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Apple iPod Radio Remote

Excellent

Written by NP from London

22-Mar-2009

My new office doesn't have a radio so I thought I'd check this out. WOW!, well impressed. So easy to use and functional.
The reception is excellent;I couldn't get any DAB radio in my flat but I get a brilliant signal with this. The plug and play setup is great (up and running in 5 mins).

I really am impressed with the remote. Being able to control the ipod from the lapel clip control is a big plus. Even if you don't want a radio this alone makes it a good buy.

I just don't know why I waited for an excuse to get one of these. You won't be disappointed parting with the 35 quid; I'm certainly not :-)

31 of 38 people found this useful

Apple iPod Radio Remote

Pros and Cons

Written by BO from Lispole

01-Mar-2009

Good product with very clear signal, etc.

However, when I purchased it for £35 (which is a bit much in fairness), I was told it works with all iPods (I bought it in the Apple Store in Regent Street). I had an iPod Nano at the time and all was fine, but I got an iPod Touch at Christmas and now the remote OR the radio doesn't work...

All in all, I think the next software update for iPod Touch should include compatibility with the remote and radio.

88 of 105 people found this useful

Apple iPod Radio Remote

Terrible!!

Written by MM from BLACKROCK

28-Feb-2009

I love Apple products but this has been a HUGE disappointment and a total waste of money. The reception is terrible even out in the open. If you are indoors, forget it. I have ended up buying a separate mini digital radio to make up for this products deficiencies. Do not buy this product.

15 of 26 people found this useful

Apple iPod Radio Remote

Good, but could be better.

Written by CM from Paisley

15-Feb-2009

The reception of this is very good, and i can't fault the sound quality. Build quality is also typically good. The downsides are as others have stated the cable length and the big question why is it not built into the iPod in the first place. You only get it in white, i kept mine in the standard iPod pouch for a short term and the black dye from inside discoloured the cable and will not come off. Please lets have a black one in a MK2 version.

17 of 21 people found this useful

Apple iPod Radio Remote

Good, but poor quality plastic

Written by GD from London

12-Feb-2009

Just had the clip on mine break randomly - looks like the plastic just gave way on the back.

It is a very useful thing, but for the price I'd expect something that would last

3 of 7 people found this useful

Apple iPod Radio Remote

Typical Apple quality built into a radio.

Written by JE from Plymouth

14-Jan-2009

I love this radio and use it all the time on my iPod Nano. Great reception and superb sound quality - what a pity it's not compatible with my iTouch 2G.

36 of 43 people found this useful

Apple iPod Radio Remote

Too expensive, cost me 2 ipods and 2 radio units

Written by MH from London

15-Oct-2008

From bitter experience, I wouldn't even plug this in to my iPod.

Seemed to work fine for the first couple of weeks then for some reason the 60Gb 5G iPod thought it was always plugged in and drained the battery within hours even when it was switched off and unplugged. Then the sleep function packed in altogether. After replacing my iPod for the 3rd time I threw the radio unit away. A shame because when it worked it was great and the remote came in handy too.

73 of 109 people found this useful

Apple iPod Radio Remote

Perfect addition - but silly cables...

Written by SJ from Malton

10-Oct-2008

It seems strange that iPods don't have radios built into them by default considering most mobile phones do.
But anyway, I love the radio, especially the charts on Sunday and I thought this would be a great accessory to have, even though many people don't seem impressed with it.

I found my radio already set to the Europe regional setting so I didn't need to change this as others have suggested (also reading the instruction booklet helps!!).

I managed to tune straight to my local radion station and got excellent reception. I couldn't pick up any other station until I went upstairs and I managed to tune it into every single FM station I can normally get on all my other radios.

The reception does fizz sometimes if you move about a lot with it so maybe not so great for jogging with and some places don't have any reception at all but then, mobile phones don't always have reception either and everyone still has them!

It works great as a remote for your normal iPod music too with functions for Next, Back, Play, Pause and Volume Up and Down and a Hold Switch.
These controls also work for the radio.

My only complaint is - why are the cables for this so stupidly long?! It isn't nessecary for the cable between the iPod connector and the radio to be nearly 1 metre long! It should just plug straight into the bottom with the only cables being from the headphones.
The radio does come with a set of earphones with a shorter cable but this still doesn't stop you having 1.5 metres of cable trailing all round you.
My advice - leave the connector cable wound up with the plastic wire tie it comes packaged with.

98 of 107 people found this useful