Thursday, March 26, 2009

Gear4 Blackbox 24/7 Speaker Review


This is a sleek black ipod alarm clock, which will wake you up to the sounds of your ipod. Also you can set the alarm to buzzer mode or radio. You can also play the radio.
The time is displayed large and prominent so even the blurriest of eyes will be able to see it in the morning, also it glows prominently in the dark with a blue tinge. Setting the alarm is not the most intuitive system I've come across, but once set it works well. There is also a snooze function, which can also be operated by the remote control.

Using with ipod
The unit comes with dock adapters for the ipod touch, 2G & 3g nano, Classic: 80GB/video 30GB, Classic 160GB/video 60GB/80Gb. It charges the ipod whilst docked and can be used as an ipod speaker.

Sound Quality
The speaker gives 16 watts of total output from two 2.75" drivers. Due to the sleek black glassy design the speakers are actually located underneath between the stand and unit. This therefore projects the sound downwards, which may be a compromise, but when lying in bed your going to be much lower than in other situations and you will catch more of the sound that you might expect. The sound quality is ideal for the purpose.
Remote control
The remote control enables you to: set the alarm, control volume, pause and skip tracks backwards and forwards, enter and use the ipod menu.

Conclusion
We would give it full marks for looks and design, we especially like the time display being so big, it's major a feature. Setting the alarm is not immediately intuitive, but once mastered it shouldn't be a problem. The flexibility of features means you can wake up to the sound of your ipod, a buzzer or the radio. It also doubles as a charger, so serves many roles.

Specifications

* Active Power:Total output 16 Watts
* Power Supply: Mains
* Compatible: iPhone 3G, iPod Touch, iPod nano, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod nano, iPod 4G, iPod 4G Colour, iPod mini, iPod Nano 1G, iPod nano 2G, iPod Video. Can also be used with other devices using the 3.5mm line in cable provided but obviously does not charge your device or allow control of device via remote.

http://www.mp3speakers.com

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