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Sony ICF-C1IPMK2 Speaker System and Clock Radio with iPod Dock (Black)

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Brand: Sony
Category: CE

List Price: ~~$99.95~~
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

45 reviews

Color: BLACK
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0

MPN: ICFC1iPMK2BLK
Model: ICFC1iPMK2BLK
UPC: 027242735798
EAN: 0027242735798
ASIN: B00171MWU2

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Compatibility: iPod classic 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G; iPod mini; iPod nano 1G, 2G, 3G; iPod touch 1G; iPhone 1G, 3G
•	Fall asleep and wake up to your iPod, the radio, or--if you must--a buzzer
•	Dual alarm allows you to set two separate wake-up times for fluctuating schedules
•	Audio input lets you easily connect other digital music players to the clock radio for easy access to all of your music
•	Full-function wireless remote control (included) allows access to all the music on your iPod from across the room

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The iPod, iPhone, and MP3 player have all but replaced other media for portable music access. Now you can enjoy it at your office or home while listening through speakers instead of earphones. Sony extends it even further with its ICF-C1IPMK2. Add your iPod or iPhone to this AM/FM clock radio for additional music to listen at home or office, to fall asleep by, and to awaken with. The Sony ICF-C1IPMK2BLK speaker dock/clock radio combines Auto Time Set and Automatic Daylight Savings Time Adjustment along with a dual alarm and the added bonus of being able to dock your iPod music player or iPhone and listen to your favorite tunes through its speakers. If you don't have an iPod that fits into a dock or own an MP3 player of another brand, there's an audio input port that lets you connect those too. Digital AM/FM Tuner lets you choose from a wide variety of radio, talk and music programming Full Function Wireless Remote Control (included) permits access to all the music on your iPod from across the room. Dual Alarm - Set two separate wake-up times with the option of waking up to your iPod, the radio or a buzzer. Stereo Speakers with MEGAXpand iPod Battery Charging - While your iPod is on the dock, it will charge so you never have to worry about running low on battery life. Audio Input - Let's you easily connect any digital music player to the clock radio for easy access to all of your music 2 Speakers - Speaker Dimensions - Approx. 5.1cm (2 inches) diameter 3 Watts per channel Unit Size - 11-13/16W x 5-1/8H x 5-1/2D / Weight 4 pounds

Customer Reviews: Read 40 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Janice, Knoxville January 6, 2009
Janice Weaver (Knoxville)
My son-in-law this Christmas present. It was everything Sony and Amazon said it was. I received it very timely.

4 out of 5 stars

Sony ICF-C1PMK2 iPod Docking Station Review January 3, 2009
Todd J. O'Heron (Nashville, TN United States)
I have owned the Sony ICF-C1IPMK2 Speaker System and Clock Radio with iPod Dock (Black) for around a week now. The other reviewers who said the display is too bright are correct - I had it in my bedroom as my clock radio and had to remove it. Even on the lowest setting the light is too bright. I gave this unit 4 stars however since there are a lot of positives to it. I needed an iPod docking station (iPhone to be exact) for my downstairs living room, so have moved it there (where the bright light won't keep anybody up!). The sound is very nice on this machine compared to other clock radios.

In summary:

Pros:

- Great sound for this price range and for a clock radio. The speakers are very nice
- iPhone works perfectly here. I can even receive calls - no going into airplane mode because of interference.
- nice remote control, has all the functions I'd need on it
- small "footprint" - this unit takes up about half the space as my previous clock radio

Cons:
- probably the one and only I've encountered is the brightness of the display light. Since a clock radio typically sits on a nighstand next to your bed, not sure why they don't consider this light may be too bright to sleep by. It has 3 settings, and even on the lowest I found it to be too bright. I also have an iHome ipod docking station and it has 6-7 brightness settings which is perfect. I don't think the sound on the ihome compares though to this Sony.

5 out of 5 stars

Exellent Sound December 29, 2008
Alli S. (Good Ol' Kansas)
I love it! The sound is amazing. It's cool because you can have preset radio button's and it has an ajustable back so your iPod can have extra support. It also charges your iPod.

4 out of 5 stars

I'm pretty happy with it. December 29, 2008
J. Turner (New York, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I got this thing yesterday and played with it for a while. I always find choosing a product like this difficult because there are so many specifics of operation that are never listed in the description. Thus, here are some things I have learned that may be relevant to your decision:

Basic Operation:
The unit operates the iPod exactly as you would operate it yourself. That is, when the alarm goes off, it just wakes up the iPod and pushes play. This means that you can create a special wakeup playlist, or browse to a certain artist - whatever - and it will obey all the usual iPod rules you would expect. The downside is that you cannot program the unit to play the same wakeup playlist every morning. Rather, it just wakes up and pushes play, thereby playing whatever was left on pause the night before. (So you have to queue it each night, is my point.)

