Directed Electronics SLH1 SIRIUS Stiletto Home Docking Kit Review

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(More customer reviews)This home kit is simple and easy to install and use! I have the antenna sitting near a window and the reception is great even though there is a patio outside the window blocking open access to the sky.
Am very happy with it!

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iHome iH30 Boom Box with FM Radio for iPod (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)It's not a bad package all in all -- lightweight, runs off C batteries or an AC power adapter, charges your iPod when docked, and has dock adapters for all but the newest iPod nano models. It was a pleasant surprise to find that the box also included a 1/8" phone plug cable for connecting non-iPod devices and a 12V car power adapter.
My iPod mini and 5G iPod fit snugly into the dock, and the secure fit makes it much easier to use the click wheel than on competing products where the iPod can wobble a bit.
The sound quality is merely adequate and bass is nonexistent. You just can't expect very much from such a small unit. So much for the "Rich full sound" promised by the advertising copy.
I'm rating it only 2 stars because it's not worth the MSRP. I was able to pick one up for a good deal less than list price because of a sale at the local electronics superstore, but with the normal pricing it just doesn't offer a whole lot for the money.

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The iHome iH30B Boom Box for iPods with FM Radio (Black) lets you listen to all your favorite iPod music or radio stations anywhere, with a fresh and modern twist on a boom box. This hip boom box can run on batteries, an AC outlet or a car adaptor so you can use it wherever you go, whether you are at home, camping or on the road.
The iH30B boom box has a sharp LCD radio display with an adjustable white backlight and a built-in telescoping antenna to bring you clear FM-band radio reception. The radio in this unit comes with six buttons for programming in your favorite FM stations and jumping to them quickly. The iH30B is simple to use, with easy to adjust settings, and comes with three removable inserts and a rubber pad to ensure your iPod fits properly in the iPod drawer, allowing it to be compatible with all iPod models from the iPod video to the iPod Nano. Not only is this unit designed to be sleek and portable, but it can be powered at home, in your car, or independent of plug-ins so you can take it with you anywhere. And when you are running low on battery, you can activate the power save switch to prolong your battery life by automatically shutting off after sitting unused for a period.
When the iH30B is powered by either the included AC adapter, or the included car adapter it automatically charges your iPod, but when you don't have access to an outlet it can run on eight C-cell batteries. This unit uses two stereo 4-inch speakers and a powerful stereo amplifier to provide you with a full, rich sound regardless of the volume level. This iHome boom box has a built-in audio input jack with an included patch cord for an external MP3 player, CD player, or other audio device, and has a headphone jack that allows you to listen to your music in privacy when the situation calls for it, as well as being remote-control capable (not included). The iH30B comes in a stylish black finish that complements both you and your iPod, measures 15.07 x 5.6 x 5.57 inches (W x H x D), and is backed by a manufacturer's limited 90-day warranty.
What's in the Box iHome iH30B boom box for iPods and FM radio, an AC power adapter, an auto power adapter, an auxiliary line-out patch cord, and a user's manual.

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Cisco-Linksys WMA11B Wireless Digital Media Adapter Review

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First Impressions:
Nice packaging. Nice looking device, it's not much bigger than a four port hub. It has both the Cisco and LinkSys logos on the face. Vertical or horizontal mount. The package contained the device, quick setup poster, and a CD.
Installation:
I have an existing server, running Win2K Server, that I store my MP3 collection on. This product works by installing an agent on a PC and then connecting the device over a hard wired LAN or WiFi (802.11b). My setup allows me to use either LAN or WiFi and of course I chose the wired setup for max bandwidth and so I could actually listen to music and use my phone or microwave without dropping packets and thus songs. The agent installation was flawless and the media adapter and my server were talking within a few minutes after cracking up the box. Once the agent is installed on a PC, you really only have one option: Point the agent to your media. So of course I decided to point it to my entire (29 gig) mp3 collection which began in a single MP3 folder. Well, it starts to "Search" and then simply would disappear. No error, no nothing. Ok, maybe my collection was too big, so I start dragging my genre folders which were maybe 1 gig a piece...same thing happend. Ok...so I decide to drag a single album over to the agent and finally it seems to take the 6 songs in the folder and I rush over to my TV to fire up the device...it was able to play three of the songs and then the entire folder disappeared and thus I had no music to pull up anymore. After a few reboots and trying different folders I had similar results. My trade, I'm an IT guy...so there were no 'technical user' issues...I can assure you of that. To this day the device is flakey. It forgets entire folders for no reason at any given time. I've even loaded XP with similar results.
Audio:
The sound is on par with my expectations, though I wish for the price the device would have at least coax digital out. Your stuck with a pair of RCA, which I hooked a pair of Monster cables up to for optimal sound. The unit is equipped with an Intel StrongArm 400 MhZ (The same processor the latest PocketPCs use) and thus is pretty good at decoding and playing the MP3/WMAs.
Display:
The menus are sloppy. There is absolutely no customization on for menus either. There are NO visualizations while songs are playing. You can't see anything important like bit rate or most of an ID3 tag (genre, year, etc.). You are stuck with an unsizable screen that shows you the track name and album name and running time. That's it. Plus they use such a huge display, that a band or song title with a long name (13 chars +) gets lopped off. Sloppy stuff all around on the visuals. Again, I expect more.
Photos:
Photos are displayed well. No real problems here. The device sure could flip through them faster though with this processor. One plus is the ability to play MP3s while viewing photos. However, some lag does occur on larger photos. Whether this is due to bandwidth, processor, or a combination I'll leave up to the "engineers" over at Linksys to figure out and hopefully fix over the next decade or so...
Support:
This is where the stars began to seriously dive. ... I doubt the engineers who designed this paper weight released this as a stable product under their free will. It's a joke.
Conclusion:
... I would recommend looking at the new Gateway DVD/MP3 network device or waiting as this market opens up more. We will all want to stream over DivX movies, MP3s, and every other type of media soon. I'm just going to wait a few years while they refine this technology better.

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The Linksys Wireless-B media adapter lets you bring the digital pictures and music stored on your computer to your home entertainment center, without running cables through the house. Using a wireless connection, the media adapter displaysyour digital photographs on the TV for the whole family to enjoy. And your digital music collection is finally freed from those little computer speakers and can play in full glory through your stereo system.
The Wireless-B media adapter sits by your home stereo and television and connects to them using standard consumer electronics cables. Then it connects to your home network by Wireless-B (802.11b) wireless networking or, if you prefer, it can be connected via standard 10/100 Ethernet cabling. Using the included remote c ontrol and the user-friendly menus on your TV, you can browse through the digital pictures on your computer by folder, filename, or thumbnail. You can view pictures one at a time, or watch an automatically created slideshow of all the pictures in a given folder. The media adapter supports five popular picture formats: JPG, GIF, TIF, and BMP. Use the remote control's Zoom button to get a close-up of the details in your pictures. You can also use the remote to browse your MP3- or WMA-formatted music collection by title, artist, genre, folder, or playlist. Choose the music you want, and let the Wireless-B media adapter play it through your stereo system. You can even let music play in the background while you browse your pictures.
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