With the YDS11 and a compatible Yamaha receiver, connecting your iPod to the best sound system in the house is truly as easy as 1-2-3.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Works as advertised:
Unit interfaced with our new Yamaha amp just fine. Complete onscreen audio selection with playlists from ipod. Was hoping we might get the video menu for pictures or videos, but that feature doesn't seem to be there. Don't know if its a limitation on the 250G ipod or the amp. The use of the ipod and dock is much easier than the cassette/or CD player options.
Right Price; Does the Job:
Rather than spend twice the amount to buy this iPod dock from the box store where we purchased our home theatre component system, we did the research & purchased the identical product here. Fits our classic iPod perfectly, although we need to remove the protective sleeve for the unit to make contact, and adds the right (one cable connecting to the rear of the amp, not a power cord & an output cable into the front) type of connection to our Yamaha 663 amplifier.
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Audio works, but menus have issues!:
The audio works great, but here are the gotchas! - The features that work only with the ipod scroll wheel (like selecting rating) do NOT work. You can browse through songs, go up or down, but the ratings menu does not work. It was a big disappointment for me since I usually select a single star for the bad songs for deleting later on iTunes
- While inserting and removing ipod from the dock, one needs to be very careful since the pins are very flimsy
Yamaha YDS-11SL Universal iPod Dock:
The dock is solid and well-built and is necessary for Yamaha receivers. All of these iPod products are overpriced for what you get but you're locked in once you buy the idea. Works fine though.
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