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Logic3 IP119 LCD Remote With Headphones

Brand: Logic3
Category: CE

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Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars

3 reviews

Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.8 x 1.8

MPN: IP119
Model: IP119
UPC: 663452311904
EAN: 0663452311904

Release Date: April 6, 2006

Features:

•	In-Line remote provides an extension of your iPod
•	Features a hold switch that locks your remote's co
•	Backlit LCD conveniently shows track information a
•	Features a 3.5mm Stereo output, giving you an opti
•	Includes a spring-loaded clip that attaches secure

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Logic3 LCD In-Line Remote Control is a convenient iPod accessory that provides an extension of the iPod's click-wheel controls. It also has a backlit LCD display that shows you track information and playback details just as your iPod's screen would. This way, you can play, pause, skip and shuffle through your media library without having to dig your iPod out of your bag. The basic control is a push-button that gas volume, track, play/pause and sleep functions. More advanced commands such as repeat, shuffle, contrast and backlight can be viewed and toggled through the LCD display. For added convenience, the In-Line remote has its own hold button. This makes sure that there's no accidental pressing of the buttons, especially when you stuff the control in a bag or pocket. Apart from its control capabilities, this device also has a 3.5mm headphone jack which provides an alternative to the iPods jack and a spring-loaded clip that makes for quick and easy attaching.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars

Flawed but useful June 10, 2007
Jay Firestorm (Berkshire, United Kingdom)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I love my I-Pod. For a few years previously, I was an avid Mini-Disk owner. Despite buying top of the range Sony, all three models that I got through gave me problems, eventually rendering them unusable. So when I progressed onto my black 60 gigabyte I-Pod (everything on one unit - no continual changing disks) I was a very happy person. Except for one thing - the Mini-Disks had well designed little remote controls to clip onto your pocket or wherever, allowing quick and easy changing of track, volume, and various other settings. The I-Pod came with no such accessory, meaning you had to dig it out of your pocket (or wherever you stored it) to change even the most simple of settings. So when I saw the Logic3 I-Pod remote, I snapped it up immediately.

I chose this model over the several other remotes on the market mainly due to its inclusion of an LCD display, allowing you to see current track and settings - something that I had become accustomed to on my Mini-Disk remotes, but the various other I-Pod remotes that I've seen do not have.

The unit itself is of fair design. It's not the smallest of remotes, but allowing for the fair sized LCD is quite reasonable. It has a push-wheel that functions pretty much the same as the I-Pod's click wheel, and is easy and quick to use. It also thankfully has a 'hold' lock, so you can lock it in the same way as the actual I-Pod to avoid accidentally pressing of the controls.

The biggest flaw of this accessory - and I don't know if its the case with all I-Pod remotes or just this particular make - is that when you plug it in to the I-Pod, it takes 30 seconds - 1 minute to set up, displaying 'connecting' on the LCD display. This I could live with, but after it has connected, it effectively resets everything. You lose your place on the track you are previously playing, as it takes you right out of your current playlist and back to the what I call 'root menu' of songs stored on the unit, meaning you have to go through all of the menus to re-select your place. Occasionally it will go even further, resetting your shuffle and repeat settings too.

The sound through the unit is fair, although I did detect faint 'flutter' on it, even when it was silent, and if you take the sound up too high it does distort slightly on a lot of things, being less clear than if you take it straight out of the I-Pod the conventional way.

You can shut the I-Pod down via the remote when you have finished with it, but I have found that, while it might appear to be all shut down (blank screen, etc.), usually it doesn't do it completely, as the remote still seems to draw power from the I-Pod. As a result, I have several times come to use my I-Pod for its next session only to find the battery drained! (You can sometimes tell that it hasn't completely shut down due to the aforementioned flutter still being audible even when everything is supposedly shut down). The only way to avoid this battery draining is to completely unplug the remote after every session. Which might be fine, but then bearing in mind the aforementioned set-up time and subsequent resetting of the I-Pod ... it soon becomes very irritating.

The display on the LCD is good, with it showing track title, volume, and other main settings, although I have often found that on a number of tracks, the artist / album line just comes up as complete gibberish. On some it does, on others it doesn't - but I can't find a reason as to why.

The remote comes with a basic metal clip to hook it onto the top of your pocket, or your lapel, or wherever you like to use it. It's a rather basic metal clip (not even spring loaded), and recently mine actually came off (it was by chance that I didn't lose it in the street) and I had to bodge a repair of it.

So all in all, as you can probably tell, there are several flaws on this remote. Which is a real shame, as at the same time it is extremely useful, and even with its flaws I couldn't be without it. If you are a regular, serious I-Pod user that I would say that it's worth a look - a remote control is a vital accessory in my view - but bear in mind its drawbacks. Its main selling point is the display.
(By the way, after I bought my remote - white - I found that there is also a (less common) black version available, which would match my I-Pod's colour. But I can live with that; if only the damn thing would stop resetting every time I plug it in!!)

2 out of 5 stars

Looks Good but Could Do Better!! August 29, 2007
Kevan James
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Looks good, offers a neat way of whizzing forwards and backwards, and changing tracks, but takes ages to 'connect' each time you plug it in, will suddenly decide it doesn't want to work (leaving the same track details on its little screen for hours), and seems to produce a little back-ground 'hum'. Worse of all, it seems to drain the battery when it's plugged in, even if it's not playing - runs that battery down so fast you wouldn't believe it!!

Having used it for a couple of weeks I've given up on it - save ya cash and use your fingers!!!

1 out of 5 stars

Many problems and then it breaks September 22, 2007
Brian Shaw (London, United Kingdom)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have now owned 2 of these, neither of which lasted more than 8 weeks of normal use before breaking down. The annoyances and problems are many:

- when you plug it in, you have to wait about a minute for it to connect up, then it plays whatever track it wants to. If you select a track using the clickwheel, the remote will play it so quietly you cannot hear it, and you will need to pause and re-start the track using the remote before it will play it properly

- at the end of that track / album, the remote will automatically select another track for you, regardless of whether you want to play that track or not

- the remote will cut out at times, so the track is playing but you cannot hear it unless you get the iPod out, thereby defeating the object of having a remote

- the button on the joystick can be extremely sensitive, so any movement in the wrong direction (which is easy to do if you are walking along) will skip tracks instead of pausing them. The only way to avoid this is to stand still whenever you want to use the remote

- the remote will randomly set the 'repeat one' mode, so the track will repeat endlessly. The only way to change this is to get your iPod out and change it with the clickwheel. The remote will reset this at random, most times within about 5 seconds unless you reboot your iPod

- the remote will sometimes refuse to recognise your iPod, and will just show 'connecting...' for 5 minutes or more, whilst the track is still playing on your iPod. The only way to fix this is to reboot your iPod

- the iPod clip from the remote is not very strong, and comes out far more easily than my charger or other remotes I have used, so it can easily come out when you are walking along, meaning you have to stop and get your iPod out again

- the volume level on the remote is different to that on the iPod, so if you want to switch back to using just headphones, it will play at a completely different volume. If you unplug the remote whilst a track is playing then the iPod volume will continue to automatically go to zero no matter how much you turn it up with the clickwheel. The only way to solve this is to reboot your iPod.

I would like to say that this was a one-off, but these problems have affected both the 3logic remotes I bought in the last 5 months. I'm now using a different remote without the LCD and getting much better results. A truly awful piece of equipment.