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| iHome IH9 Alarm Clock for iPod (Black) | 
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Category: CE
Publisher: iHome
Studio: iHome
Brand: iHome
Label: iHome
Media: Electronics
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 9
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 10.1 x 4.9
MPN: IH9B6
Model: IH9B6
UPC: 047532890587
EAN: 0047532890587
ASIN: B000Z9UY2K
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Wake or sleep to iPod, AM/FM Radio or buzzer - iPod alarm backup - if iPod is the selected wake to source and iPod is not docked, the buzzer alarm will sound | | • | Universal dock with inserts to fit docking iPod models / Charges iPod while docked | | • | High-fidelity stereo drivers in specially designed Reson8 speaker chambers deliver astounding clarity, depth, and power | | • | Patch cord included to play other MP3 or CD players through radio's auxiliary input | | • | Gradual Wake and Gradual Sleep modes gently increases/decreases Alarm/Sleep volume |
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Product Description
Extend your relationship with your iPod. iHome is the leading manufacturer of clock radios with built-in iPod docks. iHome's iH9R Dual Alarm Clock Stereo Radio for your iPod has a built-in dock for your iPod so it can play through the radio's stereo speaker system. Listen to tunes any time, or fall asleep and rise to wakefulness with them too. There's also a digitally-tuned AM/FM radio. Adjustable controls let you customize the sound. Several alarm modes help make life easier too. If you don't have an iPod, you can listen to MP3 players of other brands through the auxiliary input port. Control your radio and iPod menus using the convenient remote control. With the iH9R, your dockable iPod can now play a more prominent role as a music provider at home. Enjoy your iPod at all times. Programmable sleep timer with 120, 90, 60, 30 or 15 minute scheduled shutdown Adjustable separate sleep volume lets you set a comfortable sleep volume without affecting wake to or regular listening levels 7-5-2 Alarm settings (everyday, weekdays, weekends) Programmable snooze feature with intervals from 1 to 60 minutes Full function remote control controls unit and iPod menu functions Dual alarm with AM/FM presets - Preset buttons to save 4 favorite AM, 4 FM1 and 4 FM2 radio stations Bass, Treble, 3D and balance controls so you can adjust for best sound Extra-large, backlit custom LCD Display with dimmer DST switch for quick daylight-savings time adjustment 6-Watts total audio output Made for iPod - iPod is not included (must be a dockable iPod) - Universal dock with inserts to fit docking iPod models Power AC power adaptor (included) for radio; Battery - 2 ?AA? (included) for remote control
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| Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews...
 Alarm Problem August 30, 2008
Most of the features are acceptable with the exception of one major problem; the radio/Ipod will turn on at all hours of the day and night regardless of when the alarm is set and, according to the manufacturer, there is no fix. This unfortunately offsets all of the positive values of the iHome IH9.
 ok for a geek August 28, 2008
This radio is pretty good. The sound quality is average.. Setting up the radio to wake up to an iPod is difficult and the instructions are not clear. The iPod holder is too flimsy. In conclusion, it is a decent product but nothing to get too excited about.
Unhappy August 26, 2008
The product works okay, but after a few days it seems like it doesn't attach right. I can't change the songs with the remote or even press pause on anything but with the actual iPod. I am upset and am thinking of returning the product.
Good features, perfomance and package August 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The iPod function is excellent. The tiny remote will probably get lost, but it works well until you lose it. The radio works with recent iPods and with iPhones. The iPhone 3G displays a message when you first plug it in saying that the device (the iH9) isn't designed for iPhones, but the phone charges and the iPod features work perfectly. Just one thing doesn't work: you can't leave the phone function on because the GSM signal causes interference. So if you rely on your cell phone for home or office phone service you'll need the iH99 model, which has shielding that prevents the interference -- but that model costs almost 3/4ths more. Since we don't get cell phone reception in this house, the iH9 is just fine.
The radio is surpsrisingly good. We're in using it in a house in rural NH with a standing seam metal roof. AM reception for most radios consists of static, broken occasionally by louder static. With the supplied external AM antenna plugged in, the iH9 picks up a few nearby stations during the day and pulls in stations in Hartford and Boston at night, when AM reception is always better. (Without the external AM antenna, we got the static we do with other AM radios.) The FM antenna works well if you take the time to orient it properly for the signal
We've been using a Sangean CCR radio that is designed for fringe reception areas and the iH9 works almost as well on FM and better on AM.
