iHome - Not iCrap - iH5 clock radio/iPod dock
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- čas přidán 21. 01. 2016
- The iPod dock is useless unless you have an old model that is compatible with it, but the iHome iH5 clock radio also features surprisingly good AM and FM radio reception and sound quality, and with its line level input, it can serve as a compact amplifier/speaker system. Newer models are compatible with newer mobile devices, and have even better-sounding speakers, but have an FM-only tuner.
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5:53 - I love how you freaked a little when the music came on :D
It was louder than I expected.
After watching the video for a second time, I must say that I am truly impressed with not only the presence of an AM tuner, but also the fidelity, considering how AM is an afterthought on newer radios. The top of it seems so barren without the written instructions for hotel guests!
I have one of these too, and it works great to this day still. I got it back in 2008 from a local Linens 'N Things that was closing since the whole company was going bankrupt, and for $70 at that too. Not too bad of a price for getting it new at that time. And yes, the reception works very well on it. I have it up at my cabin in northern WI now since I've got newer ones back home as well as well as where I go to college in MN, and I remember one time I was playing around on the FM band on it late at night and I was able to pick up some very distant stations (101.3 KDWB and 100.3 KFXN from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota). Then again, northern WI radio isn't too terribly crowded on either the FM or AM band, but still, that kind of pickup was amazing.
Those 8-track songs just make me think of my parents making out. So yeah, thanks for that.
+Sensi Bleb wow...
Eww
Well, if you think about the fact that "making out' led to you being here to comment, well, that's a win-win.
Did u have to say that
Good to hear that the AM reception is great, it seems to have pretty decent filters in it too, good find!
They must've taken cues from the old iPod's click-wheel design for those volume and tuning wheels.
I believe this unit is circa 2005 or so.These exact clock radios are in a lot of hotels across america. I'd say, for a hotel room stereo, they're pretty good sounding. It's too bad your backlight isn't working too well.
I paid $5 also for the one in my AM DX video..great performance, and excellent sound..but the only drawback is the rotary encoders used for tuning and volume go bad and either work in reverse or intermittently. They can be taken out and cleaned but it is a chore opening the radio to do so.
While I'm the furthest thing from a battery chemist or designer out there, no two batteries are exactly alike, and one might run out before the other. If that happens, it's quite possible for the dead battery to be charged in reverse by others in circuit with it. That's what kills a lot of laptop battery packs. (This is why packages of batteries have a warning about mixing new and old units together, although I've only rarely seen it happen with conventional alkaline batteries.)
Not a bad little unit overall, although I'm not crazy about backlit LCD displays on clock radios.
These days whenever I come across a clock radio with an electroluminescent backlight, such as Timex Indiglo, it is usually either totally dead, flashing on and off, or so dim that it would be difficult to see even in a darkened room. This one exhibits all three behaviors!
+vwestlife hey man love your vids. Subbed for a couple years! Ux too. Live y'all's work. Found y'all through Bobby Tectalabyss' channel. Keep up the good work... S in NC
I was at the Hyatt Regency in Rosemont back in Dec 2015 and they have these in the rooms. I'm impressed with them!
Rosemont, Illinois? One of the most interesting suburbs we have in Chicago. The entire village is mob-run, and the only residential area is surrounded by a gated fence and heavily guarded.
I see these so much at my local goodwill, I could buy 100 of them over the span of a few weeks.
The Ode to Canada you've recorded is actually performed by Chris Hadfield. Yes, the Astronaut who played Space Oddity on the ISS. The title is... wait for it... "In Canada".
I tried one of those in a store once and was very impressed with the sound quality! I see them occasionally but I really don't need another radio lol.
I bought this model brand new in USA in 2007 for 110$ as far as I remember. Still works just fine nowadays except for some buttons which I have to push really hard to get effect. Lighting including dim function works fine as well..
Aww I had that same iHome like 15 years ago. Miss it and also had an iTrip for the iPod too.
