Yamaha YDS-10 Universal iPod Dock for Select Yamaha Home Theater Receivers | List Price: $99.99
Discount Price: $49.95
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Brand: Yamaha
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year
Features: - Universal iPod docking station custom designed for select Yamaha home theater receivers
- Plays your iPod's music and video clips through home theater speakers and attached monitor
- Uses receiver's remote control to operate iPod; charges your iPod while in the base
- Works with Yamaha HTR-5960, HTR-5950, RX-V659, and RX-V559 A/V receivers
- Compatible with 4th and 5th generation iPods, iPod minis, and iPod nanos
Ipod User MUST [Posted on 2008-07-01]
With over 8,000 songs on my Ipod I couldn't imagine NOT adding this dock to my new Yamaha Surround Sound Receiver. It works just as advertised. One feature that puts it ahead of previous "docks" I've used is that the controls (wheel) on the Ipod itself still operate while the thing is docked. The "on screen display" to my LCD TV is not as "pretty" as I would have liked, but it gives you all the information you want; and song titles "scroll" on the front display of the receiver as well. It also charges the Ipod while it is docked. I don't have any videos on my Ipod yet, so I can't say what will happen with that in the "on screen" mode. But since I just wanted it for my music, it is superb.
GREAT add-on! [Posted on 2008-07-21]
Great add-on for the Yamaha receiver! It is nice to be able to display your playlists and songs on the television screen and control with the remote control. Well worth the money.
Good, not great [Posted on 2008-08-30]
This products works as advertised and I am satisfied overall, but it could be better. My major knock on this product is that the connection is proprietary and will only connect to a Yamaha receiver with the iPod/Bluetooth connection. It would be much better if the audio/video was carried by standard cables and let the control be a separate (proprietary even) cable. Then one could hook it up to a new receiver down the road. Also, this forces you to choose between the iPod and Bluetooth as they use the same port (and there is only one of them.)
The controls work well. But except for pause/prev/next I didn't find much use for them. Think of it, you are across the room, can you really make out the iPod screen well enough to, say, find a new playlist? If Yamaha would scroll the text across the receiver's front panel, then maybe. Otherwise you'll have to walk over to the iPod anyway just to read the screen. I do believe some receivers will project it on a TV screen if you hook to the video out (my setup is for a 2.1 music room so a TV is vorboten in this room.)
So it works well, but it's not a be-all, end-all.
Tom C [Posted on 2008-09-01]
In spite of my effort to ascertain that this product would work with my 40 G color IPOD, it does not. Big disappointment.
Video Not Compatible with Yamaha Receiver RX-V363 [Posted on 2008-09-26]
I recently purchased an entry level Yamaha 5.1 receiver (model RX-V363). I have been very happy with the receiver and liked the idea of integrating an Ipod dock. However, after I received the dock and spending several hours trying to troubleshoot, I stumbled on an Amazon.com review for the RX-V363 that seemed to indicate I had wasted my time. Apparently, the YDS-11 menu and video capabilities are not compatible with the RX-V363 (the other reviewer learned this after the fact from a Yamaha tech).
The RX-V363 remote operates the Ipod (I have an 80GB classic) just fine, but it is of limited use since you have to be standing within two feet to read the Ipod display. The sound of the YDS-11 is fine. However, as the other reviewer noted, you might consider the Tekkeon Navdock instead of this unit as the Tekkeon has full video and menu capabilities. Essentially, if you have a RX-V-363, you are buying a $60 charger that allows you to hide the input in the back of your receiver and leave the video/aux input on the front of the receiver free for something else or simply to leave open without unsightly cords. Not a great use of $60 as far as I am concerned.
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