I read this review with interest; our iPods are used in our car, attached to our stereo system, and to a portable speaker set. Wireless remote seems like more and more of an 'item we'll probably get', and less of a 'well, we could get one'.
How many dollars in accessories can one household buy anyway?
Playlist: Review: iPod remote rundown:
The products we tested include ABT’s iJet (also known as the Targus RemoteTunes), DLO’s iDirect, Engineered Audio’s Remote Remote 2, Griffin Technology’s AirClick, and Ten Technology’s naviPod and naviPro eX. To test these products, we used various iPod models connected to a stereo system via the iPod’s headphone jack; this connection, as opposed to the fixed (line-level) audio output of the iPod’s dock base, allowed us to test the volume up/down feature of the remotes.
Playlist recommends the Ten Technology's naviPro eX
for infrared use.
You state that Playlist recommends Ten Technologies product when clearly they selected the ABT iJet for RF remotes?
Maybe you should clarify that the Navipod was the IR remote of choice. The only problem with IR is that you have to be in the same room to make it work...
The iJet works from 150+ feet. The signal travels through walls and around corners. (The reviewer received an engineering sample that was only getting half the range of the actual production models (now avaiable). If you want the freedom that you expect from a wireless remote then there is no choice. THe iJet Wireless RF Remote for iPod is hands down the best remote available.
I suppose you are right. I live in a loft, so everything is in the same room, and I already have to struggle with RF interference with my neighbors WiFi networks clashing with my own, so IR sounded better for my particular situation.
Thanks for the clarification.