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With its built-in docking station and clean, contemporary design, the iHome iH5 clock radio is the perfect complement for your Apple iPod digital music player. Not only does the iH5 let you listen to your iPod music free from cumbersome headphones, it also lets you fall asleep or wake to music you've loaded into your iPod. You can also wake or sleep to FM/AM radio or wake to a traditional buzzer.
The compact unit measures roughly 9 x 3 x 6 inches (W x H x D) yet comes complete with stereo speakers, drift-free digital FM/AM radio tuning, a multifunction LCD with adjustable backlighting, and the ability to charge your docking iPod's battery right from its center seat. (The iH5 includes handy inserts to accommodate any type of docking iPod: gen 3, gen 4, iPod mini, or iPod photo.)
Immediately upon plugging it in and the clock will set itself, drawing on its factory-installed 100-year calendar (year/month/day, 2000 to 2099). The clock will maintain accuracy all on its own, even self-adjusting for Daylight Savings time and leap years.
Fall asleep to your favorite station or a carefully chosen iPod playlist using the unit's programmable sleep timer (15 to 120 minutes in 15-minute increments). Gradual Wake and Gradual Sleep features will increase (with on wake-up) or decrease (on sleep) the system volume so as not to startle you. Adjustable sleep volume lets you select a comfortable "sleep" volume level without affecting the wake-to or listening volume levels.
A supplied analog audio interconnect affords hookups with non-docking iPods, other MP3 players, cassette players, or other audio devices. Other features include automatic frequency control (AFC) for enhanced FM reception, an amber backlight on all primary buttons, and optical knobs for precise volume/tuning.
For extra security, if you've selected iPod as your wake-to source and your iPod isn't docked, a buzzer will sound instead. The clock also comes with Sure Alarm battery backup--just install 2 AA batteries to activate the feature. In the event of a power failure, or if you disconnect the AC power cord to move it, the Sure Alarm system will maintain your clock and alarm setting for the life of the batteries, ensuring that the alarm will sound at the set time.
The iH5 is "Made for iPod"-certified by Apple.
What's in the Box
Clock radio, a stereo analog audio interconnect, dock inserts for any type of docking iPod (gen 3, gen 4, iPod mini, iPod photo, iPod nano), an AC power adapter, and a user's manual with warranty information.
Customer Review: Great sound, wish it were more durable
I got the IH5 with Christmas money and at first I thought it was a wonderful device. The display had three different levels of brightness so it could be turned down to keep a bedroom dark enough to sleep and still be visible, or turned up so it was easily read in a bright room. The sound, while not, say, on par with a Bose or JBL, was more than adequate for the price. It was even portable enough to more to a bathroom for a relaxing soak, and the battery kept the time and alarm settings correct after power failures. HOWEVER.... After five months the connection between IPod and IHome started to falter. More and more frequently the sound would simply stop, and I would have to go to it and press "Play" to get it to work again. Until it simply stopped recognizing that the Ipod was pugged in (AUX would show up on the display instead of IPOD). It took me a while but I finally figured out what happened: the plug on which the IPod docks became loose over time until it flopped like a tooth about to fall out. And thus it would only register the IPod existed if you wiggled it and found the exact spot/angle. The correct docking guide was always in place and it was never treated roughly, yet somehow it couldn't handle an Ipod being plugged in and out of the IHome a couple of times a week. I'm in the market for a new IPod alarm clock and I doubt it will be another one of these.
Customer Review: Do NOT buy this!
My sister and I both received iHomes for Christmas. I was very happy UNTIL, after 5 months of regular use, my speakers stopped working with the iPod. The speakers became filled with STATIC and the music was virtually impossible to hear. The speakers had not completely broken, as the iHome radio still worked fine, but the sound quality while playing both my ipod and my sister's iPods on my iHome was ruined. Now, 3 months later (8 months total after buying the iHomes), the sound quality on my sister's iHome is becoming increasingly static-filled. We cannot hear our music over the static. In short, this product is A WASTE OF MONEY. Buy something else!!


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