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Your cart is empty.The YDS-11SL dock is compatible with all the latest iPods, including the iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod mini, and iPod Classic while still providing the easiest way to connect and control your iPod from dock enabled Yamaha products.
Eric Harris
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2013
Does it work? Yes. Will it last? No. Cheap craftsmanship; this thing is designed to break. Every time you attach an iPod, you are putting stress on the connector. Eventually, it will require you to manipulate the iPod on the connector to even make contact and have sound. Eventually the connector will break. Avoid this POS at all costs. You're better off just running an audio cable into your amplifier.The on-screen controls would be laughable if they weren't so frustrating. Want to play something in the "S" portion of your iPod? You'll be scrolling for several minutes on a dull grey screen with white type. Thought you might be seeing the images & artwork from your iPod on your TV while it plays? Think again.All around this is a bad product. I have nothing good to say about this unit at all.
Olympia Nagy-Hillman
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2012
I have recently ordered from Amazon.com a Yamaha YMC 500BL Neo HD Media Av Receiver;and soon after that I ordered the YamahaYDS-12-YDS-11SL Dock. I love it. I fiddled with it a little until I realized that the Yamaha AV receiver has quite a lot of options: Live TV, Movie, Computer,Ipod-to-watch movie etc.to watch, Wach TV/movie-play, Photo, Games, and finally listen to music & listen to Ipod option. Once I figured it out which option I needed, I was ready for my Ipod to listen to. I have a few Ipod Classics and Bob an IPad for his jazz and we ulternate which one we use for the Ipod Dock. Works amazingly well, and if one of us needs to pause we simply push enter on the remove Receiver and play when we are ready to continue to whatever we are listening to. It is quite forward and simple to operate. The dock is a breeze to connect.
Bill H.
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2010
I bought this as an accessory add-on to a recent purchase of a Yamaha RX-V765BL receiver (which I also have high praise for). This is one cool accessory. The ability to see the iPod menus on your TV screen and control the iPod selection and play features via the receiver's remote control are two unbelievably convenient features. Additionally, even though it does not reference that usage of an iPhone is supported (and you will actually receive an error message on the iPhone screen when you plug it into the dock) ... it does in fact work fine with my iPhone 3Gs. The dock also performs charging of either the iPod or iPhone (but only while the receiver is turned on) so you can let the music roll on, and on, and on and not worry about running out of power. All in all, this is one of the best electronics accessories I have bought in a long time ... and on top of all of this, I paid under $50 delivered by ordering through Amazon vs. a $99 price tag on the shelf at Best Buy.
K. Clay
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2010
I have had this product a couple of weeks. I ordered it after I got my new Iphone. I wasn't sure that it would do all it was suppose to do since it is not made for the Iphone but I figured for $50 it was worth a shot. It works great! The dock even charges it while it plays which is awesome because those that have one know that the battery life on the Iphone is a bit short. There is a message that will come on your Iphone when you plug it in to the dock that states "This Item is not made for Iphone" but it works all the same. If your Iphone is fully charged when you put it on the dock is will give you a message saying that it doesn't support charging for the Iphone but it does. That message threw me off a bit the second time I used it but tested it later when the battery was down a bit and it started charging. Installation was simple, just follow the installation instrucions in your receiver's owner's manual and you'll be rockin out to your favorite music on your Iphone in no time! You can even use your receiver's remote control to control your Iphone once it is plugged into the dock! Awesome!!
John H.
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2010
I wanted so much for this device to work but for the price its just to high... your better off using an apple stand with line audio out than this thing , after reading from posters that the 3gs charges I bought one and yes it does charge the phone ... then it magically lets it go.... the music will play on but the charge light goes off and phone battery goes down..... I have other audio gear (Sony) that has no problem keeping the phone charged. There maybe something about the 3gs making it sensitive to what kind of charge it is receiving but at least on my phone this device will not maintain the charge. My ipod touch 3rd gen did seem to work fine...but sometimes a yellow triangle comes up and declares it incompatible and will not charge. if you buy one for 3gs use be sure to keep it on the device for hours and see if it still charges also you need to do this more than once because it is random... Yamaha needs to sell this for more like $20 than $50 because it simply does not do much and the cord is way to short at least for my needs and setup.... the cord is special and there is no way to extend it. It did work great with my older ipods and the remote control worked too.
NoFear_2008
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2009
It took longer to take everything out of the box than it did to plug it in and start listening to music!This dock also works just fine with the iPhone, although when first plugging it in, you'll get that message asking if you want to put the iPhone into Airplane mode. No need! When you receive a phone call, the sound fades out and the call comes through. No problems at all!The pause, play, stop, FF, etc buttons on the remote all work to control your ipod/iPhone. You can even use the up/down/left/right buttons to navigate through the ipod/iPhone menus.There are two minor annoyances that caused me to deduct a star (would've only deducted 1/2 a star if the review system allowed for it):1) That annoying Airplane mode message, when used with the iPhone. Come on, Yamaha! The iPhone's been out long enough now, there's no reason why Yamaha can't make it 100% compatible and make the message go away.2) The different size inserts are white, which doesn't match the silver color of the top half of the dock. In fact, I'm not crazy about the two-tone silver/black color scheme. Mainly a personal preference thing.Other than those two minor issues, I highly recommend this dock.
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