The reason they say this is because apple doesn't recommend charging with a case on... I just confirmed.. it will charge with the rebel on... it even has a little space behind it.... now it does come with a "dock adapter" but i don't use that... i just place it on....
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Awesome iPhone compatible Alarm Clock
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You're my hero, you tested it using a rebel.
I just placed my order at around 11:33 PST Monday haha, should arrive before Christmas if their promo is really true. I'll update you once I receive it.
I didn't want to entice you into buying a product that I said worked with the rebel unless I tried it and made 100% sure it worked.... I can confirm that this case works with the switch easy Colors case, switcheasy rebel, seidio innocase and SGP Ultra Thin... The only case I own that this doesn't work with is the Otterbox Defender.... but really that shouldn't be a surprise haha
Well I didn't want you to get another bad experience again (sorry) with your Rebel, hopefully it didn't do anything bad on you. I'm pretty excited, it says Ship date is on the 24th so that might be possibly their ship out date, I won't get before Christmas
Update:
I will actually get it tomorrow at Dec 24th around 10:30 AM - BEFORE Christmas
Update
So because of the holiday craze, apparently all shipments got delayed
but my package was WAY delayed, I got it at 31st Dec instead of 24th
even though the package was just sitting at their Fedex location facility
on idle for 2 business days, sigh.
Anyway, I really got excited that I got this for New Year's, to make up
for Christmas. I just finished playing with it!
Pros:
-Love the nice sliding dock for iPhone/iPod
-They come with an iPhone universal adapter (not an iPod)
-Led light brightness settings are fine for me
-Sound is ok for it serves more of an alarm clock (more of speaker sound)
-iPhone 3G compatible
-iPhone 3G charges without any error message, make sure you align it properly and carefully when docking
-CapsuleNeo for iPhone 3G with dock adapter fits it wohooo!
-Since CapsuleNeo would fit, I'm almost certain any case with the right "universal adapter" will fit this dock
-They really made this for an iPhone in mind (but not entirely)
-All alarm features work fine as describer (with radio,iPod/iPhone,buzzer,CD)
-CD features would let you repeat, repeat all, shuffle
-It includes an audio in, in case you want to connect it to other devices
-There's also a jack if you want to connect this radio clock to better speakers
-Time feature (Pacific Standard Time for me) with auto DST correct
-Neat round design
-Remote can almost do anything
-BEST PART: Their back up battery for clock and especially ALARM feature! I've been hating alarm clocks that won't buzz when power goes down (or got a reset or something)
Cons:
-Remote can't do the sleep feature, you have to press the button on the clock, I was hoping they would allow you to do it on the remote
-Remote won't be able to toggle the Shuffle/Repeat/Repeat All for the iPod playlists on your iPod/iPhone ...this I really want
-You need to be careful of the front part, since it's the CD cover for the player.
Overall:
For $99 I'd say it's recommended, the cons that I listed are probably just because of my laziness to get up and play with the actual clock radio, it's because my bed is like 5 meters away from it. The only thing was that the shuffle feature or the repeat for the iPhone won't work on the remote nor the Clock radio itself. So if I had to rate this from 1 to 10 being ten the highest, I'll give this one an eight! It's definitely recommended, and thanks mcmanus7 for referring me this one!
So because of the holiday craze, apparently all shipments got delayed
but my package was WAY delayed, I got it at 31st Dec instead of 24th
even though the package was just sitting at their Fedex location facility
on idle for 2 business days, sigh.
Anyway, I really got excited that I got this for New Year's, to make up
for Christmas. I just finished playing with it!
Pros:
-Love the nice sliding dock for iPhone/iPod
-They come with an iPhone universal adapter (not an iPod)
-Led light brightness settings are fine for me
-Sound is ok for it serves more of an alarm clock (more of speaker sound)
-iPhone 3G compatible
-iPhone 3G charges without any error message, make sure you align it properly and carefully when docking
-CapsuleNeo for iPhone 3G with dock adapter fits it wohooo!
