iHome iH5 Clock Radio for iPod (White)

iHome iH5 Clock Radio for iPod - (White)

Description

The iH5 is surprisingly small given its varied functionality: At 10" wide x 6" deep x 3" tall, it’s not much larger than many standard clock radios. The front face includes a 3.5" by 1" backlit LCD (described in more detail below) and left and right speakers. Each speaker driver is approximately 2" in diameter and seated in a ported enclosure that extends to the rear of the iH5.

The top of the iH5 is where the action is. In addition to nearly all of the system’s control buttons (more on these later), you’ll find the iH5’s iPod dock slot. Like the dock slot on other speaker systems, this one provides a high-quality, line-level audio signal from your iPod’s dock connector to the speakers; the iH5 returns the favor by charging your iPod while it’s docked. (To use non-dockable iPods, such as older models and the iPod shuffle, you connect the iPod to the iH5’s rear-mounted line-in jack via an included mini-to-mini cable.)

The system includes four plastic/rubber dock slot adapters to accommodate different-sized iPods: A “thick iPods” adapter for all 40GB and 60GB models, as well as 30GB 3rd-generation iPods; a “thin iPods” insert for dockable iPods of 20GB or less, as well as 30GB color and photo iPods; a “mini” insert for iPod minis; and a “shuffle rest” that holds an iPod shuffle. (The latter, of course, isn’t charged while sitting on the iH5 and must be connected via the cable mentioned above in order to play through the iH5’s speakers.)

Unlike some other “docking” iPod speakers, the iH5 doesn’t connect to your computer, so it doesn’t let you sync your iPod with iTunes; however, considering that an alarm clock is as likely to be used on a nightstand or on a kitchen counter as next to a computer—perhaps more so—I don’t consider that to be a major drawback.

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