iPod How does the remote work with iPod HiFi?

[dcv]

I bought an iPod HiFi for my sister's birthday, which we tried out at the weekend. Sounds amazing but I have a query about the remote control...

Pressing the "Menu" button on the remote doesn't appear to do anything - the light just flashes amber. It seems you can only adjust the volume or skip forward/back through tracks. Seems a bit odd to me that you can't get back to the main menu. We tried another Apple remote with the hifi and it did the same thing. 😕

Is this normal operation or is something wrong here?


(no I haven't read the manual 😛)

 

[nlivo]

no you can't go through the menu's with the apple remote...what the menu button does is....if you have something else plugged in the back of the Hi-Fi (shuffle, or some other crappy mp3 player) you can hit the menu button and it will switch from playing the iPod's music to the thing that is plugged in at the back.

 

[dcv]

D'oh! Well that's a bit "clever" of Apple isn't it? 🙄 I can't believe you can't go back to the main menu!

Thanks nlivo, for clearing that up anyway.

 

[Tom B.]

D'oh! Well that's a bit "clever" of Apple isn't it? 🙄 I can't believe you can't go back to the main menu!

The only reason the remote has a menu button on it is so that Apple can just use the same remotes for everything. (MacBooks, iMacs, tvs, universal docks)
And just maybe there will be a new iPod Hi-Fi at Wednesdays event. 🙂