Customer Reviews
Looks Nice; Remote simply will not work 
2008-11-16
i was very enthusistic about buying this dock; All I can say is that the remote will not work; I have changed batteries twice already.
Since this product only works with the remote, it simply does not work.
Also, does not work properly with iPhone or Touch.
Best IPod dock on the market! 
2008-08-01
The NavDock ND2000 is just what I'd been waiting for.
The packaging is nice; it comes with everything you need to set it up including batteries and good quality audio and video cables (not the cheapo ones most stereo equipment ships with).
Most importantly, the sound is great whether it is used with a 6 speaker system or just a small stereo.
The dock itself looks very nice (mine is silver and matches my brushed silver IPod Classic) and does not take up much room on the shelf. It's heavier than some others I've seen so it stays in place when you are taking the IPod in or out of the dock. It has the look and feel of quality, just like my IPod does.
The graphic display that appears on your TV is very nice, both aesthetically pleasing and easy to read, with adjustable color backgrounds.
The remote gives you full navigation of your IPod: Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, Podcasts, Genres, Composers and Audiobooks. It also allows you to set your Equalizer just like on your IPod and basically shows about everything on your TV screen that your IPod display does.
The display on the TV screen will show you what is currently playing and you can set the screensaver to come on after various lengths of time. The title of the current song always scrolls across the album cover area. Yes, it shows album covers! And you can turn that feature on or off; just like the IPod Classic it works a little faster without the album cover display turned on but I prefer to see the album covers. Anyway, it's nice to have the option.
The NavDock will play your videos and photos as well, though with photos you have to first navigate using the IPod display itself, instead of using just the display on the TV to navigate. This is the only time you ever have to look at your IPod itself when you have the NavDock connected. Everything else can be done with the NavDock remote: you can browse artists, genres, and albums and one nice feature is that the remote has a shuffle button right on it, so you don't have to go into the menu to turn shuffle on or off.
My only criticisms are that the remote could be a little more responsive and better designed, and the a.c. cable could be a little longer. But these are minor complaints and do not detract from the overall usefulness of the product, nor the joy of using it!
All in all this is a great dock, certainly the best one on the market, and it's a worthy extension of your IPod! Thank goodness, someone finally put a dock on the market worth buying!
Good buy 2008-02-21
This dock performs it's advertised functions very well. I get solid, smooth sound and picture in as good a quality as can be expected given the iPod input and the dock's connection options (composite and S-video). The ability to navigate the iPod's music and video menus on screen place it well above other dock options including Apple's own Universal Dock. For those looking for some info on this device that may not be documented...
Pros (besides the obvious good stuff like menu navigation and comprehensive remote functionality):
- Very quick to start up and connect.
- The iPod can be removed from the dock at any time (playing or paused) without any bad effects.
- Displays album art.
- The dock screensaver can display your currently playing music track information and album art.
- Full shuffle and repeat options for playlists.
- Useful shortcuts on the remote to get to music and videos (and photos, but I don't use that feature).
Cons (no deal-breakers here in my opinion, just stuff that could be better):
- Movie list is ordered by the date they were added to the iPod, not alphabetically.
- You have to wait till the album art loads to skip a song.
- Oddly, any song you navigate to and play will not start until after the album art loads (7 or 8 seconds), but subsequent songs begin immediately.
- If your movie file has chapter markers, too bad, this dock won't see them. Fast-forward and reverse are your only options.
- Dock doesn't display the video playlists.
- Your ratings aren't displayed anywhere, and if you want to rate something you have to remove the iPod from the dock, rate and it, and re-dock it.
I consider this a very good buy.
