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iHome iA5 Speaker System - IA5BV

Very good clock and the speaker sounds great! The only problem is that the clock alarm will not go off correctly all the time. I guess it depends on how the song that you use as the alarm was recorded. Other than that, the clock radio/ipod charger works great! I have not used the other information or sleep stats because internet connection is needed for those applications.

Awesome alarm clock and easy to use. Has a back up battery just in case the power goes out which is great cause you never know. The sound is good enough for a room. I do recommend it..

Overall I like this machine. The sound quality is pretty good for an alarm clock and the app makes it very versatile. It's nice to be able to program one playlist for going to sleep and a different playlist to wake to - and set volume levels for each playlist as well.<br />The only thing that I dont like is the location of docking connection. Your iPhone/iPod docks on the front of the machine, and the connection is rather flimsy (I feel like I'm going to break it one of these days)

I can't really give an accurate rating because I was never able to use the unit as intended. I couldn't attach my iPhone while the phone case was on. I refuse to remove the case each time I want to attach the phone to the speakers/clock. The adaptor seemed a little flimsy, too. Took it back the next day.

I got the A5 in May of this year & while it was an interesting idea, I soon realized that only being able to control it thru the iOS interface was limited. At the time, they had a concept of sleep cards which were very hard to manage for setting the alarm. Over time the software improved (still can't choose random on playlists), but it was still prone to issues. It is too easy to change the brightness of the display, causing it to totally disappear at times if you lay some clothes on top of it. If I forgot to put my iPhone on the device, I wouldn't get an alarm the next morning... but I also had to remember to start their app for it as well. Overall, this made a simple thing like an alarm clock overly complicated. Finally this week, it stopped charging or interacting with my iPhone at all. Not only will my iPhone not charge on it (Charging is not available with this device message appears), but the alarm doesn't work either due to what I can only assume is a now defective connector. 5 months of difficult to use alarm clock & then it totally dies. Don't make my mistake. Get a different clock radio.

To use this device as it is intended--a personalized alarm clock that can monitor your sleep habits, and display things such as weather, you will need to use an iPhone so that you can install an iHome app that seems to "unlock" the iHome's capabilities, though those "capabilities" will be coming from the iPhone, not the iHome. Now, is the price justified if you use the iPhone? Not really because when using the iPhone, everything is controlled from the iPhone, not the iHome. So with the app installed, and iPhone connected, the iPhone is the one that should be praised, if anything should, not the iHome. Is the iHome forcing you to use an iPhone? Maybe, but I think just assumes that if you are buying this product, you already have an iPhone. IF USING AN iPOD: You will only get an iPod dock (Yes, there is only one speaker) that also works as an alarm clock. Concerning the iPod dock itself, the volume can go high enough so that it can be considered a little loud within a normal size bedroom. However, when going up to that level of volume, I found there to be accompanied with it a buzzing sound from the buttons. This does not mean though that this iHome has any bass, but that the treble can become a little rusty sounding when used at high volumes. For a typical inexpensive iPod dock/alarm clock that you can buy at any department store for maybe 40$ or less, you would expect this type of audio output, however with the iHome iA5's price tag coming to 70$ or more, I would expect very good sound quality, which it does not give us. As an alarm clock, the iHome works well enough. The digital display is blue and medium in size, which can be dimmed on the iHome itself a total of four shades +/-. I found the latter to be very helpful, for you will never have the alarm being too bright or too dim. Moreover, you can also turn the display completely off, so that you can either have the iA5 to either portray itself as just an iPod dock, or if you want to listen to music without the distraction of a display. To get the iHome to play a song of your choice from your iPod when waking up is a little tricky, and not very intuitive. It can also be hard to figure out without a manual. ****And most importantly, I would actually refrain from using an iPod all together with the alarm clock, because the iPod actually blocks the snooze button on the top of the iHome such that you will actually have to reach over the iPod, which is loosely attached to a connection, to hit the button. All the previous has to be done when being half asleep and in a dark room, most likely. Compare this to using an iPhone, which has the snooze button on its display. To sum up here: If you have just an iPod, I would not recommend using the iHome iA5 because it has the chance of damaging your iPod when hitting the snooze button, and the playback ability of the dock is on par with a unit 20$ or less. IF USING AN IPHONE: All of the functions previously mentioned will be controlled through the iPhone itself, on the iHome app. More options open up to you, such as time synching with the iPhone, more options for dimming, volume of the alarm clock buzz/song, and a snooze button not blocked but shown directly on the iPhone. Also, with the iPhone app, it will monitor sleeping habits such as 1. average amount of times you hit the snooze button, 2. average amount of sleep in a week etc. As I said before, when using the iPhone app, your iPhone will be doing all the work, while the iHome just diplays the time and outputs less than adequate audio. This review should be more of a review on the iPhone, not the iHome, because alone, as an iPod/iPhone dock with an integrated alarm clock, the iHome iA5 is very mediocre and not worth the fairly pricey price tag. What your really buying here is a 70$ iPhone app packaged in an austere 30$ iPod dock/alarm clock.

They say this product is compatible with the ipod touch, 1st gen - it is not. iHome has a policy to update the apps and only worry about compatibility with the most recent models. I would NOT recommend this product unless you plan to keep buying new ipods and stay on the "cutting edge." If not, one day they will update the app and your product will no longer work.