Now, on to the value judgments:

Pros:
1. The volume of the unit is independent of the volume setting on the iPod itself. So no matter where you leave the volume slider on your iPod, the unit will always play at its own volume.
2. Each of the two alarms is set with its own independent volume. Thus, no matter where you left the slider on your iPod, or what volume you had the unit set to just before bed, the alarm song will always play at the correct volume.
3. If you have a recurring alarm set to play a song from your iPod, and then forget to plug your iPod in one night, it will play the buzzer instead.
4. The unit comes with a backup battery built in, in case of power failures.
5. As mentioned above, each of the two alarms is set with its own independent volume. Also, if one of the alarms goes off while the other is still active, the second will interrupt the first. Practical application: If you set Alarm A for 7:00am at volume 10, and then set Alarm B for 7:05am at volume 15, then at 7:00 your alarm begins playing whatever song you had queued up, and at 7:05 the volume simply jumps 50%, right in the middle of the song. (I tested this; it works.) Cool, eh?
6. Although the iPod screen goes dark 30 seconds after the alarm goes off, when just using the unit to listen to music, the iPod display remains on, displaying the artwork for whatever song is playing at the time.

Cons:
1. My iPod Touch sticks up about a quarter of an inch above the clock controls. This means that if I violently slap at the snooze button, I may violently smack my iPod.
2. If you sync your iPod with iTunes immediately before plugging it into the alarm clock -- and neglect to queue up a song -- then when your alarm goes off, no song will play AND NO ALARM WILL SOUND. None. Nada. Nothing happens, except you're late for work. (When I first tested this, it actually picked songs at random, which I thought was pretty cool. But after playing with different settings, that stopped happening and I am unable to make it happen again. I have no idea what made it happen in the first place.)*
3. Because the alarm time is set with the same button that switches it on and off, it is possible to absent-mindedly turn the alarm off while setting it. Care must be taken to avoid unexpected lateness.

Neutrals:
1. It sounds adequate. It is not a Bose wave radio, but it is more than sufficient for (my) alarm clock purposes and casual bedroom listening. But don't expect to rock out to it. The mids and the highs a pretty strong, but the bass is lacking.
2. Mega-Xpand addds no value. That is, it sounds better with Mega-Xpand switched off. Switched on, it just sort of sounds processed.
3. Though many people have complained about the brightness of the display, it is not a problem for me at all. Yes, it is kinda bright, but not nearly enough to keep me awake.

*UPDATE Added 12/30/2008 - I figured this out. After it syncs, if you select "Music" from the main menu (I have an iPod Touch - YMMV), it will then choose a track at random when the alarm sounds. However, it does not allow you to drill down further as you might expect, and have it select at random from a playlist. Even if you choose a playlist before tucking in for the night, the alarm still uses your entire collection as its source in the morning. The way I found to trick it into randomly selecting from a pre-defined list of good wake-up songs is that I created the playlist, and included a single 5 second track of silence. Now I can just queue up that silent track at night, and make sure that shuffle is on; when the alarm triggers it plays the silence for 5 seconds and then shuffles to one of the other songs on the list. Perfect.

5 out of 5 stars

Overall satisfaction: pretty high. December 29, 2008
James Breen (Tampa, FL USA)
I purchased this little iPod / iPhone compatible clock radio for my lady's birthday after doing a lot of research. Despite the iPhone being a huge hit in the US, it seems like not many of the iPod docks with an alarm capability are compatible with the iPhone. When I stumbled upon this, it was a pleasant surprise.

We have been using it for about a month now, and are very pleased with it. There are two separate alarms that are easy to set, and you can choose to wake up to your iPod/iPhone, the radio, or a classic alarm buzzer. This is awesome because I have to wake up 2 hours later than my fiance and she appreciates not having to set the alarm forward 2 hours in the morning before she leaves and back 2 when she goes to bed. There's a nice big sleep button in the front middle on the top of the system -- so if you're feeling like sleeping in a bit more it is an easy find while incoherent.

The little remote control takes a bit of getting used to, but it controls basically everything on your iPod which rules.

The only thing I am not super stoked about, being a twenty-something, I want to listen to the music really loud sometimes. The bass on the stereo kind of drowns out the music if you turn it up too loud. So if you want to listen to something that kicks a little more butt than Tchaikovsky (some may argue that he does, in fact kick butt), you have a bit of a restriction of how loud you can turn the device up. I usually just turn the iPod volume down a little bit, and then max it out. Not too shabby.

All in all, I would recommend this.

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