We thought we might have gotten a defective unit, so, in the time crunch before the wedding, I bought another one in the hope we could get a working unit in time for the wedding and return the defective one later

Well, the unit does work pretty well if you're in the same room as the ipod / receiver.

Well, the unit does work pretty well if you're in the same room as the ipod / receiver.

The second unit behaved exactly like the first one