ICF-C1iPMK2’s FM and AM radio tuners proved a little more proficient at picking up certain stations than the iP99, and though both units’ radios were subject to interference from external sources, Sony’s sounded clearer. They’re packaged with wall power supplies, backup batteries for their clocks, and external AM antennas Sony pre-attaches the wall adapter and an FM antenna coil at the factory, as well as setting the clock. Both include digitally tuned AM/FM radios, Infrared remote controls with iPod and iPhone menu navigation buttons, and dual alarms. There are also similarities in these two systems’ features. You can decide for yourself which design you prefer apart from color, we found the two systems to be roughly peers. While the iP99 is only sold in matte black, the ICF-C1iPMK2 is sold in combination matte and glossy black or white versions the dock is glossy while the rest of the casing is matte. Apart from their orientations, both systems otherwise share extremely similar design characteristics, such as metal front grilles, twin control circles with buttons in the middle, and white text-on-black clock screens. Similarly, though it’s an inch and a half wider at 11.75” and two inches taller at roughly 5.13”, the height difference isn’t critical in practice: iHome’s design has an iPhone or iPod standing roughly 7” from a table’s surface, while Sony’s keeps even the super-tall iPhone at only 5.75” in height.
This design enables the 5.5” deep ICF-C1iPMK2 to preserve most of the cabinet area of the iP99 while shaving an inch or so off of its depth.
In essence, the ICF-C1iPMK2 is the physical equivalent of iHome’s earlier iPhone clock radio iP99 turned on its face and reclined, with buttons relocated to its top and its clock face placed immediately below a Universal Dock that juts permanently out of its bottom.
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