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[blindipod] Re: Bose wave media centre

From: "C. E. Tekell" <blindcat7@xxxxxxxxx>
To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:08:56 -0600

IPod connectivity is one of the hot features of the year for home theater receivers. Denon, Pioneer, Yamaha, and a lot of others either have an input for the iPod, a cradle like that mentioned for the Bose unit for the iPod, or a USB port for generic connectivity to computers or portable players for streaming music.

The big question mark is accessibility. I am not sure whether using the Rock Box firmware will cost one the connectivity to a cradle designed to work with the iPod firmware. If so, fixing that would be possible, but would require some work from the Rock Box developers community. The models with USB connectivity would be in the same boat, I believe, I know that battery charging from some portables does not work with Rock Box, so connectivity for streaming might also require work. However, using the USB connection with a PC should allow one to have an accessible connection, but is not quite as snazzy, in my opinion, as being able to stream music to one's home system, grab one's portable to continue listening to a favorite playlist on the road, all with great accessibility. So, I hope that Rock Box will work, or may be made to work with such devices. It could make me choose the iPod over the Cowon player, and save me the extra expense of a Squeezebox.

Regards,

Chris

At 07:08 AM 9/4/2006, you wrote:

This is an interesting post. I have been wondering if companies will begin producing audio/video receivers that are iPod compatible. i haven't seen any, other than the clock radio type devices. Are such receivers really inexistence? Are they expensive?
Ryan
----- Original Message ----- From: "C. E. Tekell" <blindcat7@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:49 PM
Subject: [blindipod] Re: Bose wave media centre
I am actually not a fan of a lot of Bose's products, but their portable products and smaller media centers are an exception. They really seem to have gotten the concept of big sound from small box really down. I have not heard any of their devices hooked up to an iPod, but I suspect the sound would be great if the quality of the media center in question is anything like their Wave radio.

This topic reminds me of a question I had thought of previously. In addition to devices like the one mentioned in this post, a lot of Audio/Video Recievers are now coming with interfaces specifically designed for the iPod, most take over control of the iPod thus allowing control of the player via remote. The question I have is whether or not this is a function of software or hardware. Would it work with Rock Box? If so, it would be great, the concept of hooking up a portable player to my home theater system and being able to get speech to select my choices has me skirting dangerously close to a Homer Simpson-like reaction of extacy.
Regards,
Chris
At 05:38 PM 9/3/2006, you wrote:
Hi all,
I've heard that bose radio at www.bose.co.uk has a media centre that allows
you to plug your Ipod into its machine for the richest sound available. I
can imagine the rich sound of Bose technology and an Ipod with rockbox in
anyone's living room must be the cat's meow. Does anyone have this setup and
what do they think of it?
Peter
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References:

[blindipod] Re: iPod NANO
From: Woody Anna Dresner

[blindipod] Bose wave media centre
From: Peter

[blindipod] Re: Bose wave media centre
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[blindipod] Re: Bose wave media centre
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