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(More customer reviews)I bought this to replace an old tinny-sounding mono alarm clock and a clunky bookshelf stereo.It was to function as an alarm and audio center in the bedroom.The sad thing is that it sounds pretty darned good, but it's poorly executed in just about every other way.
iPod playback is unreliable, with playback pausing at some interval after starting almost every time, requiring you to unpause - seems to be a bug with the iPod display going into sleep mode.There's no sleep timer, a must on an alarm clock, and if you go to sleep to the iPod playing the alarm won't go off in the morning because "alarm mode" and "audio mode" are mutually exclusive.As a bonus - there's no visual indication of which mode the unit's in.
iPod alarm mode is flaky, too - if you don't pick a playlist and pause it before going to bed, the unit won't play any audio at alarm time.Add a lack of radio presets, and a too-bright backlight (why must every unit like this have a display bright enough to cast shadows?!) and it's a complete failure as anything other than a slightly unreliable docking station.What's tragic is that it's the best sounding unit under $200 I've found.Boo on Homedics for being such a tease - this thing's going back.
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Product Description:
Party with your playlist! The Dock n Party iPod Docking Station is the perfect speaker system for your music. Neodymium speakers and subwoofer provide premium sound. And you can match your iPod or your environment with 5 changeable faceplates. Line in allows you to attach non-docking iPod models, CD players and other MP3 players.
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