Sony Digital Media Port Cradle for iPod and MP3 Players (Black, TDM-iP10)
From Sony
Connects with compatible Sony home theater systems and receivers with DIGITAL MEDIA PORT Input : Allows you to play your music through your home Audio system and even control some features from your home theater remote
- Color: Black
- Brand: Sony
- Model: TDM-iP10
- Dimensions: .61 pounds
No support for video nor for iPod menu browsing
This product is fine as an audio product that can send your iPod music through a DMPORT on your receiver, however, it does not function as advertised. Both Sony and Amazon claim on their web sites that you can browse your iPod onscreen with this device. After failing in my attempts to accomplish this, I contacted Sony support and they now insist that this product actually CANNOT do this. Instead they said I must purchase the TDM-iP1 for this functionality. I am in the process of trying to get a refund and then purchase the other Sony product. If you don't care about browsing the iPod menu on your TV then this product is fine for your purely audio needs.
Addendum:
I have subsequently seen on CNET a somewhat unfavorable review for Sony's other DMPORT iPod cradle (TDM-iP1), so I'm going to stick with my TDM-iP10. If you can accept that it does not have the advertised capability to browse your iPod on your TV, it is otherwise a very useful product. It allows me to use my Sony Receiver remote to control my iPod, and it's really quite amazing how fabulous compressed MP3s on an iPod can sound through a nice surround sound system. I wish Sony would make their advertising for this product more accurate, but other than that it's a fine product and easily worth the price if you have a nice surround sound setup to use it with.
A must for Ipoid owners
I recently did a sound system upgrade with a Sony STR-DG720 7.1 reciever. It has a proprietary DOXport plug versus a USB 2.0 Which I would have preferred. However, the TDM-iP10 comes with 6 different adapter plates for ALL ipod designs, past and present. The most intersting feature of this unit is that once you plug your ipod in, you can use your reciever's remote control to select, skip, pause, play on your ipod without touching it. Also, a digital signal is going from the ipod bottom plug so the signal is more clear versus using the head phone top jack. This is a must for anyone that has a Sony receiever and an ipod!
Sony DMport cradle for ipod (Black, TDM-iP10)
The item work perfectly with the Sony HT-SS2300 system with the DMport from the receiver. This cradle only work with the receiver that has a DMport (Digital Media port). If your receiver doesn't have the DMport, then it useless. It's a plug and play device with no function to set or buttons to press. The cradle is small and it didn't occupy much of the space. Sound wise is just perfect when output from my ipod touch.
