With the iPort hooked up to your A/V receiver, you can remotely control your iPod's volume from the receiver, but changing tracks or accessing playlists remains a hands-on process unless you add Ten Technology's nifty NaviPro EX remote-control module ($49) to your iPod. Dealers will charge approximately $100 to $200 for a straightforward, single-room installation.
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If you're comfortable snaking wires and cutting holes in your wall, you can probably install the iPort yourself. The iPort's video output allows photos and slide shows stored in iPod Photo players to be routed to your TV.
(Alas, first- and second-gen iPods won't work.) The included power supply charges the iPod while it is docked in the iPort. The system also includes a separate wall plate that houses stereo RCA audio connections a DC power receptacle and a set of interchangeable cradles that can accommodate the iPod Photo, the iPod Mini and the third- and fourth-generation iPods-essentially, any model with a dock connector on its underside. The iPort is a 5-by-6.8-inch, inset wall frame, finished in white ABS plastic that matches iPod's look.
The iPort, which retails for $599, is one of the coolest accessories we've seen in a long time, though it does require you to position the iPod at the center of your entertainment universe, if it's not already. When you arrive home after a hard day, just drop your 'Pod in the iPort and the hits will keep on comin' over your home system. The device can be hooked up to any stereo, home theater, or multiroom audio system-no surprise here, since Sonance is a leading manufacturer of in-wall speakers and whole-house distributed audio systems. While there seems to be an endless proliferation of iPod accessories, the iPort-Sonance's in-wall docking station for iPods-is the first of its kind.
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