Features:

  • Stable Connection: Solid Bluetooth and FM connection lets you stream music straight from your phone to your car’s sound system.
  • Car Locator: The Roav Charger app records your car’s location by setting a pin in the map the instant Bluetooth connection is lost. Forgot where you parked? Roav didn't.
  • Dual USB Ports: Enjoy simultaneous high-speed charging for driver and passenger or plug a USB drive into the top port to play saved files through your car’s sound system.
  • Effortless Hands-Free Calls: Bluetooth 4.2 provides a strong, stable connection for reliable hands-free calling that you can hear through your car’s stereo. What’s in the Box: Smart Charge F2, manual, 12-month , and friendly customer service.
  • Note: not compatible with 2007 VW Jetta, 2011 Nissan Rogue, 2002 Nissan Altima 2.5S, 2001 Audi A4, 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan, 2011 Mazda Miata, 2005 Toyota Highlander, 2004 Saturn Ion, 2005 Honda Civic, 2008 Chrysler Town and Country
interfered with my tire air pressure reading, revised rating 6 jan 2019

Interfered with my Tire Monitoring System. Noticed a couple of days after I plugged it in that the light for my air pressure in my tires would flash for about a minute then be steady on. What that normally means is the battery on the monitoring system is low. I had replaced the tires a month ago and all was fine. I checked the pressure in the tires all was fine. The only other thing that had changed was the fm transmitter being in the lighter socket. I took it out and after 30 seconds everything was back to normal. This was after 2 days of trying to figure out what the problem was. Otherwise I liked it. For me the "Find my car" feature was spot on. Sound was good. If not for the interference I would of kept it. Had to send it back. revised and updated 6 Jan 2019. Seller reached out to me as noted in the comment and direct email. I retested it again with the above frequency and I didn't get any error readings however I got a lot of white noise. Changed it again to 95.5 and it worked fine. Very happy with it now. It also has built in to the app a "find my car" . It works very well. It auto sets itself so when you get out of the car you don't have to set where you parked, it does it by itself. Customer support was great, very helpful and wanted to make sure I was satisfied. For anyone that forgets where they part in the Walmart or mall parking lot the "find my car" this is an added bonus. Would recommend. Again, if it does not work well on my frequency do as the seller suggested and try another. For me 95.5 worked well.

Good performance. One caveat.

This paired easily and works as described. A good product for the price. Be aware, however, that there is no off switch. So when using the device in a cigarette lighter port that doesn’t lose power when the engine is off that the device will stay connected to your phone. If your car is in the garage and you’re in your house then it presents a problem when using the phone in range of the device. We resorted to simply unplugging it when pulling into the garage. For this reason I’m torn between giving it 3 vs 4 stars. Maybe 3 1/2. If there was an off switch I’d give it 5 stars UPDATE: After writing the above review ROAV kindly wrote me an email with information on how to power off the device by holding the multi function button. Thank you for good customer service. I gave it a 5 star rating. Thumbs up

Great transmitter and charger. GET THE APP! TURN OFF THE VOICE PROMPTS!

I have mid 2000's Toyota. It runs great but it's short on any great tech features, like a bluetooth stereo. It does have an aux line in though so getting music from my iPhone to the car meant plugging in my phone's power cord, then plugging in the aux cable. Then if my wife was in the car too, she would plug in her phone's power cord as well. So cords all over the place. We just made the leap to Pixels which means wireless charging. So it made sense to do wireless sound transmission as well. This little device is perfect. >It's actually smaller than the photos here make it seem. >The bluetooth connects quickly >It remembers more than one phone. It will auto connect to the last connected phone. If your phone wasn't the most recently connected, you'll have to quickly manual connect in your settings. >The FM transmitter seems to connect just fine and you have fine tuning options in the app. You can even turn it off if you don't use that feature. (Though the red LED's stay on. A small piece of black electrical tape fixes that if you don't want to see them.) >It has an Aux out port. If you have an Aux port, this is a better option than the FM transmitter. >THE APP! I was expecting it to be garbage but it has a lot of useful features. You can update the firmware. You can turn off the voice prompts. You can manage how it handles phone calls. You can turn off the FM transmitter if you use Aux. You can even monitor your car battery and it will remember your last parking location. >Charging from the USB ports is fine. I would have liked a few faster ports but they work well all things considering. So my setup is now a phone cradle on a vent that wirelessly charges my Pixel and I have a cable running from the Anker to my Aux in port. Because the Aux port and the cradle don't move, I have those two cables strapped down and out of the way. Now the only loose cord is when we have to charge a 2nd phone.

