Belkin TuneCommand AV Dock with Remote for iPod with Dock Connector (White)

Jun 15

Belkin TuneCommand AV Dock with Remote for iPod with Dock Connector (White)

Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000F6K00O
Manufacturer: Belkin
Average Customer Review: (From 27 total reviews)
List Price: ~~$79.99~~
Amazon Price: $84.95 (2 new available)

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Features

Compatibility: iPod 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G; nano 1G, 2G, 3G; iPod touch; iPod mini
Lets you watch and listen to your iPod player through your home entertainment system, while simultaneously powering and charging it through the docking station
Includes a remote control that uses wireless radio frequency (RF) technology and works from up to 120 feet away, regardless of barriers such as walls, ceilings or windows
Basic functions include: play/pause, next/previous track, volume up/down, song shuffle, and repeat
Cradle that comes with this unit connects to your home entertainment system via an included A/V cable

Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
TuneCommand lets you roam and play your tunes from virtually anywhere in your home, delivering the flexibility and convenience. Using wireless radio frequency technology, the TuneCommand Remote works from up to 150 feet away, regardless of barriers such as walls, ceilings, or windows that limit traditional remotes. Connect your iPod to headphones, your home entertainment system, laptop, or computer-even if you stash it away in the glove box, control of your iPod remains at your fingertips. TuneCommand includes a multi-clip, surface-mount hook and lanyard, providing a variety of options for securing your Remote on the road, in the car, or at home. When used with the iPod photo, TuneCommand lets you scroll through your slide shows or presentations-wirelessly.

Amazon.com Product Description:
The Belkin F8Z065 TuneCommand A/V Dock with Remote for iPods lets you watch and listen to your iPod player through your home entertainment system, while simultaneously powering and charging it through the docking station. The included wireless remote control allows you to roam freely as you play your tunes from virtually anywhere in your home.

The remote control that comes with the F8Z065 A/V system uses wireless radio frequency (RF) technology and works from up to 120 feet away, regardless of barriers such as walls, ceilings or windows, making it perfect for distributed audio systems. The TuneCommand A/V’s eight basic functions include: play/pause, next/previous track, volume up/down, song shuffle, and repeat. Used with your iPod video or photo, TuneCommand A/V even lets you watch your downloaded videos, or view your photos on your home television. The cradle that comes with this unit connects to your home entertainment system via an included A/V cable, and it docks, displays, powers, and charges your iPod all at once.

Compatible with any iPod with a dock connector–including the iPod nano 1G, iPod nano 2G, iPod mini, iPod 3G, iPod 4G (Click Wheel), iPod color, and iPod 5G/5.5G Video–via the included interchangeable trays, the F8Z065 comes in a white that perfectly complements your iPod, and it’s backed by a manufacturer’s 3-year warranty.

What’s in the Box
Belkin F8Z065 TuneCommand station and remote, interchangeable iPod adapter trays, surface mounting hardware, user’s guide and warranty information.

Customer Reviews

Okay but has some problems by KV Trout
I have nothing to compare this to, it is my first Docking Station.

What I like:

*The remote works through walls and I can carry the lightweight little remote with me with the included neck strap and change to the next song or pause if I want.

*It was easy to set up and get working

*It sounds pretty good if you connect directly to the stereo instead of the provided cables

What I don’t like:

*The thing is very flimsily built and I get the impression it will break, because when you go to look at the menu and look for an album while it’s docked you have to hold onto the IPod to keep it from pushing back which would probably break the connector to the bottom of the IPod. Seems like you could accidentally push it too far back and break it very easily.

*If you connect it to your stereo with the provided cable, which allows you to control the volume via the remote, the sound is not very good. You have to turn the volume on your stereo up very high to get normal level, which adds noise to the signal. In order to get acceptable sound you have to connect via your own RCA audio cables to your stereo which then does not allow the volume on the remote to work, you have to use the volume on your stereo instead. No BIG deal but it would be nice if the volume on the remote worked without sacrificing high fidelity sound.

*The volume on mine (when I did have it hooked up so the volume worked from the remote) stuck once and went up way high and I had to go running over to the stereo to turn it down before it blew my speakers or my ears.

This of course can be by-passed by hooking up your RCA cables to your stereo, getting better sound that way, and using the remote for your receiver to control the volume instead of the Dock remote.

For all of the above reasons I may return mine and get a better one - if I can find a better one.

What I really want is one that allows you to see the IPod menu through your tv or on the remote (like the Ipod screen), and if I can find one like that with acceptable reviews I’ll buy that instead.

By the way this thing is showing a $149.99 price! Can that be right? I just paid less than $50 for mine! No way it is worth $150, in fact I don’t think it’s worth more than $50.

IF you don’t mind that there’s no menu access and you have to connect with RCA cables to get better sound, and then use the volume from your stereo unit remote instead of this remote, then this thing isn’t a bad deal if you can get it for under $50-60. See if you can get it with an extended warranty though because you may need it, the thing is built kind of cheap.

Not bad for the price by Lawrence Lau
Not bad for the price. would like to have more functions on the remote if possible.

Does what I needed it to do by red herring
I was looking for a fairly simple dock to connect my iPod Touch to my home audio system for audio only, and this is just fine for that. It doesn’t say it’s compatible with the Touch, and for video it’s not, but that’s not what I wanted it for anyway. The audio hookup is through the red and white phono plugs, which sounds better than the single minijack like in the Apple dock and several others, the remote works fine for pausing or skipping song to song from a good distance (at least 40′–I don’t need it to do more). The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is that I’ve already experienced the remote de-linking itself a couple of times–the fix is easy, just unplug the AC to the base for about 10 seconds and replug it, but it’s a kind of a pain. If you’re looking for an audio only dock for the iPod Touch, this works and sounds great. For video, for right now your only choice is the Apple offering, and it’s not as good otherwise.

Belkin review by J. BURKE
Product works well. Volume on receiver needs to be very high for iPod to be heard. RF remote actually works quite well.

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