Ipod Dock for "ipod Ready" Pioneer Elite Receivers

by Pioneer

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 9.6 x 7.2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000IWL77U
• Item model number: IDK-80
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2005

Product Description

Ipod Dock for "ipod Ready" Pioneer Elite Receivers

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Home Theatre and Music Lovers, July 28, 2007

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Sylvie White - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ipod Dock for "ipod Ready" Pioneer Elite Receivers (Electronics)

This product is a must for any Home Theatre user who also uses a Ipod. My Pioneer Elite Receiver came with the cable to connect it directly into the receiver. If your receiver does not include the cable you must purchase it separately. I plugged in the device, spent about 5 minutes with the Receiver manual and had the Ipod playing music and pictures on my Plasma display. Your Ipod menu is displayed directly on the TV when selecting music. Pictures require you to select play directly on the Ipod sitting in the Dock. If you have problems getting the menu to display on your TV just unplug the Ipod or Dock from the cable and reset.

This thing is great since you can use or create playlist to run while entertaining.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Works as advertized But..., October 20, 2007

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J. Donaldson "Cal-diver" (Redding, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ipod Dock for "ipod Ready" Pioneer Elite Receivers (Electronics)

This product does exactly what it says it does. However I wish it worked differently than designed.

Having set up the iPod doc with the Pioneer AV receiver, and my Logitec Harmony 890 remote the iPod adapter is very easy to use. Plug the iPod into the doc, push the "listen to iPod" button on the Harmony, and you're off and running. The contents of the iPod display on the TV screen where you can select album, artist, genre, etc as you can on the iPod. Well almost.

On the iPod (when it is out of the dock) you can use the click wheel to rapidly scan through songs or albums. When using the adapter the click wheel is disabled and you must use the TV. The interface lacks that rapid search capability and you must slow scroll through genre or album until you finally get to what you want to play. I wish the design allowed the click wheel to operate while in the dock. That way you could plug the iPod in, rapidly select what you want to listen to, and walk away.

The other problem is the TV has to be turned on to select music. If you want to save energy and money you must turn off the TV after you make your selection, then turn it back on to switch albums later. My TV draws about 250 watts so it isn't wise to leave it on for hours while listening to music. This just isn't the best setup.

So my advice to the designers of either this dock or the Pioneer is don't disable the iPod click wheel on your next design. I have a second iPod dock which isn't so well integrated into the Pioneer but I'm thinking that is a good thing. The other iPod doc simply would output audio to the amplifier and all other controls would be on the iPod itself. I may end up using the other doc which has it's own Apple remote, perhaps less convenient in some ways but more convenient in other ways.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works as advertized...., August 13, 2008

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Tim (Lutz, FL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ipod Dock for "ipod Ready" Pioneer Elite Receivers (Electronics)

Works great. Allows you to view Ipod functions on your TV and control the Ipod with the remote. The only down side is the Ipod information is displayed in black and white. I have all my music on one Ipod and do not need any other music device connected to the receiver. I have a VSX-92TXH receiver and a Pioneer display. I also use a SR+ cable to view the receiver information on the TV.