Tried Many FM/Bluetooth transmitters - This one is a keeper! Highly Recommend.

I have tried countless FM transmitters of various kinds in my old car that has no external method of connection and was pleasantly surprised how well this Roav SmartCharge/FM/Bluetooth transmitter worked. It locks on to a FM frequency and very effectively overpowers any FM background static there may be to provide a clear and good audio channel. The chargers work fine and the little display of the tuned FM frequency is very useful. It is super simple to adjust the FM frequency for when you are travelling and you need to change the frequency. On the Bluetooth side, it very quickly connects to your phone and a little voice is transmitted over the FM that it has successfully paired. It also blinks the display when the bluetooth is not connected so you don't have to pull out your phone to figure out if there is a connection or not. I have used it 1 or 2 times for voice calls as well and that also worked w/o issues. I bought it primarily for Bluetooth Audio connectivity to my car radio - Would Highly Recommend!!

A Swiss Army Knife for My CAR LOVE IT!!!

I love this USB car charger too much it literally has everything I need in one small unit. So like I said this thing basically a Victorinox Swiss Army Pocket Knifefor you car. So what can this little guy do let's see: Dual USB charging ports(USB PowerIQ 5V/2.4A + 5V/1.5A) Bluetooth 4.2 Receiver FM Transmitter AUX Line Out MP3 Player(Through The Non-PowerIQ USB Port) Companion Roav App(FM Frequency Modulation and Car Locator) Thats everything in this little car charger now let's talk about how it perform. Right out the box simple to use you get the SmartCharge F2 it self, Owner's Manual, and a Happy Card. When I first plugged it in I switched it to the right FM frequency that is perfectly displayed on the screen of the SmartCharge F2 and voice promoted saying "waiting to pair" and after I got my phone connected to the bluetooth SmartCharge F2 the device replied with a satisfying voice "successfully paired" and my music automatically started playing. Now comparing this to there older bluetooth receiver that Anker currently still sells Anker SoundSync Drive Bluetooth 4.0 Car Receiver, Wireless Phone Call & Music Streaming Car Kit with Built-in Mic, Music Streaming, Echo and Noise Reduction, Multi-Point Access, 3.5mm Aux Cable When I connect to this adapter I would have to guess what sound I just heard and assume I was connected with a little blue led indicator that would blink rapidly until my phone was connected and even when I had my phone connect it would show with a solid blue light and not play music automatically. Comparing the 2 devices I really love the improvements they made especially bluetooth connection are stronger and more reliable than ever, every time i leave my car weather it was on or had to turn on when I get there the blue tooth automatically connect to last devices and starts playing music all on its own. How good is the FM Transmitter? Well pretty good in my opinion with the testing I've done. On the package and in Anker's page they state you have a transmission distance of 2 m witch is 6 ft. I got around 10-12 ft. with my testing with clear audio still. Another incidences where I tried this out is on a family trip if you're using two cars and following the other car at a 2 car length distance from each other both cars can get the same FM station and simultaneously play out of the both cars making an ultimate surround sound. How's audio quality compared from AUX V.S. FM Transmitter? Well there is a difference right away if you switch from the two output sources witch both will transmit simultaneously out of the AUX out and FM out. FM out when you find a good station thats just static and you hear no other interferences from other radio stations you audio quality is how any other radio station would sound it has that radio like sound that you would get not that loud and not that much base comparing it to the AUX out, nothing can compare to a true line in connection to your speakers. But when you have AUX out and you have not music playing you hear straight static noise from the negative connection being exposed of the 3.5mm port not being fully covered even when you play music you will hear it in the background. Audio quality is best with AUX out and with a AUKEY Ground Loop Noise Isolator for Car Stereo Systems and Home Audio Systems, 3.5mm Audio Cable Included this little devices will cancel out all the static noise that you get with the SamartCharge F2 and you will have quiet and uninterrupted music listening. MP3 Player Does it Work? Yes the MP3 player does work but when I first had this it didn't work at all, had a hard time finding out why but here is the solution if your MP3 won't play music after you inserted your usb flash drive here is why. Make sure your USB drive is formatted properly to the file system FAT, FAT23, exFAT and that you music is no where but at the root of the USB drive. The reason why I couldn't get mine to work is because when I formatted this flash drive on my MacBook the default File System was "mac-os x journaled" Also you music file format has to be in .mp3 .wma .flac. wav. in order for the MP3 player to work properly. After you have everything all set on your USB drive just insert into the non PowerIQ USB port your music should start playing if not just press the middle button(phone icon) and your music should start playing. When your playing a song or skipping a song the displaying shows you what track number your on for a couple of seconds and then goes back to displaying the FM frequency that its on. Other than my little issues that I had everything work beautifully and I use the MP3 mostly everyday its like your own personal station when you don't wanna mess with your phone for music and you hate using the radio because of all of the commercials. Car Locater? When I first heard about this I thought it had to be a joke or something because you couldn't add a devices with GPS for less then $25 and I was right the only thing the car locater does with the SmartCharge F2 is nothing. The car locater relies truly on your phone the app and your phones GPS location witch you mark yourself. I think the only thing that the SmartCharge F2 does for any location finding is telling when it's connected and not connected and will give the last location when the SmartCharge F2 was last connected. Haven't used it much since you need to open the app whenever you want to use it. For the most part I just plug it in and play my music don't really have need to go into app not unless i'm change my FM frequency witch I haven't had to do and on the app you have can have 3 Preset FM station to switch back and fourth from. i'll have to do more testing on the car locater and will update my review when I can.

