Hi,
I have been reading the recent announcements and Marantz web-site about this dock and it looks interesting.
Some of the articles are confusing, but what I figured out so far is:
- only audio is wireless (Bluetooth). Ipod has to be in the cradle (the smaller part of the dock) for this
- Video requires the whole dock (i.e. ipod in the cradle, cradle in the dock) to be connected to the receiver by a cat5 cable
- The dock does charge the ipod, presumably compatible with 2nd gen Touch
What I cannot figure out is:
- if audio is streamed from the cradle, it has to have a battery. What is the battery life on that?
- The articles say about remote control functionality of the dock (wired and/or wireless?). Absolutely no info what it is. What can it control and how? Any additional connections required for htat?
- How does the wall-mounting work and look? Difficult to imagine from the pics published.
If anybody has any info or has seen the beast in stock somewhere, please let people know. Looks very interesting.
Just a thought - what a wonderful product it would be if the cradle had an infrared emitter and the ipod had a programmable remote control application (for ipod + cradle to work like ProntoPro etc)! Eh?
I have been reading the recent announcements and Marantz web-site about this dock and it looks interesting.
Some of the articles are confusing, but what I figured out so far is:
- only audio is wireless (Bluetooth). Ipod has to be in the cradle (the smaller part of the dock) for this
- Video requires the whole dock (i.e. ipod in the cradle, cradle in the dock) to be connected to the receiver by a cat5 cable
- The dock does charge the ipod, presumably compatible with 2nd gen Touch
What I cannot figure out is:
- if audio is streamed from the cradle, it has to have a battery. What is the battery life on that?
- The articles say about remote control functionality of the dock (wired and/or wireless?). Absolutely no info what it is. What can it control and how? Any additional connections required for htat?
- How does the wall-mounting work and look? Difficult to imagine from the pics published.
If anybody has any info or has seen the beast in stock somewhere, please let people know. Looks very interesting.
Just a thought - what a wonderful product it would be if the cradle had an infrared emitter and the ipod had a programmable remote control application (for ipod + cradle to work like ProntoPro etc)! Eh?