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Bring your Sirius satellite radio receiver or iPod to life with the Soloist universal sound system. Boasting a series of docking cradles and adapters for holding the Sirius Sportster 3 and 4, Starmate 3 and 4, Stiletto SL100 and SL10, and Stratus receivers, along with a separate cradle that holds all dockable iPods, the sound system serves as an ideal audio centerpiece for your bedroom, office, or basement rec room. Simply drop your preferred audio device into one of the docking cradles and you're set. Listeners will love the Soloist's rich, detailed sound, which employs patented NXT honeycomb flat-panel speaker technology to create a dynamic, powerful audio performance. The flat-panel surfaces vibrate seamlessly to provide a full audio range, while the four built-in exciters are coupled at lower frequencies to flesh out the bass response. The resulting sonic footprint resonates in all directions, making this a far more immersive system than most integrated speaker models.
The Soloist receives high-quality satellite reception thanks to its indoor/outdoor antenna, which includes a 21-foot connection cable. For best results, listeners should place the antenna on the roof (the antenna is fully waterproof), where it's more likely to find a clear path to the satellite signals. However, the antenna may still work well if located on the side of the house or near a window, provided it receives an unobstructed view of the sky.
The Soloist is also equipped with an LCD display that coordinates the built-in clock, source, timers, and other functions. The full-featured alarm and sleep timer, meanwhile, come in handy should you locate the Soloist in a bedroom. The alarm lets you wake to one of Sirius's more than 130 digital streams--including music, news, talk, sports, or entertainment--as well as recorded Sirius content or an iPod playlist. The sleep timer works in the opposite direction, playing your Sirius or iPod tunes for 10 to 90 minutes (in 10-minute increments) until you fall asleep.
Other details include a 20-watt Tripath amplifier; five built-in equalization settings (flat, classic, rock, pop, and jazz); a dynamic bass boost function that improves the low frequency response; a USB connection for hooking up to your PC; line and auxiliary inputs and a line output for connecting external audio sources to the system; a headphone jack for private listening; and a wireless remote with buttons for virtually all of the system's functions, including a 0-9 direct keypad for selecting Sirius channels. The Soloist, which measures 12.62 by 7.88 by 4.62 inches (W x H x D), is backed by a one- year warranty.
What's in the Box
Soloist sound system, AC/DC power adapter with 6-foot cord, wireless remote with battery, antenna with 21-foot cord, Sportster docking cradle, Starmate/Stratus cradle adapter, Stiletto docking cradle, iPod docking cradle, clock battery, user's manual.
Product Description
Sirus Soloist Universal Boombox Docking Station for the latest generation of radio plug-and-play receivers. The media dock uses the SurfaceSound flat-panel speaker technology, powered by a 10-watt-per-channel Tripath amp. This Soloist docking station utilizes the new Sirius universal connector that shares the same configuration with the Sportster 4. Included in the Soloist package is a home antenna, wireless remote, AC power adapter, and a front panel AUX IN and headphone jack, rear panel AUX IN and OUT, rear panel USB port, and a built-in alarm clock.
Customer Reviews:
Better than I expected...LOVE it.......2007-11-25
When I bought these speakers I didn't know that I can use them for my iPod as well as my Sirius radio. The sound quality is great. It comes with everything you need to use your Sirius radio at home. The remote works with both the iPod and Sirius. It can be used as an alarm clock too. I really love this speaker system and would recommend it to anyone.
Better than i expected.......2007-05-31
I was looking for a system that would play my sirius radio and my ipod and i came across this. I read a few reviews and almost everyone had great things to say. The ones who were unhappy were the people who said they were not able to get a siginal.
This thing was easy to figure out how to work. And i dont have any signal problems at all. I made sure the antenna was facing north (as the directions say) and put it on my window.
The sound is great! I was not expecting it to be this good.
Worst Product Ever!.......2007-04-20
All I can say is that I moved that antenna to every location possible and never got a clear signal. Buyer Beware!!! Returned it within 7 days and got my money back.