Works VERY well-Unplug for local radio reception when not in use!

Most of the FM transmitters for cars that flood the market these days can't overcome the noise on the FM dial of even a distant signal reaching the vehicle's antenna. This one, with full range of tuning the FM band does a GREAT job. It works simply, and announces on your chosen frequency it is "waiting to pair" then says, "successfully paired" and whatever device you've paired then sends it's content to this transmitter which puts it easily on your vehicle FM radio. Simple. Gave one of these as a gift at Christmas to a friend in a larger radio market. It plays clearly on any chosen frequency. The two USB power sockets are convenient, and the device is small and doesn't look out of place. The ONLY drawback I've had to this is, it generates some "hash" (noise) on the FM band that shows up on the channels that you're NOT tuned-to. What does this mean? It means, when you're not using the transmitter and want to tune to local FM, you'll need to remember to unplug it, or you might think that your favorite local FM is running at very low power due to the interference. It will create a situation where you get the hiss and symptoms of a distant FM station, even if the station is just across town. NOT a big deal, nor a high price to pay for a well designed tool which makes your phone into a WIRELESS entertainment system in the car, truck, SUV, etc. Highly recommend for people particular about their electronic toys, and for older vehicles without bluetooth! Just UNPLUG when not in use.

I feel like my 10 y/o car got a tech refresh!

