Keyspan TVI-200C TuneView for iPod classic 4G, 5G (Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 2.7 inches ; 1.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000KHDUVY
• Item model number: TVI-200C
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 13, 2007

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The Keyspan TVI-200C TuneView for iPods provides a new wireless way to manage your music throughout your house or office. The TuneView consists of a universal iPod dock, a 2-way RF remote with an easy-to-view color LCD screen, a USB power adapter, an audio and USB cable, and selected dock adapters for connecting to multiple sizes of iPods.

The TuneView Remote is unlike any iPod remote you've used before. The color LCD screen enables you to remotely view the contents of your iPod, and currently supports four languages including: English, French, German and Spanish. With all its components, this unit allows you to connect your iPod to a stereo or powered speakers using the line out jack, or connect your iPod to a TV using the S-Video jack. You can also use the USB power adapter to charge your iPod from an AC outlet, or use the TuneView dock to sync your iPod with a PC or a Mac, all while browsing and controlling your iPod with the LCD remote via a 2.4 Ghz radio signal that works through walls and floors from around the house.

Designed for use with 4G and 5G iPods with a dock connector--including the iPod 5G/5.5G Video, iPod color, iPod mini, iPod 4G (Click Wheel), iPod nano 1G, iPod nano 2G--this unit comes with a manufacturer's 1-year warranty. Both the TuneView dock and TuneView remote are USB devices that can be updated via a firmware download just like your iPod, and over time Keyspan will release firmware updates that will add new capabilities to your TuneView system.

The remote screen emits a subtle, high-pitched whine whenever illuminated; however, if the remote is put in "sleep" mode, the screen turns off and the noise stops.

What's in the Box
TuneView dock for iPod, TuneView remote with 2 AA batteries, 1 USB power adapter, 1 USB and audio cable (3.5mm stereo to dual RCA), dock inserts for; iPod mini, iPod 20GB/U2, and iPod with color display 20GB/30GB/U2, and user's guide.

Product Description
The Keyspan TuneView for iPod TVI-200C provides a new wireless way to manage your music throughout your house or office. TuneView for iPod consists of a universal iPod dock, 2-way RF remote with color LCD screen, a USB power adapter, audio and USB cables, and selected dock adapters.The TuneView Remote is unlike any iPod remote you've used before. It features a color LCD screen that enables you to remotely view the contents of your iPod.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Actually works like it promises!!!, June 25, 2007

By	J. Hall "mercury88" - See all my reviews

This is one of those rare consumer gadgets that works like you hope it will. It hooked up easily and displayed my iPod on the screen immediately....Was adjusting volume and changing songs out by the pool as I had hoped to....It seems a little more rugged than one reviewer thought, so I would say its average in that area....I can recommend it....

Jim
Alabama

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best on the Market, January 2, 2008

By	P. McCracken (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been researching for over six months now a good iPod dock that I could hook up to my Bose Home Theater system. Things I wanted to have was a remote that was anything other than IR. That is one that did not need line-of-sight to work. It must have TV viewable hook ups via RCA or S-video, and be able to handle a wife range of Apple iPods that we have found in our home. When you get into other than IR remotes you greatly reduce the market. When the Tuneview TVI-200C came out it boasted to have everything I wanted. So I took the chance after exhausting reviews, and carefully studying the specifications.

It has surpassed all my expectations to date. It definitely works anywhere in my home. I have adjusted play-lists, and volume from all over the entire 2,700 sq ft home. It mirrors the iPods selection screens just as if you are looking at your iPod. I played a number of iTunes videos over my HD TV with remarkably good clarity. It was very easy to use the remote and the keys are very nicely laid out. I would have to give it a 4.8 out of 5 stars.

My only negative feedback is like you will read on many other reviews. It does have a high pitched whine when the screen is function on the remote. The keys have not stuck on me yet, but they do feel a like they could have been engineered a little differently. I have found it very easy to use the wizard key to mute the sound when needed. One thing I was hoping to see was a display similar to iTunes juke box mode for the music while playing on your TV as well. I have not been able to make this work, but I am able to play any video footage on my TV via my 5th gen iPod Video (80G). The screen more than makes up for this one want.

Bottom line is the Keyspan Tuneview, TVI-200C has filled a need in the market that easily allows one to hook up your iPod and in my case over 20,000 songs to scroll through at a moments notice.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior product, with possibly a few enhancements needed, May 19, 2007

By	D. A. "Tech Boy" (Bloomfield Hills, MI) - See all my reviews

Keyspan's Tuneview is a superior product. There's something to be said for a full-color display, not to metion the ability to know track info directly from the remote. This product is long overdue.

There are some things that a person might want to be aware of though.

1. This can probably be corrected with a firmware update, however, currently, the ability to sort sequentially only applies to a level one menu. This means that when selecting a particular album from your list (a level one menu) the individual songs (a level 2 menu) may appear (and thus, play) out of order. Don't ask me why this is an issue, but again, I'm sure it will be corrected in a firmware update. Buyers should also know that this does not mean that all albums and songs play out of order. In fact, 95% percent of the time, the correct order is played, but not in all cases for some reason.

2. Currently, Keyspan does not offer the option of purchasing additional docking units for use in different locations throughout your home. The reason they don't is because, as I have been told by tech support, each remote is designed to pick up the signal of one (and only one) docking station at a time. This means that, if you did have more than one Tuneview docking station in your home, and only one remote, you would have to unplug all the other docking stations so that the other stations would not "confuse" the one you're currently using.

The only improvements here would be the ability to purchase multiple docking stations and have them be controlled by a single remote. As it stands right now, I have three main locations that I like to listen to my IPOD. If I want to use the dock in another location, I have to physically unplug the dock from location 1 and plug it into location 2. No big deal, but it would be nice to be able to use multiple docks with one remote.

Don't let these minor things keep you from purchasing this vastly superior product. Once you own one, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.