One system for multiple devices.......2007-02-04
After getting a Sirius radio for Christmas I wanted to find something to listen to it indoors as well. I searched around for a while and finally came across this product. I love the sleek style of the device and the ability to use this for both the Sirius radio AND my Ipod as well. The ability to use this for both devices would give it 5 stars but I have not experienced any problems with the reception indoors like the other reviewer. I have this on my computer desk where I have problems with cell phone reception but am able to get reception without a problem - I was actually shocked that I didn't have to move the antenna around a lot before I could get it working.
"No Return" policy!.......2007-01-19
The dock wasn't able to get a signal in the office - when I tried to return the unit, I found out there is a "no return" policy! I've called everywhere, including Sirius, and made no progress. This was from Tiger Direct, by the way.
It was not stated that the item couldn't be returned when I purchased this - so I'm obviously not happy. Will buy items locally from now on!
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WRISTBAND WITH ADJUSTABLE FASTENER FOR SECURE, COMFORTABLE FIT; ATTACHES EASILY TO IPOD SHUFFLE; FULL CONTROL OF CLICK WHEEL; SPORTY & VERSATILE
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Rustic Refinement. Our Hacienda entertainment collection brings a feeling of elegance to its country style by mixing wood and metal to create a picture-perfect room. Enjoy the old world feel of distressed pine construction nicely accented with antique-style hardware. Pieces are crafted of solid pine and finished in a golden to highlight natural characteristics of the wood. Four piece entertainment center includes left and right piers, TV stand and light bridge with shelf, as shown.
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This is the Minolta-QMS Magicolor 2430 DL Class A Refurbished Network Color Laser Printer.
Customer Reviews:
Works Great--Until It Doesn't.......2007-01-03
This printer was impressive once I got it up and running (took some time and head-scratching) with my Windows XP operating system. I purchased the printer around June of 2005 and have worked it hard for my business, printing everything from daily invoices and shipping labels to thick card stock and transparencies. Card stock is only reliable about 70% of the time, and you have to hand-feed it to avoid jamming.
This seemed like a great bargain for the $300 price, but the consumables are very expensive (as you'll find with nearly any printer now, inkjet or laser). I've used about 5-6 cartridges of each of the four colors (black, cyan, yellow, magenta) and gone through one drum replacement. The problems I have had have been mainly fussy software issues--sometimes after working for several print jobs, the printer suddenly stops transferring toner to the media for some inexplicable reason and without any errors or definable cause. We've gotten used to just turning the printer off and then on again to reset, probably once or maybe twice a day. The other issue which has developed into a major problem is jamming. It seems that some kind of small plastic part has been removed with nearly every sheet of paper or label stock that has been jammed. Miraculously, we lost a lot of small parts and the printer continued to work fine--until last week one terrible label jam took with it a few more bits of fragile plastic parts and the printer hasn't been right since. The real frustration is the utter inability to really access the area of the jam, and there's no way to replace the parts that fell off. Service costs are as much as a new printer, not surprisingly.
This is an extremely loud, clunking machine with ridiculously long "warm up" cycles and "calibrating" messages. It's not terribly fast at printing, but it did print rather beautifully for most of our needs (black and white as well as color graphics) for a year and a half. Until it didn't anymore.
I'm now looking into replacing old Hubert here with a Dell.
All in all, it's a good starting point for decent quality color laser printing, but I feel that the quality of the machine itself was never intended for the long haul.
Great color, bargain price.......2006-08-24
I have been using this printer for a few weeks and so far I'm thrilled. It's compatible with Mac OS X, Windows (from 95 to XP) and Linux, has built-in network support and a PictBridge connector in front.
The best part is how lightweight it is for a color laser printer. It also has a very small footprint. Inkjets are often deceptive in that respect, because they require a lot of space in front and back for the paper holders; the 2430DL does not need any of that.
Its energy saver mode is extremely economical (1W) and the printer wakes up immediately and can print with almost no warm-up time.
