Philips MX5600D 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater with 600 Watts Total Power Review
Philips MX5600D 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater with 600 Watts Total Power Feature
- Home theater system with 5-disc DVD/CD player, 4 satellite speakers, 1 center speaker, Twin Sub bass pipes, and 600 watts total system power
- Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround decoding for discrete, enveloping DVD surround sound
- 40 FM/AM radio presets, progressive-scan video output for high-definition and HD-ready TVs
- Audio inputs for 2 additional components; all necessary speaker cables and interconnects included
- Receiver/DVD: 17 x 4 x 15; satellites: 3 x 11 x 3; center speaker: 17 x 3 x 3; sats/bass pipes: 4 x 39 x 4 inches (W x H x D)
I have never been technically proficient. No joke, it took me 10 minutes to find the power switch on my laptop, but I got this unit out of the box and set up in about 45 minutes and I am very happy! You will notice how technically inproficient I am as you read this, but it is in plain language for my fellow techno flunkies.
The box is really heavy, so look for free shipping and make sure you are there when it comes. Plus the box is bulky so if you are a chick you might need help getting it up stairs, as I did.
This system is not like similar priced sets in that the speakers are substantial in size and weight. The rear speakers can be mounted on stands or attached to the wall with the accompanying brackets. This unit does not come with “plug in” speakers but those little wire things you have to put in the clamps. Don’t worry- Philips thought of me when they did this and color-coded the whole thing so if you know left from right and can match purple and purple, you too can hook up this system. I simply followed the wires until they were all hooked up, connected the tv and turned it on. I put in a DVD and followed the instructions in the booklet to set up the player.
After the player was all set up I tried out a DVD. I agree the load time is kinda slow, but that is just fine. The sound that came out of the machine was amazing! The bass on the twin subwoofers was ground shaking and I did not even have it up near the volume potential.
The only thing that kinda bugged me is that the unit was so big it would not sit in the component area on my unit so it sits on top, but thanks to the stylish design, it does not bother me. This is a substantial unit. The unit is heavy and so are the speakers. I did not have stickers on my towers that other people have complained about.
The only thing that threw me for a loop was choosing the type of tv input I have. This system was meant for much nicer tv’s than my 2 year old 27″ RCA. I chose the wrong one and the DVDs only played in black and white. It took me 10 minutes to figure out that I must have chosen wrong, so I went back through the set up and changed it.
Bottom line is, I may be technically deficient, but I know what sounds good, especially in music. Even as a woman who hates to try to plug in the toaster I got this system set up all by myself in a reasonable time with little frustration (ok so I got right and left confused and had to change somethings, but give me a break). I was going to replace my CD player component because I hate “integrated” systems, (and I mainly wanted this as a DVD player) but after hearing my CD’s on this system I have decided not to replace the CD player.
As you can tell I highly recommend this player. Although I did not buy from Amazon, but through a local wholesale warehouse, the price is good (search around on the internet and you will see). I payed about the same with tax, but I had to garner help to get it to the car and up the stairs. But this item with confidence, even if you are not a technophite.
Philips MX5600D 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater with 600 Watts Total Power Overview
Philips MX5600 5 DVD/CD Home Entertainment System – This versatile home entertainment system from Philips brings the movie theater to your living room. The 5-disc DVD/CD changer and 5 speakers, recreates the surround sound experience, which is great for action & adventure movies. It’s versatility really shines though with the built-in features that expand your media enjoyment. A built-in AM/FM tuner lets you enjoy your favorite talk radio program, sports, & more. It also supports Picture CD playback of CDs filled with JPEG images. MP3 CDs – 32, 56, 64, 96, 128, & 256 kbps & variable bit rates 40 radio presets 600 Watts of total power Audio Ports – (IN) AUX, TV In, Digital Optical / (OUT) Line Out & Digital Optical Video Outputs – Composite, S-Video, & Component Remote Control Included 1 year limited manufacturer’s warranty (parts and labor)
Philips MX5600D 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater with 600 Watts Total Power Specifications
Philips’s MX5600 DVD home theater system encompasses a Dolby Digital/DTS-capable surround sound receiver with an integrated 5-disc-DVD/CD player, along with everything from speaker stands to color-coded speaker wires included in the box. The system’s tuner offers 40 FM/AM presets for convenient tuning, and its DVD drive plays DVD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, and VCD/SVCD, in addition to MP3 CDs and JPEG image CDs/Kodak Picture CDs, making sure you’ll never without ample audio-visual entertainment.
Four matching satellite speakers reproduce the front and rear left/right channels from 5.1 surround programs (Dolby Digital or DTS), while a thin, wide, unobtrusive center-channel speaker sits atop your TV or shelf to root dialogue and other critical sound directly in front of you.
The MX5600 offers neither a powered subwoofer nor a traditional RCA subwoofer output. What it does have is clip-type speaker terminals for use with a passive subwoofer. These left/right outputs feed the 2 supplied “bass pipes,” which conveniently serve as speaker stands for the front left/right satellites while filling out the system’s low end and delivering full-bodied sound from both movies and music.
The system’s 100-watts-per-channel receiver delivers a total of 600 watts. The MX5600’s four 2-way satellite speakers and center-channel speaker are acoustically designed to match the tonal characteristics of the receiver. Front left, right, and center speakers are magnetically shielded to prevent any interference with your TV’s image.
Video features include picture zoom, multi-angle viewing, and parental lock. The receiver features 2 analog-audio inputs and one analog-audio output, along with a coaxial digital-audio output (great for exporting audio to a CD or minidisc recorder). Three video outputs (including the primary monitor output) accommodate a range of televisions, from sets with standard composite-video terminals to sets offering high-resolution component-video inputs.
Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you’re merely thinking of “someday,” the MX5600 is equipped to deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.
Philips’s Cinema Center Speaker magnifies your movies while ensuring that what you hear is both natural and realistic. Cinema Center Speaker delivers spacious sound and brings a wider sweet spot through no less than 5 drivers positioned at different angles. These drivers give more depth in sound by clearly distinguishing front from background sound and action from dialogue so even the slightest sound detail will not pass by unnoticed.
Color-coded connectors provide a simple and user-friendly way to connect the speakers and subwoofer to the center unit of the home entertainment system simply by plugging the connectors in the matching colored-interface at the rear of the center unit.
What’s in the Box
DVD receiver system, 2 front speakers, 1 center speaker, 2 surround speakers, 2 Twin Sub bass pipes, an AC power cable, a component-video cable, a composite-video cable, a stereo audio cable, FM/AM antennas, a remote control, 2 AA batteries, 4 mini speaker stands, 4 brackets and screws, a user’s manual, and a quick-use guide.
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