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Electronics : Keyspan TVI-200C TuneView for iPod classic 4G, 5G (Black) |
- Awesome! Just Freakin Awesome!This remote/dock is awesome! The one thing I wished with my old dock was that I could view/change music without going to the dock. Presto! The Keyspan TVI-200C does it...and very well. The sound is perfect, it was easy to set up, I love it! If I had to give it one critique, it would be there is no on/off switch on the dock. You can put it in sleep mode via the remote, but I would like to turn it off like my old dock. But that is the only downside...and it is not even a minor thing, just something I need to get used to. You can view/select just like on your iPod..by artist, genre, album, and song. You can also hook it up to your TV for video (via S-Video)and pictures. If you are thinking about it, buy this dock/remote! At this time (05/21/08) it did not come with a adapter for Nano 3rd Gen, but I just went to the Apple Store and bought one for a couple bucks.
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- Nice for large roomsThis product outperforms anything I've seen or tried on the market. It works with my new iPod Classic 160, my wife's iPod Video 80, and an old iPod 60 we had laying around. The remote feature is the coolest. Having the menus on the remote proves invaluable in large rooms or in controlling the iPod in a different room while entertaining. My wife frequently uses it from the kitchen. As far as video performance, make sure that you get as high of a quality video on the iPod as it will allow (around 1500 avg for my classic) otherwise things can get a bit grainy on a TV. Actually that's an iPod issue not a Keyspan issue. For music in a large or different room, this is the ticket!
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- The Best in Class, The Only in ClassFour stars because it's the only products of its type. If it had competition it could be rated lower.
I have received two units. Neither without issues, Amazon has requested both be returned for a full refund and no replacement. They have subsequently (as of yesterday) removed the product from thier stock, although you can still order from other merchants on Amazon.
First the good stuff - This device does what you want - it shows the the songs on your ipod on a remote from a large distance and through walls. You can control volume, mute, song selection, view by albums, artists, etc. Additionally, it will display videos on your tv and charge your ipod. There's nothing on the market that does this via a remote control with a screen. Changing the iPod almost instantly reflects the updated ipod content on the remote. At a party recently, I continued to hear: "my ipod has better music", or "you got to hear this song" (and since this is an ipod and not a zune theres no music sharing) we had to swap ipods on the dock. This was a hit with the guests and worked great.
Now the bad -
Major:
1st and 2nd Unit: Remote makes buzzing noises, which is more annoying that anythin else. Although the long-term impact of what's causing the noise is unknown.
1st and @nd Unit: For the price, constriction is not great. Seams between top and bottom half of remote have a gap of a coupl mm (albeit it sounds minimal, it looks cheap).
2nd Unit: Buttons on the remote would not depress properly. They were extremly flimsy in construction. The first unit did not have this issue. You have to dig in the button to try and get a response.
1st Unit: This could not be tested on 2nd unit since I didn't use it because of the buttons. Unit would freeze up, get stuck and return, delay processing, menus become random (shuffling the display instead of the songs ;)), selecting a song actually plays the sog aove your selection, and loss of sync. Resetting the unit, unplugging power corrects the issue. Although the why is not definite, heavy use is likely. If you play a playlist all night the unit works flawlessly; if you're jumping around all night then it'll happen rather frequently - every 1.5-2 hours.
Minor stuff - this is stuff that you expect in any 1.0 product as issues that will get corrected with feedback (like this):
1: Navigating large libraries is tough (I have 2000 songs on this ipod). Playlists are almost a requirement. The designers thought about this (it wasn't ignored on thier part) since they include a few shortcuts using the wizard button: first letter, start, middle and end of list. It's a good start but some additional help is needed. I can't imagine trying to navigate 20K songs - especially with the popular letters.
2: The display is not what you have on the ipod since it is text based, but good enough. There are some quirks that one remembers when traveling through the menus - but not enough to detract from the product.
Overall, as this is the product of its kind, I say "Buy It." Once some others enter the market, it's going to have to work on these issues to stay in the game.
The polish not including the previously mentioned issues (this is for Keysoan or competitor: Exact ipod interface (making it a natural extension of teh iPod), with or without images, ratings capability, lyrics (this would be so Karaoke cool).
Rating:
- **Updated Review** - 5 Stars.......**UPDATE** Tripp Lite bought out Keyspan - I received a new unit within a month and it works great! Much better Customer Service Now.
**Original Reveiw**
Unit has great sound and functions well. However, the batteries were only lasting 4-5 days with little or no use. I sent the unit back to Keyspan two months ago for repair and I still do not have the unit back. I'm getting the royal runaround!
In summary, a great product if you don't have a problem with it. Customer service is non-exsitant.
Rating:
- Degrades audio qualityI love this remote! It is brilliant and the range is amazing.
However we have found that when the ipod audio passes through it, the sound is noticably degraded. One solution is to plug the audio in via the top ipod headset jack, but that seems kind of messy.
We've tested vs the ipod headset jack, a monster cable and through the remote docking station. Its clear there is some kind of audio degrading via the docking station.
I'm really disappointed because otherwise I love this remote.
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