Universal Dock Question

last night i made the most expensive mouse click of my life by purchasing a 15 inch MBP and a 30 gig iPod video. today at target i picked up a universal dock for iPods in efforts to keep the player safe and secure.
heres my question...i know the macbook pro comes with a remote and i was wondering if that is the same remote used with the dock?
if so, is the remote is interchangable, how can you order the dock to take commands from the remote. i don't really care about the added functionality of a remote, i just want a safe home for my investment, but if you can interchange the remote between devices, more icing on the deliciously, albeit expensive cake.
Thank you so much for your time,
Michael

Hi Lyssa,
Right, the iPod doesn't respond to the Menu button. You cannot navigate the menus in any way with the Universal Dock and Apple Remote.
There are some 3rd party docks available that allow you to navigate through the iPod's menus though, such as...
Griffin TuneCenter
HomeDock Deluxe
Message was edited by: btabz

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