Product Description

With Onkyo’s latest Dock for the iPod, it’s now easy to incorporate the iPhone into your home entertainment system. The UP-A1 helps to expand the possibilities for enjoying your iPhone or iPod’s music, movies, TV shows, music videos, and video podcasts. It draws a steady power supply from your compatible Onkyo AV receiver* via the same convenient cable that delivers video and audio signals to the receiver. The UP-A1 also offers handy features found on previous Onkyo docks: recharging capability; onscreen display for content navigation and selection; and remote operability via your A/V receiver’s remote controller. To bring proven Onkyo sound quality and the potential of big-screen video playback to your iPhone or iPod, look no further than the UP-A1. *Compatible models include Onkyo’s 2009 range of A/V receivers (i.e. TX-SR507 and higher).

Product Details

• Color: Black
• Brand: Onkyo
• Model: UP-A1
• Dimensions: .60 pounds

Features

• Easy Connection via Universal Port
• iPhone/iPod Automatically Recharged When Placed in Dock
• Control via Compatible A/V Receiver’s Remote Controller
• Track Lists and Song Information Displayed via Compatible A/V Receiver’s Onscreen Display
• Direct Change (Automatically Switches Input Source to iPhone/iPod) and Play

From the Manufacturer
From the Manufacturer

Onkyo Fuses Proven Sound Quality with Cutting Edge Technology

For over 50 years, Onkyo components have been recognized as uncommonly musical among those who are truly fanatical about their music. One of the leading names in audio/video components and home theater systems throughout the world, Onkyo is at the forefront of the home theater and digital revolutions.

Play your portable content on your home system with ease

Incorporate Your iPhone or iPod Into Your Home Theater System

Onkyo’s UP-A1 Dock for the iPod expands the possibilities for enjoying your iPhone’s or iPod’s music, movies, TV shows, music videos and video podcasts. It’s the first Onkyo dock capable of linking the iPhone and iPhone 3G to compatible Onkyo A/V systems. It can also accommodate the iPod (4G, 5G), iPod touch (1G, 2G), iPod classic, iPod nano (1G, 2G, 3G, 4G), iPod photo and iPod mini. To bring proven Onkyo sound quality and the potential of big-screen video playback to your iPhone or iPod, look no further than the UP-A1.

Connect audio, video and power with just one cable

Plug and Play Audio or Video from Your Portable Device

Docking your iPhone or iPod to the UP-A1 allows you to view your stored movies, music videos, TV shows, and video podcasts on a connected display, or listen to your stored music via your home audio system. The UP-A1 facilitates a stable, high-quality video signal output at a resolution of up to 1080i. It supports 480i and 576i output from current models of the iPhone and iPod touch, as well as 480p and 576p from the iPod nano and iPod classic.

All you have to do is dock your portable device and press its playback button. The receiver’s selector will automatically switch to the appropriate channel and begin outputting the content of your iPhone or iPod.

Connect, Charge, Control

Onkyo’s proprietary Universal Port technology enables just one convenient cable to carry audio and video signals, as well as power. Your iPhone or iPod is recharged as long as it sits in the Dock--even if you’re simultaneously playing back a song or video. There is no need for an extra power cable cluttering up your entertainment space.

The universal port also carries Remote Interactive signals so that you can operate the UP-A1 with your receiver’s remote controller. The handy Remote Interactive feature lets you access the following key functions: System On/System Off, Auto Power On, Direct Change and Sleep Timer.

For receivers equipped with Extended Mode, the UP-A1 incorporates an onscreen display function that makes it easy to navigate and select your iPhone or iPod content using the keys on your receiver’s remote controller.

Built-In Compatibility

The UP-A1 was designed to work with Onkyo’s newest A/V receivers, including the TX-SR507 and TX-SR607.

Customer Reviews

Perfect.......
Recently started to upgrade the home entertainment system. Wanted to eliminate all of the cables and get better video. Added a Sony blu-ray player and Onkyo TX-SR507. That installation is easy, you simply plug in the HDMI cables. I had XM running on the sound system for my home music. Recently found Pandora, and love that it provides music and NO taking like XM has become. I was a little nervous when I saw the previous reviews on this item. But, I had the right receiver so it should work?! The installation began with me on the floor with the iPod in the Onkyo UP-A1 and the wife ready to call out instructions. I plugged the cord into the Universal Port in the receiver, turn on the iPod and pushed the receiver's 'Port' selector and the music began to playing through the system. It could not be more simple. Just make sure you have the right receiver.

It works.
***** Onkyo TX-SR607 AV Receiver
Onkyo TX-SR607 7.2-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver (Black)
***** Onkyo DV-CP706 DVD Changer
Onkyo DV-CP706B 6-Disc DVD Player (Black)
*** Onkyo UP-A1 iPod Dock
Onkyo UP-A1 Dock for the iPod

I replaced my 10+ year old Onkyo AV receiver and DVD changer with these units in August, 2009. Got them all from Amazon. Was able to save $25 by getting the UP-A1 refurbished.

Amazon pricing and service was great, no surprises there.

These units all work very well together. The DVD Changer shows the most improvement over the 10+ year old model. The menus are much faster to load.

UP-A1: The receiver recognized it immediately. The Onkyo receiver remote will control the iPod, but not very well. It plays, pauses, stops, fast-forwards and rewinds music and video just fine. But (unless I'm missing something), it will not navigate back to the menus once music is playing. If it is already on a menu (say albums), then navigation with the Onkyo remote works. Once music starts playing, the up/down arrows now do nothing, and the right/left arrows shift from playlist to playlist.

At first I thought video from the UP-A1 was not going to my TV via HDMI. But I had disabled TV out on my iPod. Under settings/video on the iPod, turn on TV out (in NTSC format in the U.S.). When you play a video (again, navigating to it with the Onkyo remote has the problems described above) is the only time any video comes out from the Onkyo. It looked like you'd think an iPod resolution video would look.

One really nice feature of the UP-A1 is when you hold down FF. (Yes, you have to hold it down, which is unfortunate for the batteries in your remote.) The audio samples periodically (you hear bits and pieces of the song/video). And on a video, you get the same feature with the video. So if you FF through a newscast, for instance, you'll be able to tell from the video sampling when one story ends and the next begins (or from the audio...you get enough to catch a word here and there).

Overall, I'm happy with the performance of the UP-A1. I had been listening to my iPod on the TV (via our TiVo). That meant the TV bulb had to stay on, which is silly, and the audio quality on the Onkyo receiver is much better than the TV speakers, of course.

Good product, but pricey
Easy to hook up to receiver.

My I-pod will not connect to the dock without taking off it's protective cover. The cover is ultra thin and I have other docks without this issue. So I took away one star for the short connectors on dock.

I took another star away for the price. All it is, is a connector. The receiver & I-pod does all the work.

Otherwise it does what it's suppose to do.