Kevin, I bought one of those iHome's iH5's after buying my iPod Classic 80GB. I thought it sounded great, much better than I was expecting. It was a very musical and rich sounding unit. A year later, I bought a second one but it had a remote with it. So I had one at home and one on my desk at work. They are both still working wonderfully! But now the battery on my iPod is starting to poop out. I can probably replace the battery myself but I assume that the iHome will continue to give me great music for many more years.
did u buy a new device yet? technology has improved
Berkley and Jensen is the store-brand used by the BJ's membership stores in the northeast.
I have one of these! It was pretty cool back then! First time I saw it was in a hotel room at Disney World, then I bought one. I still have it! It’s pretty cool!
They sell little Bluetooth adaptors that plug into those 30 pin apple ports and you can use any phone with Bluetooth to send music. This is because like this device many people had purchased devices with docks. I fixed an iPod classic recently
I love that: "now for something totally inappropriate..." with regards to the eight track player.
With some of the iHomes you can connect either an older iPod touch or iPhone, download the iHome Set app? and you have full tone control.
I've seen these type of units many times in thrift stores.always passed them up may have to grab one next time i see one.
I used to have the same dock! I took the speakers out of it, they are amazing!!!!
Another good video! Love audioical electronics!
I have a few of these iPod clock radios, though not the same design. The ones I have are badged iLuv, Jensen, KLH, RCA, and JVC. All I paid no more than $5 at either the Goodwill or the thrift store.
Also the snooze button is the dimmer for the backlight.
Yes, pressing the snooze button varies the backlight from very dim to extremely dim. :-P
I've come across some good table radios... I myself own 3 Bose Waves, all three different models (one Music System from 2005, one Radio from 1994-1995, and one brand new Radio IV from 2015)... I love the Wave... I also have a Boston Acoustics Receptor which is mono only, but still sounds pretty good.
That 8-track player of yours has a very clean sound, despite the possible tape speed issues!! Good idea to use it as a test audio source!
Did you have a chance to test the "line out" jack? Maybe another improvement could be made, by plugging a small active subwoofer to that output, in order to get more bass... Of course, as long as plugging a cable to that output doesn't disconnect the radio's front speakers...
Yeah, I've seen quite a few of those things @ my local Goodwill. But they've never gotten more than a passing glance.
At around 7:24, it's not exactly your fault that Anne Murray's "You Needed Me" was playing too fast... I actually found the TV ad for that "Reflections" compilation, and it was actually K-tel that is to blame, and not that 8-track player.
Man listening to 8tracks reminds me of my grandpa because he owned an 8 track player and quite a few 8 tracks. I own a set of ihome speakers for iPod /iPhone and it is a dock like this one but it is speakers and not a clock radio. Also with them iPod clock radios you can set the alarm with one of your songs on your iPod.
What's the best thrift store find you have gotten :)?
I got that same one along with an iPod Nano back in 2006. It was awesome up until the volume control broke. I tried to see if I could fix it, but it was a pain in the ass to take apart and even harder to put back together. There were a crapload of wires inside that I couldn't figure out which ones went to what connector. :P
The Music on the 8track made me start to Jive :-D
Surprisingly good sound from the eight track. The older Wolfson DAC iPod's are generally regarded as sounding superior to the more modern editions, particularly the 5.5 gen.
+JonnyInfinite Yeah, but Apple wouldn't be Apple without cost-cutting and then maintaining the same high prices.
I had one of these as a bedside alarm clock for years at my parent's house. After a while the rotary encoders became erratic. I'll have to see if I can revive it.
Yo acabo de revivir el mio, después de más de diez años, solo tomé fotos de como iban los conectores, sople con mucha fuerza en los potenciadores un trapitos semihumedo en todos los componentes y listo , tengo despertador de cabecera nuevamente por unos cuantos añitos más....
Vw, As the backlight i have no clue, but it might have a dim sensor! if you have tested that i really don't know aswell the other one you are talking about might be a Custom painted or modded.
