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| Brand: Apple
Category: CE
Buy New: £14.78
New (7) Used (1) from £14.78
Rating:  9 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 1.9 x 1.9 x 1.9
MPN: MA128G/A
Model: MA128G/A
UPC: 885909138173
EAN: 5050053124746
ASIN: B000BAAM1G
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
With the Apple Remote remote control, you can access the play and pause functions, adjust the volume or even change songs on your iPod from all the way across the room!If you connect your iPod to a home stereo, powered speakers or TV set, the Apple Remote lets you enjoy your songs, slideshows and more from across the room. Just plug your iPod into the Universal Dock and choose a playlist, slideshow or video. Then sit back, relax and enjoy! Ready to move on to the next song? No need to get up from your sofa -- just press the forward button on the Apple Remote. Phone ringing? Just click pause, then pick up from where you left off.The Apple Remote requires the iPod Universal Dock and is compatible with any iPod with a Dock connector. .
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 5 Stars for the product; 3 Stars for the price! August 30, 2008
T. Clarke (UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Apple Remote (NOT iPod remote as some people think it's sole purpose is) is an excellent solution for control from distance. I bought this for my MacBook so I could control iTunes from across the room, and be able to use Front Row while sitting down. Both can be done effortlessly!
Buttons included are Menu, Volume + and -, Track Forwards and Backwards, and Play/Pause. Note that these buttons ultimately become Left, Right, Up, Down, and OK buttons on Front Row, which surfaces Apples innate ability to give simplicity a new definition.
Somehow, incredibly, the remote can be used without even pointing it at the MacBook. Since it's Infa Red, I really don't understand this! It's incredible. But since you must actually pair the MacBook/iMac with the remote in the first place, their may be some sort of other connection abound. To connect your remote to an iMac.MacBook, you just press and hold 2 of the buttons when prompted on screen. This prompt can be accessed via System Preferences.
The remote itself is tiny; no more than the thickness of 2 flat-keys, and about as long as your index finger. The battery, unfortunately one of those annoying spherical round ones (though it has to be as the remote is so thin) is found at the bottom, and accessed via removing the tiny bottom panel. It will never pop out, because the panel can only be opened via a pin/pointy object on the button.
Build quality... The life of any Apple product is subject to how the person treats it in the first place. Though with the Apple Remote, I've had no creaks/damage to it, mainly because of it's seamless-casing. But yes, the casing will scratch because of it's MacBook like surface, but since I'm not all that bothered about the appearance of a remote control, it hasn't bothered me like a lot of people.
Just to clear up a few things from unfortunately chosen reviews; The MENU button is ONLY for Mac's. It has no function on iPods. Also, if your remote does not work, then I might suggest the rather "important" procedure of linking it in the first place...
My only downside, like alot of Apple products, is the price. Now what were talking about here is a tiny remote, that somehow gets an rrp of between fifteen and twenty quid... Hmmm. I went onto ebay and actually found lots of the buggers going for five/six quid on Buy It Nows, or even eight quid on auctions. Having said this, I only researched after receiving mine, as I bought it off Play.com for a not bad twelve quid. After seeing these prices on the net, I'm very tempted to buy a second one for old times sake. I'm a bit of a saddo aren't I?
On a final note, I've seen many different packagings/versions of this remote. The one I received, brand new, was just the remote and a short manual in a black long box. However, I've seen many in a grey square box with a CD and plenty of jargon... My only guess is that Apple have released plenty of versions, but since they all have the same operation, I wouldn't hesitate in just picking any one out.
So there you have it - a lovely little thing that looks like some sort of futuristic communication device off Star Trek (I'm not a Trekkie - Honest! Even see my reviews...) and performs just as effortlessly as one would expect in another dimension... But in 2008, of course. The price is not a problem if you look around, but the annoying principle remains the same as ever before; Apple believe were all made of money!
Tom
 HELP August 6, 2008
Ms. K. Hutchinson (UK)
I have just purchased a new 8gb IPOD Nano and some Logic3 speakers however there is not remote control for this. If i bought this control would it work with the ipod and speakers or does anyone know of a control i could purchase that would work with the ipod when connected to the speakers????
Im really stuck x
 Nice remote, just a couple of downfalls. September 26, 2007
S. Reay (Kent, UK)
I've been using an Apple remote since I got my Macbook Pro, and I'm on the whole impressed.
The range is pretty good, and the strength (or whatever you want to call it) is excellent - you can point it any which way and it'll still recieve the signal. It's lightweight and fits nicely in your hand, too. I like the tactile buttons aswell.
That's not to say that there aren't a few issues. I'm not impressed with the shiny white plastic, for example. It gets scratched very easily, and after a few days use starts feeling greasy. The one thing that I really dislike is the lack of storage on the Macbook Pro its self. On the iMac, Apple included a little magnetic bit where your remote can sit. Surely it would have been sensible to include somewhere for the remote to sit, or even shorten it a tad so it fits into the express card slot. As a consequence, I'm about to order my 2nd remote in the 10 days that I've owned a Mac. But hey, atleast they're cheap :p
If you're buying it for frontrow, the chances are that you'll have already used one... and lost it, in which case it's really up to you. If you think you're going to loose it again, you might be beter off with something like a "Sik Rex" (it's a product, honest) but don't expect the nice design or tactile buttons. If bought a Mac without a remote (I'm assuming from eBay or something), it's worth the 15. Particularly if you've got an iMac or a Mac Mini. If you're buying this for an iPod, don't expect the menu button to work. That just about sums it up.
Me? I'm about to order my 2nd. Despite the lack of storage, I think it's the nicest one around.
Excellent Remote Control June 13, 2007
Alan (United Kingdom)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love the Apple Remote. It totally redefines what a remote control should look and feel like. It's very small, it's light, it fits nicely in the hand, it works in all directions, and it's very simple to use. You can use it to control Apple MacBooks, Apple iMacs, Apple iPod Universal Docks, and Apple TVs, which is pretty clever when you consider it only has 6 buttons.
But the thing that I like most about the Apple Remote is that, because it only has 6 buttons, you don't need to look at it to use it. Most remote controls have so many buttons, that you keep having to look at them to locate the correct button. For older people that wear reading glasses this can pose a real problem, because they keep having to switch between reading (for remote) and distance (for TV) glasses. But with the Apple Remote this isn't an issue. It's very easy to remember where all the buttons are, and it's so easy to feel them with your thumb that you never need to look at the remote. Excellent.
Menu Button-why it doesnt work April 30, 2006
Mrs. Fiona Cowieson
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
Everyone, the reason the menu button does not work with the Apple iPod is that the remote is in fact a universal remote which can be used with apple iMacs, and the menu button in fact has no use with the iPod, but with the 'FrontRow' program on an iMac. Its not a malfunction, the menu button just isnt supposed to work with iPods!!
Hope this clears things up.
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