Hi, Unfortunately, I wasn't born when those boom-boxes were out in the 80's, so I don't really know what they looked like. But thanks for your wonderful description of the unit. I'm looking very forward to receiving mine. Courtney
Sent from my macbook air On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:14 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > howdy! > > Yep indeed! I hhave one of these docks and they're quite impressive. > Obviously you're not going to get performance equal to that of your home > stereo system but for a portable its damn good. > > Okay so how can I describe it, did you ever see one of those Mini stereo > boomboxes from the 1980s? I'm not talking about the big huge thigns, I'm > talking about the "Mini Stereo" one's, anyway the dock looks pretty much lie > one of those, a speaker at each end and the dock in the middle where you plug > in your iPod or iPhone. > > On the top is a handle which can be folded into 3 positions, for carrying, > for a stand and tucked away out of sight for when you throw the unit into a > bag, case or whatever. > > There are buttons on the top which control the basic functions, power on/off, > play/pause, volume up/down and previous/next track. > > A remote controller comes with the Dock and I don't know what all the buttons > do on that yet, the controller conveniently slides into a cradle at the top > rear of the Dock when not in use. > > On the back of the Dock are 2 sockets, one for input from other MP3 players, > radios or whatever and the socket for the charger, takes around 4 hours to > charge the battery of the Dock and the iPhone etc can be plugged in and > charging at the same time. > > That's pretty much it! I posted a review of the dock to the list some time > ago. > > > On 03/01/2012, at 10:58 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: > >> Hi, >> I ordered my Altec Lansing In Motion Kick 520 portable speaker dock for ipod >> and iPhone on Friday. It should be here by Wednesday or Thursday because of >> the holiday. I have a question, since I know somebody on the list has one of >> these docks. About what size and weight is the dock, is it really portable? >> I'm excited to get it this week. >> Thanks, >> Courtney >> >> >> Sent from my macbook air >> >> >> ======================================= >> >> The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free >> >> To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web >> pages located at >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at >> either of the following websites: >> >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html >> >> Or: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> >> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> --------------------------------------- > > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