I had a Bluetooth Car Kit shoot-out in my 2008 Volvo XC90 and the Roav won! I was interested in both call quality and music quality as well as logic, clutter, and convenience. And the result is very encouraging, even for those of you with no Aux-input! I tested 7 of the the current crop of highest-rated bluetooth kits both aux-in and FM transmitter models. I expected the wired connection to aux-in jack to be far superior in sound quality but was encouraged in another thread here to give it a try. Maybe it's my lack of Premium Audio, but I really can't tell a difference between the FM and Aux in! These transmitters have improved tremendously over the past ten years since I last tried one! And of course the benefit is that there are no wires to run because bluetooth to the device and it sits in the cigarette lighter. Ironically, rather than sound better, 2 of the 3 aux-in devices actually exhibited a bad RF squeal that got worse with acceleration. I believe there are isolators available for this but it's another thing to hang off the aux jack and more clutter. In the end, all of the FM transmitters sounded excellent (and I live in a city) and the difference came down to the manufacturer's implementation of controls, features and call quality. The winner for me was this little guy, the Roav by Anker. Very good call quality with front-mounted mic, plus an app for iPhone and Android that lets you update its firmware and customize its behavior (as well as locate your car). Some of the customizations I appreciated were the ability to auto-resume your audio from the phone, turning off the voice prompt ("Attempting to pair... pairing successful."), the option to announce the incoming number, and a live view (from the app) of vehicle voltage). Additionally, there are no extraneous buttons or readouts and no blinding screen that is distracting in the dark. Pairing happens reliably when returning to the car. With this device, I feel like my car got a tech refresh, it's that streamlined and convenient!

Works perfectly. Love it!

First off: regular buyer here, not a freebie shill. I drive a 2004 Corolla with a busted tape deck, so I can't use the adapter. I'd been using a cheap transmitter from Five Below which got the job done-ish but was a pain in the butt to use. The ROAV is awesome... no ear-splitting static when I start the car, it pairs automatically, and the sound quality is as solid as if it were plugged into an aux jack. I have yet to hear a single whisper of static so far using it. The best part, though, is that the ROAV filters out the annoying engine noise whine/whistle when plugged in and charging! OMG that used to irritate the piss out of me and now I don't have to deal with it. I couldn't be happier.

FINALLY a Bluetooth FM transmitter that makes FM quality = Bluetooth quality!!!!!

I’ve tried so many FM transmitters and to be honest, none of them worked well. They all somehow had white noises and interferences during driving. The ROAV F2 smart car charger is the first Bluetooth FM transmitter that makes FM connection and sound quality equal to Bluetooth. It has enhanced FM transmitting power which allows you to enjoy your favorite music through car stereos with minimum noise. It could even override some local radio stations without interference. The phone app also allows you to choose the desired FM station within seconds. Here is my way to get the perfect FM station： 1. Start the car and plug in ROAV F2. Pair it with the ROAV charger app. 2. Turn on FM and adjust FM frequency from 87.5-107.9 on your car radio and save the FM stations with white noise in the ROAV charger app by long pressing one of the three preset FM stations. Repeat the step to save all 3 FM stations. 3. Pair ROAV F2 and Car FM with the preset FM station. CRITICAL STEP: Turn the phone volume to 100%. Turn the car volume up to 50%( 75% if you can) and hear the white noise. A good FM station will have some consistent white noise but not anywhere near loud or intolerable. Repeat the same step to choose the best FM station of the 3. It should have the least white noise at 50% volume. 4. Turn down the volume to normal range and the white noise will disappear. Enjoy your personal FM station with your favorite music and phone calls.

Amazingly simple, compact, Everything your old rustbucket needs to feel loved!

Solid, simple problem solver for older vehicles that dont have built in bluetooth! Setup is a breeze, and using the app makes changing settings so easy. All functions work as designed/described. I was using the aux port for music from my phone, but keep ing the phone attached to a wire makes it really tough to text and drive, or browse you tube, or read emails one handed. This now frees up the tangled mess so i can drive distracted with more control, as my phone hand can now cycle the steering wheel full rotations instead of having the cord yank the phone from my hands during evasive maneuvers. The icing on the cake, you might ask, no more searching the floor for the aux cord during those awkward red lights that turn green when you pull everything loose trying to put the phone to your ear and answer a call. Now i can just hit the "call" button to answer, with my shifting hand of course, and the built in mic and speakerphone option puts audio through the car speakers and translates crystal clear conversation ! I was not compensated in any way for my review, just glad i didnt have to buy $$$ new head unit +steering wheel control adapter +Factory Nav interface +Rear entertainment adapter +security bypass module... Saved about $500 . This adapter is money well spent.

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