Boston Acoustics HDUOIMDNT Horizon Duo-I System For Ipod(R) With Am/Fm Radio (Midnight) Review

We bought this largely on the strength of the many positive reviews here on Amazon. I apparently missed the few that mentioned the problem we discovered after it arrived.

If, like us, you are among the many folks getting an iPod Touch with a new laptop as part of Apple's annual summer promotion, please be aware that this unit from Boston Acoustics is NOT COMPATIBLE with the iPod Touch 2nd Gen. The iPod Touch 2nd Generation is the current model at the time I'm writing this. Any new iPod Touch purchased after early September 2008 is 2nd Generation.

It also seems to be incompatible with the iPhone 3G (any iPhone bought after mid-July 2008), but I can't verify this from personal experience. I would tend to trust these reports however, based on the similarity in the iPhone and iPod Touch hardware. It would appear that there is some technical challenge introduced with these newer devices that Boston Acoustics has been unable to meet, even though they have had over a year to do so. I was unable to find any mention of this in their literature.

This system does sound good in other modes. We bought it also for the iPod functionality. So, even though all the promotional pictures of this unit (including those on the BA website) feature an iPod Touch sitting in the dock, and might lead you believe otherwise, if that were a current model Touch it would **not** work.

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