Customer Reviews

SendStation PDAV Pocket Dock AV for all iPods

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This device doesn't work with iPod Touch. It is listed as if it were working with all iPods, but this is very misleading!

This is "NOT" for all iPods it does not work with the iPod Touch 2G.

The way this item is listed is very misleading.

if you have a nano or somthing other than 5g ipod video or ipod photo, the most you will be able to do is sync and chage from your computer. you can not tell by the way it is listed here. what follow is from SendStation's web site

https://www.sendstation.com/us/products/pocketdock/av.html

This PocketDock is fully compatible with the following iPod models:
* 5G iPod video
* iPod photo

All features, but NO VIDEO output is available on the following iPod models:
* 1G iPod touch
* 6G/7G iPod classic
* 4G iPod nano
* 3G iPod nano
* 2G iPod nano
* 1G iPod nano
* 4G iPod (click-wheel#
* iPod mini

When connected to the following devices, the PocketDock AV does not yet provide Line Out audio nor video output, and can be only used for sync & charge via USB:
* iPad
* iPhone #all generations#
* 3G iPod touch
* 2G iPod touch
* 5G iPod nano

3G iPod models #touch-wheel) DO NOT support USB charging NOR video output.

Hi, note that this will charge an iPhone 3G but won't support video or audio line out. SendStation's website was ambiguous about this, but right now it definitely doesn't work for iPhones. The product description is a little clearer now than when I ordered it, but should really explicitly say that it does not support iPhones.

- This item doesn't work with my Ipod Touch 2G at all.

- With my Ipod Classic, does not reproduce videos on my Tv, neither with the A/V Plug, nor with the S-Video Plug.

- The things that works, and only with my Ipod classic, are the 3,5 mm audio output and the USB output.

If you want to buy this item, well...DON'T!!!!!!!

The Good:
This adapter fits my iPod (Gen5 Video) perfectly. I use it to play movies in my car on the overhead DVD system. The audio & video quality are great and the build quality seems decent.

The Bad:
The adapter is a little too bulky to be connected to my iPod while I have its protective case on. Although a minor annoyance, nothing to really worry about.

This works great, I can listen to my IPOD on my ridiculously old stereo. I haven't tried all of the other features, but I can say for sure, the RCA jacks work great.

If you want to show photos or videos that are on your iPod on your larger screen TV, this will do it! Easy to hook up, easy to run, video/image quality is good enough for me, certainly bigger than 2.5 inch iPod screen!

The Sendstation Ipod dock has been very useful to me. I have been converting so much of my music collection onto Ipod. I have been using the Sendstation Ipod Dock to hook up the Ipod to an earphone amplifer and then to headphones. The increased sound quality is a revelation--even on Mp3. When you use the Sendstation Ipod Dock, you are circumventing the headphone jack and headphone amplifer that comes built into the Ipod, i.e. you control the volume from the headphone amplifer, the wheel on the Ipod will no longer control the volume. You avoid the limitations and distortion present in the new Ipod classic internal headphone amplifier. However, when you use the Sendstation Ipod Dock you are essentially converting the Ipod itself into a stereo component that has a "line output." That is why the increase in sound is practically overwhelming. You then need to plug the Sendstation Ipod Dock into a headphone amplifier--if for no other reason than to control the volume. As a "line output," the volume will blow you away and you cannot control it because you have circumvented the headphone jack and internal headphone amplifer.

I recommend the Airhead headphone amplifer. It is approximately $100.00 and operates on 4 AAA batteries. You must then get a small wire to connect the Sendstation Ipod Dock to the Ipod. You run your headphones out of the headphone amplifer. The Airhead actually has two outputs so that two people can listen to the Ipod.

You might say why spend an additional $130.00 ($100.00 for headphone amplifer and $30 for Sendstation Pocket Dock) plus postage for the Sendstation Ipod Dock and for an Airhead headphone amplifier (or some other comparable amplifer. You can get C-Moy headphone amplifier clones for as little as $35.00 on Ebay)? Well the small headphone amplifiers are small enough to fit in a shirt pocket right next to your Ipod Classic or Nano, so it is small enough. Second, the increase in sound is revelatory--good enough to replace a high end stereo system. I think to have music sound this good, I would need to spend $3,500.00 for speakers and another $1,000 for an amplifier along with computer and Sonos controller. Now you are talking thousands of dollars to get this kind of sound that you can get from an Ipod. You just need to record your music in a "loss-less" setting or "wave file" setting as allowed in the Itunes software. I would also recommend a great set of ear canal phones or over the head headphones. You will not believe how wonderful your music will sound. Also, as with any Ipod, the convenience of mobility is great.

Seriously, the Sendstation Ipod Dock along with the Airhead has changed how I listen to an Ipod. You will hear details in your music that you never knew was there.