It's weird watching a Vwestlife video about a niche product that one owns for some reason. I would have loved to use this with my iPhone 4 back in the day but the charging pins only support FireWire which the phone doesn't support.
I just might buy one of those after repairing my Sansa Fuze v2. Problem is, I need a new scrollwheel and faceplate for the MP3 player, and I'd have to rewire the port on the dock. Same connector, different pins.
my on/off button isnt working .. any suggestions?
Has anybody ever noticed in "Where is the Love", at exactly 8:07 in this video, there is an accidental "Where i--" sung in the background?
If you listen to a full-quality recording of the song closely, that's Roberta Flack singing "Where is the love..." in the background. It sounds intentional, not like some of the obvious flubs that were common in '60s music, like the "I saw her... I saw her again" in The Mamas & The Papas song.
Is it soundesing that makes I home?
I have quite a few iHome products, all found at the thrift store. I also have an RCA iPod dock clock radio with an amber display that I got at a yard sale for $5 once upon a time.
if you ever want an iPod Shuffle or an older hard drive-based iPod or one of two 2nd gen iPod touch 8GBs, let me know. I have a couple spares I can part with now that I have my iPod mini shacked up with a 32GB SDHC card in a CF adapter.
***** yes, but the issue here is that 128GB CF cards are hellishly expensive and an SDHC or SDXC card in an adapter provides ample bandwidth and power savings for it not to matter. 32GB was on mega sale during christmas time as were 64's, but I only got one of those because I needed something more than 16GB for the camera I'm currently using.
I love this thing. I had a green one the the amp went out on. I took the speakers out of them and still have them :P
How are you receiving AM740? That's amazing. Also, that is some pretty good radio reception as well for both AM and FM.
+TheCanadianToast Via skywave:
czcams.com/video/gRNS_IkmdKU/video.html
+TheCanadianToast On the 9 kHz spacing it would be AM 738 kHz.
That Altec Lansing power supply makes the AM reception sound as good as their Bluetooth speakers.
I had one of these, had a pretty with the dials
Nice.. I liked it.. I will look for one that is compatible with 1st gen iphones, since I have one collecting dust somewhere
I got a 5th gen 30GB iPod! May have to think about picking up a iHome.
That reminds me, I need to order that special ribbon cable. Then I can stick 128/256GB CFSM card in to replace the hard drive. Better battery life, and way more storage then designed for. CFSM = IDE >:D
PS: RockBox is awesome, install it on your old iPod and give it new life. Adds support for FLAC, WMA, OGG Vorbis and I'm nearly 100% certain Dolby Digital AC3 audio. It can also emulate a USB keyboard while charging, and control a media player or web browser in either multimedia or browser keypad mode. Seriously, using the iPod to control a media player without closing a fullscreen game is epic if you don't have a multimedia keyboard.
Most of these iPod dock speaker system in my experience are just plain junk. Although, I suspect that these are one of the better one. Moreover, if you got an iPod/iPhone that has a lighting port, you can just get a 30 pin to lightning adapter. Or even a 30 pin Bluetooth adapter and use your Bluetooth device, to steam though the unit.
I purchased the same in a surplus shop, what is the purpose of line in jack at the back?
Can i use it as PC speaker? and how?
Yes, you can connect any line level audio source to the line input jack.
Why did you bang on the 8-track player? Was it because that the 8-track was out of calibration?
It was playing two programs simultaneously for a while because the tape head had not fully moved to the next program.
Anyone know how to fix one of these smell like it's going to catch on fire? Mine is and I don't know how to get rid of it.
Someone may have already mentioned it. But I Home is the Soundesign to using these days.
Zimmer Radio?!?! Didn't expect to hear that! Upon looking, it must be a different Zimmer Radio Group than what is here in Missouri
It's Zoomer Radio -- the call letters are CFZM.
Ok, I just mis-heard it then.
DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET ADAPTER TO USE YOUR IPHONE 📱 ON THE IHOME IPOD INPUT JUST AN IDEA TO LOOK INTO
I don't have an iPhone.
its good having a line in so you can play own music on there if not have a radio transmitter. and be better quality. and has 2 speakers. many DAB radios just have one here.
that's my old time song.why don't you check out TheNewStoryteller singing Oh Pretty Woman?:)
Wow what was the song at 6.16??? Temptations? I don't recognize the song or album? Ok damn! Check the description? :)
The Four Tops - "Are You Man Enough"
I'm surprised you don't have any original iPods or anything
There was even a knockoff of the iHome. It was something called "iLuv".
Only compatible with the older iPod models? No wonder I see so many of these, and other iPod docks at the thrift store! I'm amazed it works so well too. With that amount of yellowing already, I wonder what it will look like in 20 years? (Or maybe it just came from a smoking environment, since nicotine permanently stains some things, no matter how well it's been cleaned.) I also find with my GE clock/radio that AM sounds better than FM, and FM is way too bright. That's probably also why your 8 track sounds so good on it! :-) (even though the mechanism needs a good lube job, but that's easy. My Pioneer developed the exact same issues before I lubricated it; slowing down slightly when changing tracks, and the head not shifting properly.)
+talldude123 Yea that would be convenient. Also, regular USB, and an SD card slot would be nice too. My CD changer has a USB slot for playing MP3s, and I get a lot of use out of that.
+wilkes85 To be fair, this model is from 2005, when that was the current connector used by Apple.
+wilkes85 Actually, if you want to use this with a newer model, you can get yourself one of those 30-pin to Lightning adapter. Believe it or not, despite Apple's new iPhones having that newer style connection in Lightning, there are still a ton of accessories out there that are made for the now defunct 30-pin connector.
+wilkes85 Apple changed the source of power to USB and five volts on later iPods, while the 30 pin connector remained the same. Some iPods fully support both methods of communication and charging, others only support charging over Firewire and the last models to use the 30 pin connector didn't support Firewire at all.
That's where the problem with a lot of these iPod docks and radios comes in: any iPod with a 30 pin connector can play through them, but not all of them can charge their battery.
That's BJs brand of battery's. It's a wholesale grocery store in the USA
I have the iH9 speakers and sounds great
I had a cheap iPod dock which I won and it blew up. Not literally but I accidentally plugged my laptop charger instead of the normal one. I plugged it in using the normal adaptor and it would just flicker on the display and the speaker was blown due to the thing 'blowing up'
Good music....Bless the 8-track
Seriously with so many different electronic items in your possession there isn't an iPod lying around somewhere ?
Watch the video again. I specifically said I *do* have an iPod, just not one that's compatible with this dock.
Gracias me ayudo mucho ya aprendí a ponerle la hora 👍
Berkley and Jensen is BJ's Wholesale Club's house brand.
Alguien me podria ayudar yo tengo el mismo pero en negro el problema que lo conecto y m no prende. Pero si le coge electricidad porque se prende las teclas esta exacto como el mintuto 3:26 y no me aparece la hora. Aplassto todos los botones y nada no se si vale ;/ ya es viejo el aparato
This thing was pretty expensive when it came out, i think at least $200. The later models weren't of the same quality. The bass is nice; I think I see a bass port on the back. That 8-track player sounds great, but it is definitely fast. Anne Murray sounds like Karen Carpenter!
nice clock radio .ah K-TEL albums and tapes
The 8-track sounds like it could use a new belt.
You must have a lot of little things on hand.
Don't know for certain, but batteries of different types (alkaline and carbon-zinc mixes, for example) have different characteristics, which may lead to the uneven wear (something the batteries warn of themselves). Mixing NiMH/NiCad and non-rechargeable batteries sounds like a recipe for disaster, that's for sure.
You didn’t show how to set up clock
That's awesome! I think it sounds great, for $5.
