RCA RTD615i DVD Home Theater System with Dock for iPod

The system was not very expensive, but you can tell. The iPod dock is why I bought it, but it wouldn't play most of my playlists because they were too big. The wires for the speakers are connected. You can't disconnect them. I haven't seen anything like it since I had a boombox in the 1980's. I haven't played a DVD or CD yet. I assume it works OK. The sound is not that bad. If you want something more sophisticated, you have to pay for it.

We purchase this unit for our RV. We mostly use it for watching movies while traveling. And it works well for this. We were disappointed that our MP3 player, not an Ipod, won't plug directly onto the base. So we must cable our MP3 player using a standard cable to the Aux input.

There is an annoying cooling fan that runs the entire time the unit is on and it can be heard except when the volume is turned up for movie watching. At low volume levels the fan noise is objectionable.

We have connected an FM antenna, but get virtually no reception. This may be the result of a poor, automotive type antenna. We may try a powered FM antenna next.

I purchased this as a Christmas gift, after having it set up it was disappointing to find that the DVD player would not play all DVDs and it would pause and need to be re-booted to start up. There was absolutely no problem with the sound, the surround sound system was excellent, and the iPod deck was very convenient, it was unfortunate that the DVD player had a glitch in it. Fortunately it was within the refund period and customer service at Ritz Camera was very accommodating.