The design is clean looking and the controls are labeled well, including the clock radio functions. The glossy black plastic case shows finger prints easily. White would probably be better. The "dials" for tuning and volume are flat discs designed to look like iPod click wheels. Theys have a matte finish that makes them easy enough to turn, but real raised dials would be easier to use.
We expected that there would be adapters for multiple iPods in the package, but the radio we got has only one, already installed. Apparently you can get additional adapters from iHome. Having the right size adapter makes the iPod more secure and makes it less likely that you'll knock it off the connector by mistake. Fortunately the adapter that came with our radio fits large iPods and the iPhone OK. The package also included the exteranl AM antenna and a little stand for it, a connector to plug into MP3 players that don't fit the built-in iPod connector, the remote control and a reasonably clear instruction leaflet. For the price, it's a good unit with reasonable sound and good features.
 SDI Technologies scores a winner (Almost--a shortcoming is exposed.) August 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although I'm still partial to the sound of a Tivoli Model 3 despite its primitive alarm features, there's so little worthwhile musical programming on FM or AM bands that an iPod clock radio makes more sense now than ever. If you've ever tried to doze off (let alone wake up) to jazz or the Great American Songbook (i.e. Pops or Duke, Miles or Getz, Sinatra or Ella, a Gershwin or Cole Porter tune), you've no doubt discovered that despite the appearance of media outlets for every taste, there's frequently nothing to listen to!
SDI Technologies, with its iHome IH9 model, has addressed this void with class, style, efficiency and, not least, affordability. The IH9 makes an impression from the moment you take it out of the box: shiny, compact, and exhibiting accurate date and time even before being plugged in. Plug it in, and it's soon apparent that time, station numbers, sound source, etc. are more clearly illuminated than on any comparable device. Moreover, the design is sleek and uncluttered, with volume and control dials and push buttons that don't protrude from the surface yet are easy to manipulate.
Although a sophisticated little machine--from tone and EQ settings to two highly flexible, adjustable alarm systems--the IH9 is so intuitive that even the digitally-challenged are apt to have it completely solved without reference to the instructions. The sound is pristine and crisp, especially at low to medium volume. Bass and treble controls along with the sonic "expander" serve to enhance (i.e. "spread") frequencies all the more (perhaps needless to say, the bass lacks the fullness of that reproduced by a Tivoli, BA Receptor, Sangean W-2, or Athena iVoice system, but it's "there"--and, when played at reasonable volume levels, is free of distortion).
In short, there's little not to like about this modestly priced system described as an "alarm clock for iPod." The style, sound, controls, remote (the only one I've seen at this price that accesses the iPod's menu system), and line-in/out jacks practically put it in the same company as expensive units claiming to be high fidelity systems for the iPod. If sound and battery operation are your priorities, you'll no doubt wish to look at the Altec im600, but the audio quality of the iHome is respectable (closer to the Altec than many may care to admit), the FM sensitivity and selectivity is about equal with the Altec (extended rod antennae are no guarantee of superior reception, as any Tivoli Model One owner will testify), and the alarm clock feature is superior not only to the Altec's but to any other iPod system currently on the market.
A few quibbles: Station pre-sets are minimal (6 for both bands), but who listens to more than 2-3 stations? I've noticed some exaggerated disparities in volume levels of tunes when played through the IH9, perhaps easily corrected through settings in the iPod. The unit is heavier than I had expected (more ounces than the im600), even without factoring in the power adaptor. The latter is almost a throw-back to wall-warts of years past, eating up an annoying amount of real estate on my overloaded power strip. It's also just about the only area where iHome has done any conspicuous cost-cutting. In short, this radio-alarm-dock-speaker is so well designed and executed it's difficult to get excited about it; it's merely the new standard-bearer in its category and price range.
[Caveat: Although the alarm system, as stated, is the most sophisticated this writer has seen for an "iPod alarm clock," it may not satisfy the more fastidious user. The benefactor of this gift previously had a clock radio that would permit its owner to have the radio alarm come on for the first hour, then remain on after the 2nd alarm had been activated for the second hour. Thus the slowly-waking sleeper could experience radio exclusively for the first hour, and radio PLUS buzzer for the second. At this point, I haven't discovered a way to realize this optimal state with the iHome. In other words, the iHome's two alarms are independent and mutually exclusive, requiring the user to select one or the other alarm, or both but in sequential, rather than synchronous, order. A more sophisticated unit would ensure that the alarms are interdependent, so that the user could enjoy radio from the first alarm while simultaneously experiencing a buzzer activated by the second. (Are you listening, iHome?)]
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