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(More customer reviews)I bought my YaTour device directly from the Chinese manufacturer, Qualir Corporation, intending to use it in my 2005 Toyota Matrix as a replacement for FM adapters. I took a calculated risk, finding no review of the YaTour but seeing a price well below my other option, the USA Spec PA15-TOY. And Qualir Corp provided free shipping from China. I went through a number of e-mail iterations to get Qualir Corp to ship the item in a timely manner. I highly recommend buying from a US distributor. Qualir Corp did reply consistently to e-mails, albeit with a one-day delay due to the time difference. The device installs very easily once you have instructions on taking out the Toyota 6-disc changer/radio (search online for a variety of available how-to videos - very straightforward). Don't count on the Qualir Corp instructions for the YaTour - the translation to English is almost impossibly poor. Alas, though, the product itself is very inexpensively manufactured. On my first usage, I had to wait for sufficient sunlight to straighten the pins in the iTouch adapter cord that attaches into the device. The pins are made of wire so fragile, and housed in a connector so cheaply made, that a number of the pins bent and made the connection impossible. It did get the pins straightened and the connection remade. Not a good start on customer satisfaction, though. Then the device routinely cuts out upon initial use of the Toyota volume control. Volume control works after restarting the iTouch. And the balance of the radio interface didn't seem to work well at all. The device is a major sound improvement over the FM adapter. Alas, though, the device died with only 12 hours play time! No reset, no cord fiddling, could get it back to life. Thankfully the iTouch and Toyota disc changer/radio survived unharmed. I contacted Qualir Corp for a refund or replacement, and was told to return the unit within 7 days and they'd pay for postage to China. Turns out the 7 days were from the receiving date. With the YaTour off to the trash, I now have the more expensive USA Spec PA15-TOY, and thus far it works very well. The price, smaller size, and the simple aux. input are the only advantages I found with the YaTour, assuming one gets a device that works, and that one can figure out the interface controls or live within the limits of the YaTour. My calculated risk cost me $55 and half a trip without a usable interface.
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