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When it’s time to blast your music through something louder than those little white earbuds, connecting your iPod to your home entertainment system with a stereo cable is the most common approach. To cut that cord, Belkin’s TuneStage II lets you beam music wirelessly to the stereo over a Bluetooth connection from as far as 30 feet away.

To set up the wireless link, you plug TuneStage’s Bluetooth receiver into the stereo, connect a small transmitter to the bottom of the iPod and then pair up the two devices. You can roam around the house for up to seven hours if the iPod is fully charged, and change the song or playlist right from the player’s own controls.

The TuneStage II ($150 at www.belkin.com, and due out in retail stores late next month) works with most recent iPod models, including the video iPod, the iPod Mini, the iPod Nano and early color-screen players. It can also pair up with compatible Bluetooth headphones and car stereos.