Xdock Wireless Music System

List Price: ~~$232.02~~
Discount Price: $75.00

Brand: Creative Labs
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty

Features:

Specifications
Xdock Connections
- Audio out (shared optical / analog out via 1/8" jack)
- Audio in (analog in via 1/8" jack)
- Headphone out (1/8" jack)

Customer Reviews:

doesn't work as advertised [Posted on 2008-09-04]
I'm attaching this review to both the transmitter and receiver of this wireless music system.

I bought 1 transmitter and 2 receivers as a gift before trying it -- big mistake. The marketing materials claim you get crystal clear audio wirelessly at 100 feet. That is absolutely not the case. I put 1 receiver 30 feet away from the transmitter and the audio quality is so poor as to be completely unusable (and the signal sometimes drops out completely). I troubleshot and isolated the problem, which was definitely stemming from the wireless connection. I tried re-arranging furniture but I simply couldn't make the two units any closer together. Ultimately, I ended up throwing the two wireless receivers in the trash and putting just the dock itself attached to the main stereo system (which has no TV, so the video portion of the dock is useless).

Besides the fact that the item doesn't work as advertised, here are some additional complaints:

* They don't come with all the audio cables you'll need.

* The units are needlessly big and bulky. The receiver units in particular should be much smaller because they have no dock.

* Better still, I wish there was only one type of unit and they could all act as docks; at least this way, my recipient could dock his iPod near his stereo when he wants to listen to music and dock it near the TV when he wants to see photos.

* The remotes are overly complex for how little you can do with this system.

* You must know your way around the iPod menu by heart in order to use the remote controls from a distance.

* You really need your music well-arranged in playlists in order to use this system to its fullest. Otherwise, you're left scrolling through a giant list of random songs, and the remote control doesn't have a scroll wheel, you have to forward through the songs one at a time.

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