I thought at this price this would be a cool little gadget. It is not. 2 hours of "working" with it and i can't get the remote to work at all. Sometimes it just times out with "out of range" while the remote is 6in from the iPod. The dock charges my iPod and I figured out how to make it work without the remote (instructions say that is not possible). So, if you want a CHEAP docking station that charges your iPod but you have to manually (from the iPOD wheel) select playlists, artists, songs...then this is for you.