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I did not need to read the directions. I have a Bose Sound Dock in my living room too, and now I don't use it. I received the Denon Ipod dock as a gift.
I really like the fact that the dock is black in color. I would rather hear my tunes on my main theater system and this dock makes it a breeze. It matches all of my other audio/video hardware.
I have a Denon AVR-888. Navigating through the Ipod menus via the Denon AVR remote is easy. Worth every penny.
Five minutes from out of the box until hooked up, I was listening to my music. After I hooked it up, I plugged my 2nd generation Nano into it and it loaded all my play lists on my television screen.
Some of them are built around the iPod technology and some are built around the way people actually use the iPod. The problem with the Denon dock is that it forces me to manage my music around the limitations of their device instead of them building their product around the way in which I want to use my iPod.If you only have a few hundred songs and most of them are put into small playlists, the Denon dock might work out okay as a poor man's Apple TV. Of course I have playlists, but I don't have everything in a playlist. However if you've ever seen what a Youtube video optimized for the iPod looks like on a 100" screen, well, let's just say you won't want to watch much video from this device. Once the iPod is placed in the dock you can't control it with the iPod itself. Unfortunately, the Denon dock falls into the former category.
If you're a power user, you should look elsewhere. I really wanted to get an Apple TV to manage my iTunes music and integrate with my home theater, but I balked at the price after considering the actual value the device brings. Since I had just purchased a Denon 1909 receiver, I decided to give the Denon iPod Dock a try. If you hold the button down it doesn't go any faster and after about 20 seconds it gets bogged down and just stops.
You have to click through each song, each artist and each album one at a time. The dock also works as a charger.There are a few limitations to the dock, as I knew there would be, but the most glaring is that it does not scroll. Can you imagine what it would be like if your iPod didn't scroll. I'm not too bummed about buying this for less than a hundred bucks, but if I had it to do over I'd probably pass.
To get from Across the Universe to You Can't Always Get What You Want would take hours. The audio quality seems pretty good. I have 6800 songs on my iPod. It was a third the price of the Apple TV and although it doesn't allow video streaming or HD playback, I have my Blu-ray player for that.There are lots of iPod accessories out there.
You're stuck using the Denon or your universal remote. Higher bit rate files sound better, of course. It will give you an onscreen display of your music files and yes, it will also playback video. I'm not sure if it is a true line-out, but the audio seems crisp and undistorted.
It's the way to go Movies, photos, songs, coverflow, images with songs. The dock is functional, but you don't get video or pictures on our HD TV, you don't get coverflow, you just get scroll-through songs. Get an Apple TV, ours is far away from the wireless router, works like a charm.
Wish there was an HDMI connection ;) I can go through large volumes of music and search in no time. The product works well with my Denon 4308IC. Worth every penny.
I've found that I forget what I'm looking for before I get there. For example if I want to go from Back in Black (AC/DC) to Thug (ZZ Top) it takes forever. Too bad it doesn't have a search feature or faster browse function.Maybe it has something to do with the fact that my iPod is a 3G, 80GB model with over 600 CDs on it. I hooked up the dock to my new AVR-2309CI receiver. Easy installation, great sound but it is SO SLOW when navigating artists, songs, etc.
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