Comments about Monster® iCarCharger 1000 for iPod® and iPhone™:

I bought it to charge my iPhone and play music through the aux port. First, I have had no trouble playing through the aux port like other users reported; it sounds fantastic on my Camry Hybrid's stereo system.

My problem is with charging. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it works for a short time, then my iPhone flashes a warning and says that charging is not supported with this accessory. There's no rhyme or reason. It could work for an hour's commute, or it could work for three minutes, then kick off, wildly causing the iPhone to flash a warning screen on and off. Bad.

Lastly, there's no way this could charge an iPad; it doesn't have enough power output to handle the iPad's higher requirements.

I'm very disappointed, and because it worked okay the first couple of days, I threw out the packaging, so I won't be able to return it. Monster Cable FAIL.

Comments about Monster® iCarCharger 1000 for iPod® and iPhone™:

I would love this product- it's a sleek idea. But it's implementation leaves much to be desired, especially at it's price point. While the dock connector cable does work, contrary to the packaging, the accessory isn't iPhone certified, so every time I plug it in, I have to 'dismiss' a warning from the iPhone.

Also, there's a hum in the audio out- again, a disappointment from a MONSTER product. I would expect they would either put some power regulation in the charger or something to reduce the power hum coming through. But I guess I was expecting too much? I think not.

And the power port charger is HUGE. There's no reason that it couldn't be smaller. The "cable wrapping" feature would be fine to be omitted if it was more of a slimline power charger.

But if the power charger needed to be so big, they could have at least put a retractable audio cable in. But it's manual- and so it's a pain if you want to take it in and out.

All in all, it's the right idea, but with it's huge charger, power-hum, and the apparent incompatibility with iPhone although it advertises that it IS compatible, I'm not very happy.

Comments about Monster® iCarCharger 1000 for iPod® and iPhone™:

The 1000 is attractive and works in my Mini pretty well. There were some odd things:

1. My iPhone was set to shuffle with a shake. I had no problem before with just a patch cable, but I plugged in this device and the random shuffling began. Turned off shake to shuffle -- solved.
2. The output is too hot, causing distortion. Turned on Sound Check and it mostly clears up the problem, but some podcasts are still a little distorted -- but I can live with it.
3. The connection to the phone is a little flakey. I often need to reseat the plug to make the connection work. I may be missing something in the procedure. It usually works the second time.
4. It's supposed to be iPhone approved, but my 3GS flashes an alert when I plug it in, telling me the device is incompatible. I haven't heard any radio noise, it could be the iPhone just doesn't see the right chip -- I don't know.

The audio problem is kind of a shame. The line out should be better than the headphone jack. I will say that it's nice not to have to adjust the volume on the iPhone and on the stereo. It's just a shame that the audio line out is too hot.

In general, it's OK. I'm not returning it. If you're an audiophile, you don't drive the car I do and you shouldn't buy this product. It is a convenient little product and, if sound quality isn't paramount, it's OK.

Comments about Monster® iCarCharger 1000 for iPod® and iPhone™:

In use with iPhone 3 GS with installed iOS 4. It don´t work!! Tested in different Cars with different layouts.

In some cars it lost the left audio channel, in other cars the sound is very bad and fuzzy.

I will return it to the seller.

Comments about Monster® iCarCharger 1000 for iPod® and iPhone™:

Would be great if it didn't cause a 'buzzing' sound. Even tried w/ a separate audio/aux cable connected to the iPod phone jack, but same problem. It's the charger/control unit itself (e.g. no/poor electrical noise filter)