Product Description

AirClick package for iPod mini

Product Details

• Color: White / Gray
• Brand: Griffin Technology
• Model: 4022-ACMINI
• Released on: 2005-04-15
• Platforms: Mac, Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.25" h x .50" w x 2.75" l, .13 pounds

Features

• Uses RF signals that travel through walls for control anywhere in your home
• Attaches to any available USB port (including hubs) and receives signal from up to 60 feet away
• Ideal for controlling applications including iTunes, QuickTime, and even Keynote or PowerPoint
• Hold switch on the side prevents accidentally disturbing your musical nirvana
• Compatibility: 3G, 4G, iPod mini, and iPod photo

From the Manufacturer
AirClick is the remote control you've been missing. The Griffin AirClick for iPod mini lets you hook up your 'Pod to your sound system and wander through the house while in full control of your tunes. Pause your iPod to answer the door and then crank it up without even going in the room.

AirClick uses RF signals that travel through walls for control anywhere in your home or outside, up to 60 feet away. The five button remote allows for play/pause, next track, previous track, and volume up and down. A hold switch on the side prevents accidentally disturbing your musical nirvana. The remote has a clip on it for convenient attachment. The iPod mini package includes a convenient remote holder with velcro straps to allow attachment as an armband or to a bicycle frame or steering wheel.

iPod Compatibility
iPod mini

Customer Reviews

Truly wireless and truly remote
This is another brilliant item from the folks at Griffin Technologies and I suspect that it will supplant the iPod Remote from Apple that I currently use when riding my motorcycle. Why? It's wireless. Better yet, it's RF (radio frequency) wireless instead of infrared. Indeed, this is the first remote control for the iPod/iPod Mini that uses RF instead of infrared. This means that it does not need line of sight/directly pointed at the iPod but instead can work through walls, backpacks, etc. The unit comes with a clip as well as a mounting piece/holder for the remote - you can use it as an armband or to mount on handlebars, etc.

Other plusses are that the radio operates at 433 mHz - not likely to be subject to, or cause, interference with cordless phones, microwaves, cell phones, wireless routers, etc. as it is in a different frequency band from those items. Also, the fit is tailored to the iPod mini - like the iTrip, it fits flush and square to your mini - a nice, clean solution and it has a headphone passthrough (which is to be expected).

I do have some minor nits to pick. First, the headphone passthrough is not compatible with Griffin iTrip. You could use another FM transmitter (like the Belkin TuneCast (ick)), but you cannot use the very nice iTrip. I mostly use the iTrip in the car though, where I do not typically need or use a remote - so I do not expect this to be an issue for me, but it might bug someone else. Second, this is a five function remote for a seven function iPod. The FF, REW, Vol +, Vol -, and Play/Pause functions are replicated on this remote, the Menu and Select functions are not. Accordingly, you cannot navigate menus or between playlists, etc. This is not really a Griffin complaint, but an Apple issue as I don't believe Apple allows for a seven-function remote implementation (as all remotes I have seen are five function plus a hold switch). Third, the remote (really any wireless remote) will use some additional amount of your mini's power. Finally the 60 ft. range is probably overstated and is only for the most ideal conditions - no walls, etc.

frustrating at times, but mostly OK
I bicycle commute to work on a bike path - I put the remote on my bike handlebars, and put the IPod in my hydration pack. It comes with velcro straps to attach to handlebars or steering wheel, but the attachment is too loose for a bumpy bike ride. I ended up threading the velcro through a slot in my stem.

The connection between the IPod and the Griffin sometimes comes loose too, so the remote won't work until the two are pressed back together. Now I'm using rubber bands to keep the two connected.

There's a flimsy plastic flap on the back of the remote that keeps the remote attached to its holder. This flap broke off the first day I used it, but enough of it remains to still do its job.

Aside from these problems, I have to say I'm happy with it. It lets me change the volume, pause when I come to intersections, etc. It works the way it should most of the time, the price is good, and the range is good... but it's frustrating when the remote doesn't work, and I have to dig around in my hydration pack to investigate.

Perfect for Ipod MINI
This simply works! Leave your ipod on your backpack and the remote control on your pocket and you're good to go my friend! The fact that it uses radio frequency and not a stupid IR is reason enough to buy this thing...