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Question: Will it function as an alarm clock, even if you use an iPod with no clock function?  i.e. does the speaker dock have a functioning alarm?
Document: I purchased this little iPod dock at a local electronics store in Australia as a bedside speaker/clock after falling in love with the design, and overall I can say I'm pretty pleased.Firstly, I can confirm the following from other reviews: The in-built alarm function on the iPod will not come through the speakers; for that you must use the Philips application which it prompts you to download from the app-store. The speaker does distort at the highest volumes.
Great looks and writeup claims that it can be used as an alarm. I didn't find out until I read the instructions that you have to have an ipod touch or iphone to use alarm function. I have an ipod nano, so this is only a clock and ipod charger/speaker. Ridiculously limited functions - I returned it.
This Philips Fidelio DS1100 30-Pin iPod/iPhone Alarm Clock Speaker Dock has great sound and looks really nice in a girls room. There use to be several white charging alarm bases, for some reason there are very few choices now. Highly recommend this one.
If you use this with a basic iPod, it's nothing more than a speaker that charges and displays time--pretty barebones.For the iPhone/iPod Touch however, there's a pretty sweet app that gives you additional functionality:1. Smart alarm clock that you can customize for each day of the week. You can also set up multiple alarms, and choose pictures you want to wake up to.2.
Bought this first and foremost as an alarm clock as a Christmas gift. Very disappointed to learn that you can only use the alarm if you have an iphone or ipod touch. (Why is this not in the description?) After disappointing the first intended recipient, I tried to give it to someone who owns an iPhone 4. He was excited, until we connected it, and got a "dock not supported" message.
Fortunately, the unit is solidly built and simple to use with few buttons on the speaker dock itself - speaker volume and light levels for the digital clock. The trick is to download the free Fidelio app from the Apple app store which then allows you to control the playback of music on your iPod/iPhone device. I like that the docking also provides charging without turning the unit on so my wife and I use it to recharge our iPhones (3GS) and iPods as well.
ThePhilips Fidelio DS1100 Speaker Dock with Clockis the latest addition to my collection of appreciated and often used iPod docks. Any room in my home that I spend a good amount of time in has one; kitchen, living room, bedroom and even bathroom.My first impression of the Philips Fidelio DS1100 after unpacking was that they style was very nice.
Well, for an alarm clock it fails miserably. It can't keep time. It would lose 4-5 hours each day. Even when I would dock my IPhone it would get the correct time, but then begin to lose time right away. The other features were nice, but this is what is called a deal breaker.
However, the clock remembers the time from the device, and it works as a clock even without the iPod/iPhone inserted.Using an app to set the phone's alarm, I can see easily using this as a clock radio with an iPhone. (Philips offers a companion app called Fidelio in the iTunes store for the iPhone or iPod Touch; I haven't tried it.) An advantage over a normal clock radio would be that the time won't be lost during a power outage.
My husband used to be a DJ and is something of a speaker snob, but even he agrees that this little guy puts out good sound. Much better than you would expect from such a small unit. The sound really fills up our kitchen, which is a fairly large room. I am using it with a 4th generation ipod classic.Only downside, the clock is supposed sync automatically with the ipod, which is has not done. We haven't been able to get the clock to work at all.
Answer: You would need to download an Alarm app to use it. The alarm function runs through the device.