Griffin 9757-IKAROKE iKaraoke Microphone for iPod

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 1 x 8.4 inches ; 4.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000IN048C
• Item model number: 9757-IKAROKE-2
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 5, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Bring the fun of karaoke into your living room with the iKaraoke from Griffin Technology. Designed to interface between most iPods with dock connectors and your home stereo, the iKaraoke works by silencing the lead vocal track of your favorite songs, letting you step up to the mic in your own voice. It's particularly great for parties, as you aren't restricted to traditional karaoke favorites but can instead sing along to any song you want. If your iPod has it, you can sing to it. Controlling the selection is easy thanks to the integrated buttons on the microphone, including buttons for pausing, scanning forward or backward, and even temporarily adding the vocals back in to help you find your place. And thanks to the built-in reverb effects, you can make your plain- jane voice sound fresh and intriguing--just like the pros.

The iKaraoke--which hooks up to your iPod with a dock-connecting cable and to your stereo vie either a line-in cable or wirelessly through your FM receiver--works with the following iPods: iPod 4G, iPod 5G with video, iPod nano 1G and 2G, and the iPod mini.

What's in the Box
iKaraoke microphone, cable with line-out jack, user's manual.

Product Description

iKaraoke brings the fun and excitement of karaoke into your home, using musical selections straight from your iPod. With iKaraoke, you can sing along with your favorite tunes. iKaraoke removes the lead vocals to make you the star! . . . and sends the music to your stereo via FM transmission or line-level audio.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's best when using real karaoke files, December 28, 2006

By	J. Savage (Niceville, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm using kJames on my Mac to convert mp3/cdg files to Quicktime mp4 files. With that and a video iPod, I get a true karaoke experience and the iKaraoke works great. In my experience, vocal cancelling never really works so I expected nothing more from this. However with true karaoke files, I think you'll be pleased. We used the iKaraoke on a car trip today, and it was a blast. I only wish there were built-in mic level controls on the microphone.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why all the negative reviews?, February 2, 2007

By	Kamaaina - See all my reviews

I purchased this item from Amazon for under $40 and am totally satisfied. I read some of the other reviews and could not understand why the comments were so negative. I used this product with a 2GB Nano transmitting to an FM station on a Sony DAV X-1 Home Theater System and it worked as advertised. It's not comparable to a full scale karaoke system, but what do you expect for the price? If you're looking for a very portable mic to sing along with original music and having some fun almost anywhere, this item is for you. My only negative comment is that Griffin should supply a line-in cable to the stereo to give you a choice of line-in or FM "out of the package".

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great concept, poor delivery, December 18, 2006

By	Shelley Shay (Denton, TX **(God Bless the USA!!)**) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Griffin always has great ideas, but I think all too often they rush things to market before they are ready for prime time. Of all the Griffin products I own, this is one I was immediately disappointed with and planned to return after fiddling with it for an hour.

The controls are counter-intuitive and not always responsive. I did read the directions, and followed them, but I still get problems getting it to pick up on a static-filled, unused FM station. The transmitter is so weak (probably a limitation by the FCC, not necessarily Griffin's fault), you have to be really close to the radio. When you're really close to the radio, you get really bad feedback.

I had to turn the volume on my stereo up all the way and then practically shove the microphone in my mouth to get it to register my voice through the speakers. The packaging says you can use it as a PA system, which is why I got it. I cannot sing well and had no aspirations of being a karaoke singer... but I did try to fake my way through a tune and my summation is either that this was rushed to market too soon just so it could be ready for Christmas, or I could have just gotten a dud. Considering the other 1-star review already posted, I am tempted to believe it's the former, not the latter.

Like all their products, the execution on the design is flawless - it is a beautiful device and whoever designs the outer casing gets a gold star in my book - but good lucks don't cut it when you plunk down fifty bucks and the gizmo does not work.

Like the first iTrips that needed you to install 99 .mp3 files on the iPod to work, this is a product that just hasn't been field tested enough. After about a year or so, they came out with iTrips that had LEDs that you could control externally without putting a bunch of crap on your iPod... I have hopes for this device in a newer model of this mic, but this one is of poor quality in functioning. Some of their products, like their PowerMate, are executed flawlessly, but this one did not make it through my own QC.

The company does excellent retail packaging. The devices they make are beautiful to look at - but they all need to work! Can you tell I'm irritated? I remember seeing this device as a 'coming soon' on their site for the past month or so and I was chomping at the bit to get one... I was so tickled when they were finally available, not now I wished they had just finished working on the thing and did a push for Valentine's day or something. Ok, enough horse beating - suffice to say, no worky.