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I bought this for my girlfriend for Xmas to go along with her ipod nano (also to replace her mini shelf stereo that I broke)...its a nice little system...i got it for less than $100...and it has everything she needs...Ipod dock/charger, cd player, usb-sd card input and an am-fm digital reciever....and they all work very well...its a very stylish looking system..nice quality....the sound quality is very good for the price...don't expect bose quality and you wont be disappointed....the only gripe i have is that there is no manual EQ....just 5 presets (classical, rock, pop, jazz etc.)...if you keep it on rock..its sounds pretty good...but i would like to be able to adjust the bass/treble manually....thats about it.....my g/f loves it and i would recommend it to anyone looking for a mini stereo system with an ipod dock.

The first unit I got wouldn't charge the ipod nor would the cd player read any cd's. Called iLuv tech support on the weekend and got a message that mailbox was full try again later. I returned it and got a second unit. Once again, the cd player wouldn't read any cd's. Tech support did answer this time when I called during office hours 8-5pm EST. But could offer no solution. Return it a second time and I won't purchase it again.

I was looking for an affordable iPod/stereo and I think that for the money paid this is a very nice system.

It takes awhile to adjust the bass setup so it doesn't overpower everything -- using the proper equalizer setup helps. At first I was concerned about the iPod docking station wouldn't support the iiPod -- it seemed like the iPod might just fall over but that hasn't been the case. Just by using the correct "sleeve" the iPod rests comfortably in the docking station.

And while you do have to manually select your playlist from the iPod and not use the remote -- this is a minor inconvenience at best.

I am very happy with it -- as long as you have a playlist setup that you want, there really is no limit to the duration of your music flow. Some of my playlists will last for days.

I purchased this item for my daughter through the military exchange based on the connectivity options it offered. The item came in well packaged in a double box with QA stickers across the opening seemingly indicating that the QC department check it out before shipping. First of all it appeared that the item had been previously used. The batteries for the remote where nowhere to be found, there was a quick start guide that seemed to have been crumpled into cellophane. The unit is made of thin plastic and comes with adpaters to accomodate varying iPods. Once the unit was connected to the speakers and power my daughter inserted her iPod and immediately started playing music. The sound is below average and there is no equalizaiton or tone controls to adjust it. Next up was the radio. FM Reception was fair, apparently it comes with a loop atenna for AM but that was also missing so I didn't test AM. Next up the CD, first it was an MP3 CD, no luck, a copied CD and regular CD failed as well. There are more sources that can be used, i.e. various memory cards but I had seen enough. It's now packaged and ready to be returned. Stay away from this one.

I received this as a gift and within a couple of months the light on the LCD stopped working. It was impossible to read what the machine was doing. We got another as a replacement since it was still under warranty. A little more than a year later and the "new" one is doing the same thing! It is particularly annoying since it also doesn't play each CD and it's very difficult to see if it's even trying to read the CD or not. The remote doesn't work very well--sometimes pressing play will change the function from CD to mp3. I was so excited to have this for my iPod and it's just been a disappointment. I would not recommend buying one of these.