iHome iH16 Portable Speaker System for iPod (Gray)

by iHome

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 2.7 inches ; 15.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001S0JZKW
• Item model number: IH16GXC
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This stylish travel iPod alarm clock is great for home or on the go. Wake and Sleep to your favorite music while charging your iPod.

Wake and Sleep to your favorite music while charging your iPod. Click to enlarge.

Low-profile design is great for travel.

Rear auxiliary input for external audio devices such as MP3 players.

Wake or Sleep to iPod
Waking up to your favorite music is a great way to start the day. The iHM16 lets you wake to your iPod, gradually increasing the volume so as not to jar you out of sleep too forcefully. If there is no iPod present or there is no music detected on the iPod at alarm time, the iH16 will automatically switch to buzzer alarm, to make sure you get there on time. The requisite nine-minute snooze is also included, since it takes some of us a little longer to get out of bed.

You can adjust the sleep timer from 90, 60, 30 or 15 minutes, and the sleep features a volume setting independent from the alarm volume.

Charge Your iPod
While you're recharging in your sleep, your iPod's filling up on electricity, so when you hit the pavement your iPod will be ready to go.

Dimmer Settings
The snooze button also changes the dimmer, so you can adjust the display to your desired brightness. Choose from three settings.

Sure Alarm
Provided you have installed four "AA" batteries, you'll still make it to work in the event of a power outage, thanks to iHome's "Sure Alarm" backup feature.

Quality Sound
The iHM16 delivers great sound thanks to iHome's specially designed Reson8 speaker chambers. Reson8 is iHome's through-body ported speaker chamber technology. Porting speakers gives better bass response characteristics, and helps the iiHM16 deliver sound beyond its size.

Auxiliary Input
The iHM16 features a standard 3.5mm "mini" jack, so you can connect MP3 players, CD players, or most any other audio device.

Three Tasty Colors
Get an iHM16 to suit your style--available in lilac, gray, or blue.

What's in the Box
iHome iHM16 (Gray), iPod Inserts, AC Adapter, User's Manual

Product Description

This stylish travel iPod alarm clock is great for home or on the go. Wake and Sleep to your favorite music while charging your iPod. Waking up to your favorite music is a great way to start the day. The iHM16 lets you wake to your iPod, gradually increasing the volume so as not to jar you out of sleep too forcefully. If there is no iPod present or there is no music detected on the iPod at alarm time, the iH16 will automatically switch to buzzer alarm, to make sure you get there on time. The requisite nine-minute snooze is also included, since it takes some of us a little longer to get out of bed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

85 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I was looking for, November 9, 2009

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M. Sherer "IT Director" (Goshen, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iHome iH16 Portable Speaker System for iPod (Gray) (Electronics)

I bought this in an electronics store at the mall where they had one out on display and I could pop in my iPhone 3GS to test it. I've got a fairly simple set of criteria that I'm getting pretty good at testing for:
1) Does it charge the 3GS? Yes. (my older clock radio did not)
2) Is it easy to make the device play music? Yes. (you'd be amazed at how many iPod speakers require significant fussing to get them to play the iPod)
3) Can I listen to Internet radio? Yes. (Some devices will only play the iPod)
4) Will it wake to muisc? Yes. (Again, not all of them do)
5) Is the sound quality respectable? Yes. For a device the size of a Toblerone bar, this thing is amazing. Not much bass and it won't make your ears bleed, but it's clean and accurate and makes you feel you're listening to decent stereo rather than an alarm clock.

This is the first device I've owned that made me want to pop my iPhone in, fire up a Genius playlist and listen. The button selection is as simple as it could be, I can kill the clock light at night with the Snooze bar, and it wakes to iPod perfectly in the morning with zero setup. The only negatives I can come up with are that it's so light that you end up moving it around the night stand when you undock it, and it has no built-in radio, which might bother some people but not me. My bottom line, this is a device that lives up to the elegance of the iPhone. They should sell tons of these.

121 of 136 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Suits me fine, but it's not without flaws, July 5, 2010

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Stephen Foster (Seattle, WA United States, via Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iHome iH16 Portable Speaker System for iPod (Gray) (Electronics)

I got this to do two things only: tell me the time (without me needing to put my glasses on) and read me a bedtime story (audiobooks ripped from CD). It is almost perfect for those purposes, but I'm surprised at all these glowing reviews, because the unit is not without real flaws. The only two that concern me are that the display, while large and clear, cannot be seen if you're lying down and your bedside table is at the same level as your head. From all other angles the display is perfectly clear, but to see the time without sitting up, I need to lean the unit towards me at a sharp angle.

The other niggle that bothers me is that the [Sleep] button is on the back (Why?) and is the middle of three identical buttons, so care is needed. Did the designers think that people would confuse [Snooze] with [Sleep]? If so, they could have come up with more unambiguous labels, like [It's too f*?#!+@ early!] and [Drift Off...]

Two other flaws that don't concern me but would probably matter to most people: In terms of volume, it doesn't exactly "go to eleven"; all it can manage is about four. The other one is that, though the sound quality is as excellent as reported in the other reviews, there is a serious lack of bass, leaving it sounding only like a set of five dollar computer speakers.

It does everything else just fine, is truly portable and lightweight, takes up very little space, and is constructed really well.

(I can't comment on the alarm function because I would never rely on anything this complex to wake me up: if I absolutely, positively have to be awake at a certain time, my yard-sale Westclox gets wound up, armed, and placed on the other side of the room. I then go to sleep, serenaded by its hellacious loud tick, secure in the knowledge that - come Hell or high water (or power outages) - I will be awake and standing at the right time next morning.)

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great! Until it stopped working a month later, June 1, 2010

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N. Proctor - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iHome iH16 Portable Speaker System for iPod (Gray) (Electronics)

Loved this product, except for the fact that within a month the speakers just stopped working completely. Zero sound. Contacted the company, but by the time I pay for shipping it back, and the fee (yes, a FEE) for them to fix it, it's just not worth it. So, 1 star for effort and concept, but if a product (and not a cheap product at that) can't work for more than a month, there's a problem. And as far as their "warranty" iHome must be pulling my leg. Sadly I'm not laughing since I'm stuck with a $50 brick at this point.