Tekkeon NavDock for iPod (Silver/Black)
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Manufacturer: TekkeonBrand: Tekkeon
Edition: Electronics
Model: ND2000
Publisher: Tekkeon
Studio: Tekkeon
Music Label: Tekkeon
Product features:
- Compatibility: iPod mini; iPod nano 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G; iPod classic 4G, 5G, 5.5G, 6G.Also compatible with the iPod Touch and iPhone, however, on-screen navigation is not available on the iPod Touch or iPhone.
- Navigate your iPod through an on-TV menu to play videos, photos, and music on a connected television
- "Now Playing" screen with album art, song info, and status bar
- Enjoy complete remote control of your iPod
- iPod dock charges your iPod while docked
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Customer Review: Excellent IPOD dock
Summary: 4 Stars
Just got the Tekkeon Navdock today and had it running within minutes on my Nano 4g (the square one). See below for other IPODs I tested it on.
This dock is intuitive in every respect. Wish TV remotes were as friendly.
MY CONNECTIONS: Navdock via audio cables to a Yamaha receiver; Navdock video via S-Video cable to Sony Bravia 42" LCD.
MY IPODS: 4G NANO ( the square one); 8G IPOD TOUCH 1st GEN; 32GB IPOD TOUCH 2nd GEN. All three worked. All played music, video and showed album cover art on the TV menu. The only hiccup was with the 8gb IPOD 1st Gen which required a redocking (only once) to show video. Although Tekkeon says IPOD TOUCH works with limited functionality -- on the units I tested -- everything worked. I think (just an opinion) the key is to connect the video to the TV with S-VIDEO; otherwise the album artwork takes so long to load...it just doesn't. Could be the same issue if you are getting erratic video playback.
PLAYING MUSIC THROUGH A RECEIVER. The Tekkeon website doesn't go into detail about connections to a receiver, and neither does the instruction manual. But if you patch the audio cables to your receiver (instead of your TV) you'll be amazed at the sound. Just pick some component input that isn't used on your receiver (I used "CD"). So, in this example, you patch the left/right audio from the Tekkeon to the left/right audio CD INPUT on the receiver. Then select "CD" on your receiver when playing. Voila! The sound is so good that if you have an Ipod touch with a ton of music (like I do), you'll be doing fine to get this dock just for music.
THE SOUND YOU GET. Read this carefully; it will save you grief. Other posters are right that you must check a couple of things on your IPOD to get great music. The IPOD music level (in settings) must be set at MAXIMUM. The IPOD Sound Check setting should be OFF. Sound check on IPOD means it plays all songs at a relative constant volume (but it messes up the IPOD playback on your receiver). Is the IPOD Equalizer on? What sounds fine on earphones may not on a receiver; best to turn it off, probably. One final note. Volume is controlled BOTH from your receiver and the Tekkeon remote. I thought I had a sound problem until I played with the best combination of the two controls. TIP: Set the receiver volume low. Put the remote volume at max. Now turn the Receiver volume up until it is as loud as you would ever want to hear it. Now, control the volume through the remote.
VIDEO: Use an S-Video connector (a good one) and you'll get decent video even on a big screen. I have a 42" Sony Bravia, and music videos look fine. The instruction manual falls down a bit here. It says 'select the proper mode' on your TV. Translation: the S-Video input will usually appear on your TV menu list as Video 1, Video 2 etc... Have your Tekkeon dock powered on and connected to your TV before trying to find the S-Video connection on your TV menu. It'll be real clear when you find it: the screen has a TEKKEON log.
When I was shopping for a receiver, I almost upgraded to a unit that had ipod capability for its proprietary ipod dock --- except that their unit wouldn't show video or cover art. I'm glad I went this route. THE LESSON: you don't need a recent model receiver for this dock to work fine. But you do need an S-Video cable for the video to work well.
ONE TEENY NEGATIVE: as others have commented, everything is very solid and rich looking - except the toggle switch on the remote. Too bad, because that's a key element on using the unit. It feels flimsy. I took away one star for that because if the toggle switch goes -- you basically have a paperweight. Guess this is one case where I'll fill out and keep the warranty card.
How much do I like this product? First review I've written on many Amazon purchases. Just great to rediscover your music library and work those big speakers from your Ipod playlist (can't do that with CD's). How cool is that?
Description of Tekkeon NavDock for iPod (Silver/Black)
NavDock Home Media Center with On-TV Navigation for iPod lets you navigate your iPod through an on-TV menu to play videos, photos, and music on a connected television. With NavDock you have complete control. You can change the language, the menu color scheme to fit your mood, or the navigation speed to fit your taste. You can even access the equalizer or diplay the lytics or album art that apperas next to your songs in the Now Playing screen in motion as your personalized screensaver. Please visit www.tekkeon.com for more information and support.Tekkeon's NavDock home media center lets you navigate your iPod through an on-TV menu to play videos, photos, and music on a connected television. NavDock browses directly through your iPod menus, so finding and playing music and videos is easy. And you can use the 16-button remote to adjust or mute volume, shuffle, repeat or skip songs, and fast forward or rewind through music or videos. The remote offers a five-way navigation pad and quick keys that jump directly to the videos, photos, music, or settings menus.
With NavDock, you have complete control. You can change the language, menu color scheme to fit your mood, or navigation speed to fit your taste. You can even access the equalizer or display the lyrics to your favorite songs. And for your personalized screensaver, you can display the album art for the current song.
Dock Features
- Remote navigation of videos and music via on-TV menu
- Play slideshow on TV
- Now playing screen with album art, song info, and status bar
- Viewable song lyrics
- On-screen display of iPod user name
- User-adjustable screen savers
- Customizable color schemes
- Access to equalizer presets
- Multilingual menu: English, Spanish, Japanese
- Charges iPod
- Stereo audio output
- Composite and S-Video output
Remote Control Functions
- One-touch mode selector for videos, photos, music, and settings
- Five-way navigation pad
- Home key
- Volume control
- Mute
- Play/pause
- Skip next/back
- Fast forward/backware
- Shuffle
- Repeat
What's in the Box
NavDock, remote conrol, 6-foot AV output cable, three Universal dock adapters, power adapter, User guide
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