-Since CapsuleNeo would fit, I'm almost certain any case with the right "universal adapter" will fit this dock
-They really made this for an iPhone in mind (but not entirely)
-All alarm features work fine as describer (with radio,iPod/iPhone,buzzer,CD)
-CD features would let you repeat, repeat all, shuffle
-It includes an audio in, in case you want to connect it to other devices
-There's also a jack if you want to connect this radio clock to better speakers
-Time feature (Pacific Standard Time for me) with auto DST correct
-Neat round design
-Remote can almost do anything
-BEST PART: Their back up battery for clock and especially ALARM feature! I've been hating alarm clocks that won't buzz when power goes down (or got a reset or something)
Cons:
-Remote can't do the sleep feature, you have to press the button on the clock, I was hoping they would allow you to do it on the remote
-Remote won't be able to toggle the Shuffle/Repeat/Repeat All for the iPod playlists on your iPod/iPhone ...this I really want
-You need to be careful of the front part, since it's the CD cover for the player.
Overall:
For $99 I'd say it's recommended, the cons that I listed are probably just because of my laziness to get up and play with the actual clock radio, it's because my bed is like 5 meters away from it. The only thing was that the shuffle feature or the repeat for the iPhone won't work on the remote nor the Clock radio itself. So if I had to rate this from 1 to 10 being ten the highest, I'll give this one an eight! It's definitely recommended, and thanks mcmanus7 for referring me this one!
cool style from sony as usual, but such dock looks not worthy $99, the half price of a iphone, right?
Ugh, you just reminded me that I bought the iPhone at an unsubsidized price, but no worries holiday cash reversed my expense for this dock
With what it can do, I can say it's worth $99. The way you can control your iPod/iPod on iPhone is the kick ass part
Old gal needs help with remote for this deal.
I just got this and have figured out most of it. On the little remote at the bottom are "Menu," up/down arrows, and Enter. (I'm hoping that my "Dream Machine" is not broken.) I can't seem to find any function for them. Could you possibly tell me how these three things are used? Also, I was hoping the arrows could move me around in audiobooks, but I can only seem to go to the beginning or pause. This is annoying. Hope I can find my way back here if you answer.
Thanks . . .
Bobbie in Portland O
I just got this and have figured out most of it. On the little remote at the bottom are "Menu," up/down arrows, and Enter. (I'm hoping that my "Dream Machine" is not broken.) I can't seem to find any function for them. Could you possibly tell me how these three things are used? Also, I was hoping the arrows could move me around in audiobooks, but I can only seem to go to the beginning or pause. This is annoying. Hope I can find my way back here if you answer.
Thanks . . .
Bobbie in Portland O
I started to look for a really good alarm clock that is iPhone 2G and 3G compatible... something that I could charge my 3G with and just a overall good alarm clock....
After digging through the usual contenders (iLuv and iHome) I decided to see if I could find any other companies that make a good alarm clock thats 3G compatible...
Fortunately for me my search ended shortly after it began...
This is what I stumbled onto...
It is the Sony ICFCD3IPS iPod and iPhone Dock Clock Radio
It retails for $99.99 in the US and $129.99 in Canada
here are the specs..
Digital AM/FM Tuner : Let's you choose from a wide variety of radio, talk and music programming.
LCD Display with Brightness control
iPod® operation: Play/Pause, FF, Rew
iPod® charger: charge your iPod® while you listen
Remote control: gives you access to your iPod® from anywhere in the room
CD-R/RW Playback capabilities: allows you to listen to your collection of CDs
It has 2 alarms that can be set to play from cd,radio,buzzer,iphone/ipod..
The area that docks is spring loaded... so when you're not docking the iPhone/iPod it just pushs in..... sound quality is really good compared to the normal clock radio....
it has automatic DST and time zone settings.
Overall I would say I am VERY satisfied with this product...
Since this thread has been reawakened I wanted to mention there is now a smaller version of this devices without the CD player. Otherwise it is pretty much the same. One big adavantage other than a smaller size is that the dimmest setting is dimmer than on the previous model, so it may serve people disturbed by light in the bedroom better.
http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B001RB1XY8
http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B001RB1XY8
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Go to your iPod first when your iPhone is docked. From then on, use the remote's Menu, Up, Down to select the playlist you want and move it using the up and down arrows.
First time user. Please let me know if I am not properly posting my inquiry (e.g., this section reserved for reply only). I have a related question. Is there a recommended device (same media sources CD, iPhone, etc.) to connect directly to a home receiver (Speakers/Audio not required in the device itself)?