As far as I know, you're not supposed to use 2 different brand's of batteries because the companies use a different chemical mixtures. It's like a recipe.
If you want to know what the rate the science is of which chemical and type discharge is, I would check out this page:
batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/discharge_methods
It has a nice detail explanation and has a visual, which helped me a lot.
I love that you have an 8-track player, from Realistic! Good Ol' Radio Shack. I have a record player that is the exact same style. I would love to find the receiver that was part of the audio setup for those models.
My local Goodwill has a literal stack of these...
FOHFILMS Well when Apple changed the connectors on their phones tons of these became useless
@@Frankfurtdabezzzt luckily adapters makes them still usable 😎
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head they keep fallin'.....Earworm for the day..
Yeaa mixing different types of batteries makes them leak even faster than they normally would! Also Nimh like to get really, really hot and melt their own wrapper and burn the battery box!
3:00 Berkley and Jenson batteries are sold by BJs wholesale club because I still have some.
I would get one of these but I have way too many iPod dock things but I rarely use my iPod now that I have my android smartphone. Guess I can still use this as it has a line input jack. I could run the line output to my PC if I want to record something off the radio.
and lol at the 8 track playing thru this thing. I've seen people playing iPods on 1940s radios.
I stayed at a hotel one time and they had these as the alarm clock.
I have a green iHome2go speaker and it ate up batteries so I did this to it: czcams.com/video/qwDSdmbnGlY/video.html
9:52 I have seen the negative voltage phenomenon. I have tons of used batteries and I run them in small LED lights and after the light is really dim sometimes I test them and they show negative values I guess the chemicals reverse themselves or something.
Nice iHome, I will have to look for one of these at the salvation army store.
My mom had this, and now it's mine for some reason.
they have those in disneyworld hotels
Yeah! That’s what got me to get one of these! At the time, I was using an iPod nano, and an iPhone 4! I still have the iPod nano and it still works!
We get awesome DAB radios in our charity shops.
SDI Technologies belongs to Soundesign.
I just wish you could buy a simple good quality clock radio without having to go through a thousand Ipod docks.
I love how that "stupid ode to Canada" is *nothing* like Canada and I just find it a public embarrassment.
So do you get milk in a bag or not? I hear that's mostly an Eastern thing.
Well I do live in Eastern Canada (Nova Scotia to be exact) which is basically the most eastern point of Canada, and yes you can buy milk in bags but there 8 litres and are primarily for cooking or doing anything that requires large amounts of milk so most people buy normal containers or jugs.
+Tri-County Electronics I'm in Ontario, Fort Erie, by the Buffalo border... Our milk is in bags too lol
5$ without the powersupply... Well if it works well its fine i guess
El mio funciona perfecto con un eliminador NAKAZAKI ; de 13.5 voltios...
Have about 11 of them loudest alarm clock iv ever owned wake to music at 40 lol but I will say every single one of them the dials have failed on
A little wow & flutter from the 8-track.
At least you have decent AM radios over there. Here, all AM radios are either news, folklore or Christian. Nothing else.
I hate apple mostly because while I love iTunes and I loved my iPod Nano (one of the simple square touch screen ones)while it worked, the stupid power button broke and I can only turn it on if it is docked and you can't open it up to fix it. I casually listen to the radio on my Sansa Clip+ anyway, might as well get one. Definitely interested in iHome if they have models with CD players. Good excuse to go thrifting at any rate.
the light may not work cause it's not a 15v so it may not b strong enough but what do I know ?
My sister has this
the reason for the display not lighting up is the power brick is not supplying enough power if you use a 15v power supply it will work fine
A lot of the iHomes were awful.
Some bleach and water will take that yellowing out of the plastic.
Liked for Tina Turner. 👍
Get a better camera, this video quality is pure ass. Any smartphone released within the last 5 years can take better video. The colors are so washed out
Watch a better channel.
+Bob Jingle You're STUPID!!!
vwestlife Fine then I will, your thrift shop adventures have gotten old anyhow.