iHome Alarm Buzzes rather than play iPhone playlist

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iHome Alarm Buzzes rather than play iPhone playlist

I have a new iP9 iHome clock radio/dock alarm. When I set the alarm to wake to an iHome playlist (per the unit's instructions), the alarm starts with the buzzer. After snoozing, it eventually begins to play tracks off the iHome playlist. But the first instance is always the annoying buzzer.

I've read on other threads that this is a common problem, but I can't find an actual solution. I've even sent the unit back to iHome and they sent me a new one.

3G, iPhone OS 3.1.2

Posted on Jan 8, 2010 5:11 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 8, 2010 5:20 AM in response to jdj74

Since this is a problem with iHome's product, have you contacted iHome customer or technical support regarding this instead of just for having the unit exchanged?

If so, what were you told by iHome customer or technical support regarding this problem with their product?

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Jan 8, 2010 5:22 AM in response to Allan Sampson

Yep. They're the ones who told me to send it in "for service". They just sent me a new one. Not the most helpful customer service operation.

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Jan 8, 2010 5:27 AM in response to jdj74

Unless a fellow iPhone user has the same unit and experienced the very same (which seems to be a defect with the iHome product) and fixed the defect on their own without any help from iHome customer or technical support, doubtful you'll get an answer here.

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xp19375

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Jan 16, 2010 4:10 PM in response to jdj74

I have an iP9 as well, and I have had that problem intermittently. The song starts to play, but after a few seconds, the buzzer sounds.
I have done some experimenting, and this seems to only happen with quieter songs, or at least songs that are quiet in the beginning, since this doesn't happen when it plays loud songs. I put only Bolero, by Ravel, in my "iHome" playlist, which starts out very soft, but ends very loud. It would start to play, but then the buzzer sounded every time. Then I put the fourth movement of Mahler's 1st symphony as the only song in my "iHome" playlist, which is very loud in the beginning, and the buzzer did not sound.
I'm thinking that the buzzer is a "safety" mechanism that it uses if it thinks the song is too quiet to wake you up.
My solution now would just be to only put loud songs in your "iHome" playlist. I don't know what the difference is between loud and soft with respect to the iHome, so you'll have to experiment with what songs will be soft enough to cause the buzzer to sound.
My hardware: iHome iP9 and iPod Touch 2g with OS 3.1.2.

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