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Apple iPod Remote | 
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| Brand: Apple
Category: CE
Buy New: £12.08
New (16) Used (1) from £11.99
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 4887
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 1.9 x 1.9 x 1.9
MPN: MA128G/A
Model: MA128G/A
UPC: 885909138173
EAN: 5050053124746
ASIN: B000BAAM1G
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
With the Apple Remote remote control, you can access the play and pause functions, adjust the volume or even change songs on your iPod from all the way across the room!If you connect your iPod to a home stereo, powered speakers or TV set, the Apple Remote lets you enjoy your songs, slideshows and more from across the room. Just plug your iPod into the Universal Dock and choose a playlist, slideshow or video. Then sit back, relax and enjoy! Ready to move on to the next song? No need to get up from your sofa -- just press the forward button on the Apple Remote. Phone ringing? Just click pause, then pick up from where you left off.The Apple Remote requires the iPod Universal Dock and is compatible with any iPod with a Dock connector. .
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Nice remote, just a couple of downfalls. September 26, 2007
S. Reay (Kent, UK)
I've been using an Apple remote since I got my Macbook Pro, and I'm on the whole impressed.
The range is pretty good, and the strength (or whatever you want to call it) is excellent - you can point it any which way and it'll still recieve the signal. It's lightweight and fits nicely in your hand, too. I like the tactile buttons aswell.
That's not to say that there aren't a few issues. I'm not impressed with the shiny white plastic, for example. It gets scratched very easily, and after a few days use starts feeling greasy. The one thing that I really dislike is the lack of storage on the Macbook Pro its self. On the iMac, Apple included a little magnetic bit where your remote can sit. Surely it would have been sensible to include somewhere for the remote to sit, or even shorten it a tad so it fits into the express card slot. As a consequence, I'm about to order my 2nd remote in the 10 days that I've owned a Mac. But hey, atleast they're cheap :p
If you're buying it for frontrow, the chances are that you'll have already used one... and lost it, in which case it's really up to you. If you think you're going to loose it again, you might be beter off with something like a "Sik Rex" (it's a product, honest) but don't expect the nice design or tactile buttons. If bought a Mac without a remote (I'm assuming from eBay or something), it's worth the 15. Particularly if you've got an iMac or a Mac Mini. If you're buying this for an iPod, don't expect the menu button to work. That just about sums it up.
Me? I'm about to order my 2nd. Despite the lack of storage, I think it's the nicest one around.
 Excellent Remote Control June 13, 2007
Alan (England)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love the Apple Remote. It totally redefines what a remote control should look and feel like. It's very small, it's light, it fits nicely in the hand, it works in all directions, and it's very simple to use. You can use it to control Apple MacBooks, Apple iMacs, Apple iPod Universal Docks, and Apple TVs, which is pretty clever when you consider it only has 6 buttons.
But the thing that I like most about the Apple Remote is that, because it only has 6 buttons, you don't need to look at it to use it. Most remote controls have so many buttons, that you keep having to look at them to locate the correct button. For older people that wear reading glasses this can pose a real problem, because they keep having to switch between reading (for remote) and distance (for TV) glasses. But with the Apple Remote this isn't an issue. It's very easy to remember where all the buttons are, and it's so easy to feel them with your thumb that you never need to look at the remote. Excellent.
Menu Button-why it doesnt work April 30, 2006
Mrs. Fiona Cowieson
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
Everyone, the reason the menu button does not work with the Apple iPod is that the remote is in fact a universal remote which can be used with apple iMacs, and the menu button in fact has no use with the iPod, but with the 'FrontRow' program on an iMac. Its not a malfunction, the menu button just isnt supposed to work with iPods!!
Hope this clears things up.
 A bit pointless March 20, 2006
13 out of 21 found this review helpful
I bought this after buying an logic3 istation i decided to get the Ipod remote, which stated that it could be used with the 2005+ ipod. I was completely underwhelmed by the product as you can only use it with a special ipod dock and speakers or you have to connect it through a TV - not very handy for using the product while travelling, outdoors or anywhere other than your living room! It seems every one is unhappy with this product, so I'm now off to buy the Ijet wireless remote on Amazon which has had better much reviews...
This is a universal remote - that is why the menue button. March 6, 2006
E. M. Preston (Kinver South Staffordshire)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
The reason the menue botton will not work with the iPod is that this is the Apple Universal Remote and is the same one for all products that need one. The menue botton is for use with FRONT ROW on all new iMacs including he Mac Mini.SImple really. IT works as the others have said beautfully and if you have an iMac or a Mac Mini ten the menue button will work like a dream.
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