iHome iH8 Clock Radio for iPod (White)

by iHome

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6 x 3 inches ; 5.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000OCNWC2
• Item model number: IH8WR
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (127 customer reviews)

Product Description

Color: White

iHome Dual Alarm Clock Radio for iPod with Remote Control and AM/FM Presets

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

69 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars After a couple years of use, I can't set the alarm anymore., November 1, 2007

By 

CD (Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iHome iH8 Clock Radio for iPod (Black) (Electronics)

Update Feb 7, 2010.... I wrote my original review almost 2 years ago. And, as I said, I liked the unit so well that I bought a 2nd. But now that I've used them for a couple years, they both have become unusable as alarm clocks. I assume dust has worked its way under the wheels used to set the clock. Now you can spin the wheels but the alarm time remains the same. Happened on both units. Call me old fashioned but that is too soon for these things to wear out...and the fact that both units have the same problem indicates a design flaw.

Also, I was not pleased that with my newer iPod connected, my radio would just be total static. It was tolerable, only because I preferred to wake up to the iPod, but I should be able to wake up to the iPod and radio, not just to the iPod or static.

So, I've changed my rating from a 4 to a 2. These things weren't that expensive, but combine the design problems with the fact that both units no longer allow me to change the time of the alarm, and it makes this product something I would not recommend.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product!, July 5, 2007

By 

Kellie Pease (Derby, CT) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: iHome iH8 Clock Radio for iPod (White) (Electronics)

We bought this alarm clock because I like to listen to music while I am upstairs (just bedrooms) and I don't want to have a separate stereo in already tight quarters. The design looks simple, much better than my old alarm clock. After a brief glance at the instructions, we had it up and running. We used it with both my old 20gb click wheel iPod and my daughter's newer 40gb iPod video. Both worked great. Here is what we think:

Pros:

-Dual Alarm
-Battery Backup (comes with batteries)
-Sets the time itself
-Looks nice, clean design
-Charges my iPod so it is always ready
-8 FM 4 AM preset stations
-Remote with battery included
-Adjustable brightness
-Sound quality is nice for a product like this
-Slide a switch for Daylight Savings!

Cons:

-You have to wake to iPod (or buzzer if no iPod is docked) for first alarm, radio for second alarm
-Control by remote has a little lag time
-iPod cannot be in a case or skin to be docked...I wanted to get this for my daughter, but I know she will not pull hers out of the skin to dock it every day and I told her she has to use the case to protect the video screen. (My iPod skin is older and the bottom folds out of the way so mine works.)
-When you turn on the iPod, you can only play what is already selected...a playlist, CD, or just all your songs...you can't pick and choose, but you can skip forward or back in order.

Overall I like this clock a lot and would recomend it as a way to have music when you want it in a bedroom!

63 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Must LOVE the first song on your iPod, November 6, 2007

By 

misternoodley (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iHome iH8 Clock Radio for iPod (Black) (Electronics)

There's something important you need to know about this clock radio that the product description won't tell you. If you're buying this so you can wake to your iPod (as I did), know that you will ALWAYS wake to the first song on your iPod - NOT to where you set it the night before. This isn't technically the fault of the product because it's the iPod reverting to the main menu when it goes to sleep, but unless you feel like waking to Take On Me by A-ha for the rest of your life, it's kind of pointless. A call to iHome customer service and I found out this is "normal". If you're not really interested in that function and want it for others, the short story is that it does everything else it says it will do and the sound is actually very good for its size. I could delve into other pros and cons, but since the main reason I bought it is a bust, I'm not going to bother. This item is going back. UPDATE: someone else told me they didn't think this happened to them with their iHome Clock Radio (how could you not be sure?) so now I just don't know anymore, but like I said, iHome support said my experience was "normal". You can take a chance or not....

2115|R18I2ML5DFTOHW;2115|R1CRHYWGBBPFQ8;2115|R33WHY1QB627LC;