I have an iHome H5 iPod alarm clock that I've used for years, so when the iA5 showed up on my Vine list, I thought I'd give it a try. My initial impressions were rather negative. The H5 was slightly clunky in the controls department, and if anything they've made it worse with the iA5. I never liked that the time-setting button was on the back of the H5, and now the time-setting _and_ alarm setting buttons are back there. The labels on the rear buttons are faint, and they're angled downward, so you really have to pick the unit up and look at them under bright light to see and understand them. On the positive side, the Alarm and Time buttons have identifying bumps on them, so you can press them without seeing them _if_ you've used them often enough to remember which one is which. There's no built-in AM/FM radio, either. It works just fine with an older generation iPod, like the 5th generation iPod that's been sitting docked in my H5 for years. But the real point to this clock is the iHome + Sleep app with an iPhone or iPod touch. With the app, most of my issues with the controls go away. You still have to use the time-setting button on the back now and then, but pressing it once syncs it to the iPod's internal time. You set the alarm, or alarms if you're a strange person, via the iPod app. Since it's software, it can be a lot more sophisticated than a regular alarm clock. The most significant feature for me is that you can set which days the alarm functions, so the weekday alarm won't annoy you on a Saturday morning if you forgot to disable the alarm the day before. You can set multiple alarms at multiple times if you wish. You can set a single alarm that never repeats if you want a nap but also really need to be awake by a particular time. The app works even if your iPod isn't docked using the internal speakers, so it's kind of handy for travel, and the app is free. Thus, with Touch device docked, the only controls you'll use regularly are the Snooze button and the Alarm On / Off button, which are both relatively large and located on the top. The main issue here is that the alarm clock has a sloping rear, so they're slightly awkward to reach. The on / off button much more so than the snooze button, though I suppose that's a plus if you're the type to grope for the alarm in the morning and shut it off without really waking. At least the on / off button has a raised logo, so you can identify it by touch. One thing that confused me at first was the way the iHome app handles waking to stored music, which is _the_ reason to own an iPod alarm clock. Each alarm within the app has its own playlist. You can import individual songs, albums, and playlists from the main iPod music software, but it's still the app's own playlist. At first it appears it will only play the music in order, but in fact you can set it to shuffle. When the app is in "waiting for bedtime" mode, it displays the current song set for the alarm, and near the "next song" icon is a shuffle button. The other method is to use the iA5 like the older iHome alarm clocks - set your iPod to playing music off your desired playlist, in shuffle mode or not. Turn it off using the on / off button on the top, and use the iA5's hardware alarm clock to turn on the iPod. It's a lot less functional than using the app, but it works, and that's how you use it if you dock and older iPod. Overall, it's a nice improvement over the H5.

I bought this after watching G4's gatchet prone. It looked really cool and I was in need for an alarm system. This I Home is fairly easy to use. It has some features that will help you with just about anything you could want. If you dont want to use alarm sounds you can choose to wake to any music from your iphone. The speakers have very good sound. The design is very good to put on nightstand. Must download IHome app for Iphone to get started(free download). My one criticism is that you do not have the option to listen to music without Iphone connected. There is no traditional radio player which normally you find on alarm clocks, but I don't listen to radio that much anyway.

This is terrible! what add-on device would you buy that damages the primary device? I didn't even consider this (I should have read one of the reviews here where the exact same thing happened.). I'm so angry that I can't even write an objective review; just let it be known that this device has such poor build quality that it may damage your Apple unit like it has already for several of us, and this is NOT covered under Apple's warranty. Enough said.

The iPhone 4 bumper that Apple provides to correct the antenna problem must be removed to use the iPhone with the iHome IA5. The bumper case interferes with the connection. I expect that after removing the bumper every night, it will break. Otherwise, the iHome+Sleep free app and the app enhanced iHome IA5 is a wonderful product.

I bought this product for my alarm clock for school. I never got to use it once before it stopped working. I went to set it up, and I placed my itouch on it, like a normal person would. The clock recognized the ipod but no audio. I took the itouch off, and the ihome had ripped one pin out, and bent 4 others. Luckily, it didn't damage the pins needed for charging and doing transfers through itunes. Don't get this if you don't want to run the risk of damaging your ipod.

I wanted an iPod alarm clock and the iA5's "App-enhanced" nature looked good, so I bought it. I wish I hadn't. Unfortunately, the app is very poor. There are some nice ideas in it, with "sleep cards" and "wake cards" to handle different situations, but the app is so complicated that it is nearly useless. When you're tired and want to go to sleep, you're not likely to want to fumble around an iPod app hunting for the right settings. As other reviewers have noted, the iA5 is bright, both the clock display (even at its dimmest setting) and the power button. So unless you like sleeping next to a spotlight, stay away. The iPod is in the way when you try to reach for a button. The device looks like it has two speakers, but actually only has one (my fault for not reading the fine print.) The App-Enhanced Clock Radio is a good idea, but the iA5 is a poor execution of that idea. Hopefully, iHome will redesign this device and re-write the app with user-friendliness in mind.

You must be smarter than the machine! I got this as a gift for my gf....she hooked it up, downloaded the app, and had the whole thing figured out within 5 minutes. &quot;The power button on the top is like a homing beacon. It lights up the whole room. What's it for anyway? (When does one turn off their clock?)&quot;...It's to dim the clock when you are sleeping so that &quot;annoying&quot; light doesn't keep you awake. This thing is great, we both love it and for the sale price you can't beat it!

I got this because I love my iPhone, gadgets, and apps! However, in this case, it just all seemed put together in such a way that it was kind of confusing. Particularly when you are trying to figure out what is going to kick in in the morning, the iphone alarm or the clock alarm? The sound quality was ok but nothing special in my opinion. I downloaded and installed the app and it took a little bit to figure it out. It has a bit of a confusing interface as well. However, I got it figured out with a little while of playing with it. I finally just returned it and got the iHome: iP90B. Can't explain why but I love it MUCH better! It has a much better sound quality and build quality for that matter. I can still use the iHome app with it too, even though it isn't specifically promoted.