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JBL Time Machine Alarm Clock/Dock for iPod (Black) | List Price: $249.99
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Brand: JBL
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Wake up to favorite songs stored on your iPod--also includes radio and dual alarm
- Large backlit LCD is easy to read, making menu navigation a snap
- O-shaped, two-way speaker design with 6 watts of power per channel
- Upward-firing tweeter and horizontal low and midrange transducers provide a 360-degree sound field
- Compatibility: iPod nano (1G and 2G), iPod mini, 3G iPod, 4G iPod with click wheel, iPod Color, iPod Video
Good sound ... menu & others not so good [Posted on 2007-04-10]
Sound quality excellent ... can't complain here.
Menu is not so good, and integration with iPod sucks (you cannot program what you want it to play in the morning if you have latest software on iPod or Gen 5 iPod .... that really sucks !!!).
Come on JBL... fix this!!! [Posted on 2007-05-08]
The unit is fantastic except for one major issue - the wake to song feature doesn't work on newer iPods. From what I hear, JBL recommends contacting Apple to backdate your iPod firmware version so the feature will work properly.
Yeah right. Stupid idea, bad recommendation.
JBL - You are a big company with a reputation to uphold. Please provide a fix for this yourselves. This issue is yours, not Apple's.
JBL [Posted on 2007-09-16]
JBL Time Machine is a nice bit of industrial design. I have a U2 iPod, and have no integration problems, but then I like to get my money's worth and plan on keeping both for a long time. Sound quality is pretty good. I navigate the iPod with the clickwheel, just like when using earbuds. The major downsides? First, the "antenna" is a joke. It's a coated wire with a square aerial at the end. Looks like something you'd use to fly a kite. JBL should offer an accessory retractable antenna that plugs into the back of the unit (maybe they do and I just don't know it yet). I like listening to the radio while working and reception is only good on some stations. Also, stretching out and draping the wire antenna across a stand is not a brilliant solution. Makes me think I'm back in a dorm room, and that was a long time ago. Marconi would not approve. The other negative? No remote, so if I want to change stations, I have to get up from my desk and push buttons on the base. All that said, I'm very happy with the piece. It's compact, a great bit of design, sound reproduction does the job, it keeps the iPod charged, and if I choose a lengthy playlist, I'm good for hours. It came with a bag full of iPod adaptors, but I didn't need those because my iPod is "ancient" by Steve Jobs' standards, meaning it's more than 12 months old. In time perhaps JBL will answer my minor criticisms and also make one that integrates with an iPhone. Clearly that's the next best step and that's when I'll get an iPhone and a new JBL Time Machine.
Display pixelates for no reason, two different units [Posted on 2007-10-15]
We have had two different units now and both displays became pixelated for no reason. Unit is completely useless when this happens. DO NOT BUY!
Doesn't work with the new 4 & 8GB Nano Ipods [Posted on 2007-12-17]
The unit does not come with an adapter to fit the new 4 or 8 GB nano ipods. There are a bunch of adapters supplied that allow the many older ipod styles to fit the unit. I called JBL tech support and parts and both indicated that it indeed did not support these new ipods. One agent indicated that he thought that the product may be at 'end of life' and that they probably would not supply the adapters. So if you plan to use the unit with current generation iPods you might consider something else.
Otherwise it sounds great. The controls are 'ok' but take some getting used to.
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