCK

Manufacturer: Griffin Technology

 

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Customer Reviews

TuneFlex Aux is Good, Not Great,
by Spongeguy123, 2010-07-21

Easy to install. Did not find the volume level to be a problem, as discussed by other reviews I have read. Maybe other car audio systems were of a lower power wattage to begin with. I have it installed in a 2006 Honda Civic Si, which has a 350 watt stereo system. What I have found to be a problem is the following: at low volume level I some time hear static. Also, the adapter from my ipod does not fit tight and it tilts to the left. Today, while driving to work the unit fell out of the cigarette lighter socket, the ipod was not attached. All things considered, I would still by this unit and reccommend it to others.

 

Pretty good unit,
by Jman, 2010-07-14

This was the best unit I could find to connect my iPhone to the Aux. The speaker phone functionality doesn't really work, so I ended up connecting an external mic to the head phone jack. It would be nice if the AUX out supported the mic but it doesn't. I'm basically using this just as a charging dock now, which works just fine. I've noticed on hot days when I get back into my car, the unit's arm seems to have melted. The swivel mount connection has also become loose and for some reason the car charger doesn't really fit in my VW Rabbit. I have to really jam it in there and it still pops out every day. I've been using this product for less than 6 months and I don't expect it to make it to a year. I wish there were other options, but this is the best out there right now.

 

Read the directions and it's great.,
by Joe Ogle, 2010-06-10

It's a good thing I do not base all my purchases on reviews and I understand you get "good ones" and "bad ones", products that is. I installed the Griffin TuneFlex two days ago (maybe to soon for a review but we will see) and it is working great. At first it has some static but I noticed my ipod was not seated all the way down (colud not see it but a slight push showed it) after just pushing a bit it seated and no more static to be heard of. The volume control on the power adapter allows me to set the volume along with the radio/cd player so when I switch between the sources the volume does not jump or sink. I went to the Griffin website to insure it fit all my applications, so that was not an issue. I then labeled the different cradles I need and stored them in my console. The arm is stiff and secure (like it should be) and the ipod is staying right where I put it. You might want to bend it a bit before installing it. The rubber cleats on the plug grab the sides of the accessory plug-in and keep the whole thing from tilting side to side, not sure how it grips in a cigarette lighter plug. The control does what it says and seems to work fine, it does control the back light as well so make note of that button as well as the volume control on the plug... Read the directions.. The control is magnetic and lifts off easy so my wife can fast forward through the tracks from the passenger seat if she likes. If this becomes a bother or keeps getting knocked off (has not yet but its early) A small bit of epoxy glue or dab of caulk depending on how permanent you like should hold it there for quite some time. So far mine is a "good one".

 

Sound quality was very poor,
by Bluewind, 2010-06-01

I own a 2008 Lancer Evolution GSR with the SSS package. I have the Griffin Tuneflex that's controlled with a remote. Unfortunately, I experienced pretty bad static noise from my speakers which also changed as my revs went up and down. This was caused by a bad ground. This was only experienced with the Griffin Tuneflex, otherwise my Iphone alone had no static and the clarity was fantastic in comparison. Since I liked the functionality of the Tuneflex, I bought a Scoche Ground Loop isolator to remove the static noise. After purchasing the Scoche, I thought it was a bit bulky and didn't completely remove the static, so I purchased this Griffin ground loop isolator as well hoping the company's remedy would fix the static completely. Again to my disappointment, the Griffin product did a worse job removing the static than the Scoche. I'm unhappy with Griffin's quality. Their product inherently has a bad ground and their "fix" does a worse job than other brands. Horrible R&D.

 

Better for some cars than others,
by J. Lingle, 2010-05-26

After researching for a week I decided to buy the TuneFlex over the few other competitive options out there in the same price range for a few reasons. The first was the integrated 3.5mm audio jack in the charger base that gets its feed from the 30 pin connector of the mount for direct audio out from my iPhone 3GS. The second was the simple, streamlined appearance of the mount compared to other charger/audio mounts I researched, and the third was based solely on reading through what seemed like hundreds of reviews.

The 12V adapter in my 2006 Mazdaspeed 6 is recessed behind a hinged cover, and at a 45° angle, where the cup holder and gear shift center console meet the base of the front dash. My factory stereo didn't come with an auxiliary input, but I found a way to install one myself (on mazda 6 forums) by assigning the unused Media button on the stereo to a 3.5mm jack I bought at Radio Shack. Given the flexibility of locating the 3.5mm input anywhere I wanted on my dash, I put it directly beside the 12V jack inside the recessed compartment so that I could store the audio cable in the ashtray and minimize the external appearance of the mount.

I think that the TuneFlex is perfect for cars that have vertical 12V jacks in the center console between the front seats, or at 45° angles in the dash. However, the negative reviews are absolutely correct in saying that if you have a horizontal 12V jack in the dash, the weight of your iPod or iPhone will cause the charger to completely fall out on bumpy roads and sharp turns. There are two horizontal jacks in the dash of my 2005 GMC Yukon XL, and one is deeper than the other (one is a cigarette lighter, the other is for 12V adapters). The TuneFlex won't even fit in the shallow cigarette lighter, and it wobbles and eventually falls out of the 12V port. The bendable mount is not very pliable, so in my Yukon, my iPhone sits out about 10 inches from the dash, and slowly but consistently leans to one side until it falls out. The TuneFlex is definitely more suited to angled or vertical cigarette lighter jacks, and I wouldn't advise buying it unless this is the type of jack in your car!

The adjustable remote comes with a velcro strap and rubber strip to position it anywhere on your steering wheel, and the remote control can be removed from the magnetized base in order to pass it around and let passengers control the music too. The only problem I've experienced is that the play/pause button sometimes doesn't work. All of the other buttons work all of the time, so maybe I'll try changing the battery. Advancing songs from the remote is more important to me since selecting the album/artist/playlist to be played has to be done on the iPod/iPhone anyway, and I can just hit play on the touch screen when doing that.

Many of the negative reviews I read also complain about the number of iPod/iPhone adapters that come with the TuneFlex, and that they limit usage to existing devices. This is true. When the iPhone HD is announced later this year, it may not fit into any of the adapters. That's definitely something to consider, but I'm tied to my existing iPhone for another year, and by then who knows, maybe Griffin will have an adapter that can be ordered directly from them. I also have a rubber slip-on case and Zagg screen shield on my iPhone. The case has to be removed before the iPhone will fit into the TuneFlex, but the mount adapter hasn't caused my Zagg shield to peel back at all, after a few weeks of use. Having to remove the case could be seen as a negative for hard case users, but for me it's no big deal to take 2 seconds to take the rubber case off.

The only performance issue I found after installing the TuneFlex was the loopback noise from the engine, created from charging my iPhone 3GS while sending audio directly to the stereo. However, this problem was not specific to the TuneFlex, and was completely resolved when I purchased the Griffin Noise Reducing Audio Cable for iPod, iPhone or MP3 player. Other than that, it is perfect in my Mazda, and I don't plan on moving it between cars. It sounds incredible compared to the FM Modulator plugged into the headphone jack that I've been using for 2 years, and it looks a lot more elegant in the mount than laying in the cup holder with cables everywhere, so if you have a 3.5mm direct audio jack in your car, and a vertical or angled 12V jack, I highly recommend buying the TuneFlex WITH the noise reducing cable.