No, it's not a Doomsday clock, ticking away the precious seconds of your brief mortality. It's just another iPod dock, the CR-iP500 from Kenwood. The 371 x 175 x 187-mm globule of thump brings a pair of amplified 5W speakers, a built-in FM tuner, slot-in CD player, and a USB 2.0 jack to playback unprotected WMA and MP3 audio files off USB sticks. Yeah, iPods too, just as long as you don't stretch the definition to include the iPhone which this dock doesn't appear to support. Expected to hit Japan for ¥27,000 (about $280) in early December.
Update: Oh Kenwood, turns out your dock is just a rebadge of the
LG PC12 already on sale in the US and elsewhere for $250 MSRP.
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posted Nov 25th 2008 1:46AM
what an uuuuugly design.
This is another woo-hoo. It doesn't look all that great, and someone needs to stop chuckin little lights in just cause they can. It just really bugs me.
Wow! I live in Mexico, and in Walmart, they sell a LG that its the same for about a year. I really think this is a clone from the LG, because the LG won the CES 2008 'Innovations' Awards Honor. And the price, is about 100 dlls. Tha same tec specs.
Engaget, im a big fan of you, but i really think you must double check your posts. This "gadget" is old.
Here you go:
http://www.inovus.com.mx/lg-estereo-con-estilo-en-tu-casa-931
ps.- 10 watt speakers.
Just to clarify, do you live in a Walmart in Mexico, or do you live in a Walmart and Mexico (1/2&1/2)? Or do you just suck at punctuation?
P.S. :-)
woot go All-Blacks!
he likes his blacks
Is there a problem with liking blacks?
did I suggest there was a problem?
Frickin Go the AB's!!!!! Grand Slam!!!!
Hey, thanks for that. It was really insightful, because it was about this article and everything.
Welp, the original comment got deleted, so I look like an idiot. Sorry, folks.
I don't want to hear a Haka by the All Blacks on my iPod, they might carry my head about atop a spear. I want to hear Hayley Westenra singing the New Zealand National Anthem to 82,000 All Black fans. That is REAL music to MY ears.
Pros:
-Is Black
-FM Tuner
-Plays WMA
Cons:
-Another remote I could lose.
I'll pass.
Ka mate, ka mate! ka ora! ka ora!
The last time I paid $250 for an audio playback device with nondescript seven-segment display was spring 1998.
It will remain the last time.
There's no mention of an AC power source, a serious deficiency for a table top system with a CD player and an alarm clock. Falling asleep listening to your favorite CD may use the last energy from the tiny AAA batteries and prevent the alarm from waking you.
I bought the LG version of this.
After just two hours of trying this thing, I tried to return it. Two things - you have to turn off the music to see the time, and sound quality is horrendous. How about making everything sounds like AM radio?
I thought it might be just this unit and tried to get help from LG Customer support. The first was an online chat, it went nowhere. Second, an email to customer support - my message body did not go through as per their reply. Third I called and was forwarded to a non-working number. Thanks LG.
It took me three weeks to return it, paid $36 on restocking fee plus shipping but I was happy to get rid of it from my view. It is such a disappointment.