On the negative side, the paper drawer is very shoddy, and the printer is fairly loud when operating (that includes regular clacks and whirrs while in energy saver mode, don't set it up in your bedroom!)
To the reviewer complaining about the toner not fixating on the page: your printer is set to envelope mode. Check the manual (you can download it from Konica Minolta's web site) and flick the two little yellow switches with the envelope icon to the down position: problem solved!
This printer can be found (refurb) for two hundred. Don't pay more. It comes with low capacity toner cartridges (1,500 pages) and you'll find out toner cartridges are very pricey. Ebay to the rescue: you can actually buy toner powder to refill the cartridges for fairly cheap (about a hundred for a four color set) and turn your starter cartridges to high capacity cartridges (4,500 pages). No need to replace the microchip on the cartridges (that's an additional cost): all you need to do is set the "on error" mode in the engine settings to "continue", and voila. The only problem is the orange error light blinking continuously to report the printer is out of toner; if you can live with that, the savings are very significant. Refilling the cartridges is extremely easy.
There is a duplexer option available, unfortunately it costs as much as the printer. The memory extension capabilities are limited: only one standard PC-100 DIMM, up to 512MB (you may be able to reuse some RAM from an old PC)
I couldn't be more pleased with my 2430DL. Printing is extremely fast, even the first page when the printer wakes up from energy saver mode. I have been using HP 8550 color laser printers in the office for a while, and I think the 2430DL not only prints better quality (better color, better uniformity, better resolution) but also does it faster. I thought I might miss PostScript (unlike the more expensive 2450 model, the 2430DL uses a page description language called LavaFlow), but so far it's performed flawlessly printing from Macs and Windows XP.
This is probably the very best color laser value right now, and I recommend it very highly.
Do Not Purchase This Product!.......2006-06-03
Purchase at your own risk!
Product was defective out of the box. Had a defective Software CD and very poor print quality with the first two print pages smudged with traces of black toner.
Consider this color laser printer rather than ink jets.......2006-05-10
This is my second Konica Minolta color laser printer. I bought my first, a 2210 when prices for color laser printers dipped below $1000. It was very easy to set up and use and worked perfectly for many years. This week I replaced it with a new 2430 because the cost of replacing the consuumables which were all running low was more than buying a new printer. The new 2430 is smaller, lighter, quieter, easier to use, feature packed and has twice the resolution of my old printer. I'm using it in a mixed Mac/PC network environment. The included CD contained all the manuals, drivers and software needed for both platforms as well as for Linux. Set up couldn't have been easier. I unboxed it, plugged in the power and network cable, installed the drivers on my computers and began printing. The whole process took about 10 minutes. The images look great and it can handle a wide range of media. A web browser based interface makes administrating the printer a snap. In a home environment this printer will work for years with no need to replace expensive ink cartridges as with ink jet printers making for a low cost per page. Those darn ink cartriges always seem to go dry at the worst time, like when where ready to run out of the house to take our son to shcool and he goes to print his homework but there is no ink. Also there are no nozzels to clog causing incomplete coverage. The 2430 is network ready so it is easy to share with all the computers in the house. Warm up time is very short and priinting is fast. 5 ppm in color, or if you are printing text or stuff that doesn't need to be in color, switch it to grayscale and it 21 ppm. It's much faster than most ink jets and 100% reliable and at under $300 for a factory refurbished model with a 1 year warrenty a very good deal. My only complaint is that the display on the front panel has no light and is a bit hard to read. It is a very, very small complaint as there is very rarely a need to read that display, but a light would be a nice feature. By the way, I ordered the printer from Amazon on Monday and received it 24 hours later. I did not use express shipping, just the standard shipping. My order confirmation estimated delivery time at 7-10 days but I got it in 1 day. What fantastic service. If you print a lot of stuff and want a good quality, hassle free printing solution for your home or small office the Konica Minolta 2430 is an excellent choice. It should give you years of trouble free service at a low cost.
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