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Basically, this is the worst product I've found and bought from DealExtreme.
Generally speaking, I love trying out new stuff, items, products, earphones, headsets, gadgets, electronics, etc. But the name of this product was misleading, my stupidity gave me what I deserved, and I was simply careless. "Sometimes I really hate myself".
So I bought this thinking I was going to have a little portable speaker I could use instead of the crappy iPod Touch speakers.
And by the look of the photos attached to the product link I thought that this "speaker", was supposed to be as big as the palm of my hand.
During the whole period of time from when the package arrived, I started using it and till now when I'm writing a review of it, I've had a lot of problems, and mistakes.
First, I thought that this was a speaker many times bigger than what it actually was, secondly I thought it was a speaker, while it actually was only a "music receiver".
But, come on! When you read "Ulta-thin Bluetooth C2.0 A2DP Music Receiver for Apple 30pin Speaker - Green", you can't say that you don't think this is a speaker at first hand.
I must also admit that it says "Music Receiver", but was it necessary to include all those other shits. They could just have named it "Ultra-thing Bluetooth Music Receiver - Green", no need for Speaker, 30pin, V2.0". No no! People don't care about that. If someone wants a Music Receiver, then they know what it is, and I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't care about the Other Stuff!
I was also expecting this to have a in built battery, which it did not.
So to sum up: I was mislead with the name of the product and the photos. And it total this is all I expected which I did not get:
- In built battery
- This being a speaker
- This being big
- This working
Now I mustn't forget that this didn't even work. I searched around on the web, looking for other Bluetooth Music Receivers which could work, like more known brands, BELKIN and KANEX. I found out that both Bluetooth Music Receiver that they produce have a mini jack connection that is supposed to connect to the speaker, and visa versa.
I don't understand how the producers was thinking this device to work. I tried connecting a Bluetooth speaker to the "receiver", and the iPod to the "Receiver", as well, but the "Receiver", didn't respond when I tried to connect to Bluetooth devices at once, and it also gave me a error message. It was only able to connect to one, either the speaker or the iPod. I also tried connecting my mobile phone to it, and nothing positive happened then either. Just an error message.
When I first tried to connect my iPod Touch to the "Music Receiver", I was sitting and waiting for some sound to be played, and I was confused like when a dog can't find its tail.
Maybe the problem is with the iOS, but that can't be because I was able to connect it to my iPod.
Now lets say that producers made a successful product which was able to work and transmit music Bluetooth to a speaker. How was the iPod supposed to transmit sound if the device can't connect to two Bluetooth appliances.
The front side of the package doesn't tell that much. I-WAVE, Bluetooth, nothing more. I think you already are starting to have a slight perspective of how small this is.
I've spent much time, reading Product features, and Methods used many times, trying to understand how to make it work. I didn't even need to know the PIN CODE for the device, because I know that the default is always 0000. Nothing works, and I can't make it work.
I must admit one thing, and that is that they did an amazing job with the design of this device. Extremely nice color choice, and very nice glossy look!
You may already see the white transparent plastic "glass", where two LEDs that flash between blue and red, but when it connects then it only blinks blue.
Not much bigger than a 2 Euro coin! While I thought it was 5 times as big...
This is the only connection point where you can connect anything. You simply are only able to connect an Apple iTouch cable. But what if someone doesn't have that cable, they should have included a cable for power supply.
Pros
- Look very nice, great color choice, and very glossy look!
- Very good design.
- Can connect to mobile phones, and not only Apple products.
- Connect very fast!
Cons
- Does not include power supply cable for those who are not planning to use this with an iTouch.
- Does NOT work!
- Does not include a 3.5 mm mini jack connection which it must have to function correctly. How else would the Music Receiver transmit music to the speaker if it can't connect two Bluetooth speakers.
- Trash!
Conclusion
Not much to say...Don't buy, don't do the same mistake a I did.
Not Recommended!
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Written by Luka Momcilovic
