Philips MCM275 Flat Wall-Mountable Shelf System

by Philips

Product Details

• Item Weight: 11.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000DZTDAK
• Item model number: MCM275
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #31,243 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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  Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Compact Stereos

• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com

Trendy and progressive, unique innovation and style appeals to you. And so will the vividly chic MCM275 with dynamic sound performance packed in a sleek design with MP3/WMA-CD & USB Direct playback that can also be wall mounted.

Feature List

• Enjoy MP3/WMA music directly from your portable USB devices
  Simply plug in your device to the USB port on your Philips Hi-Fi system. Your digital music will be played directly from the device. Now you can share your favorite moments with family and friends.
• Plays MP3/WMA-CD, CD and CD-RW music
  
• Convenience line-in jack for portable music playback
  
• Digital Sound Control for optimized music style settings
  Digital Sound Control offers you a choice of pre-set Jazz, Rock, Pop and Classic controls you can use to optimise the frequency ranges for different musical styles. Each mode uses graphic equalizing technology to automatically adjust the sound balance and enhance the most important sound frequencies in your chosen music style. Ultimately, Digital Sound Control makes it easy for you get the most out of your music by precisely adjusting the sound balance to match the type of music you are playing.
• Dynamic Bass Boost delivers deep and dramatic bass
  Dynamic Bass Boost maximizes your music enjoyment by emphasizing the bass content of the music throughout the range of volume settings - from low to high – at the touch of a button! Bottom-end bass frequencies usually get lost when the volume is set at a low level. To counteract this, Dynamic Bass Boost can be switched on to boost bass levels, so you can enjoy consistent sound even when you turn down the volume.
• 2x5W RMS/10W Total Power
  
• Wake-Up and Sleep Timer
  
• The digital tuner has 40 presets for extra convenience
  
• Front motorized CD door with viewing window
  
• Super sleek and flexible design which can be wall-mounted
  

Product Description

A high quality component system flaunts a stylish and stunning design. With DVD playability,you can now feast your senses on perfect sound.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Philips MCM275 is great, January 18, 2007

By	Jomax77 (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips MCM275 Flat Wall-Mountable Shelf System (Electronics)

I bought this unit as gift for my sister for her kitchen and I think its awesome. MP3 & WMA disc capable for when I come by to play my CD's, and Ipod ready for my brother in law. All she wanted was a radio, and this comes with two real antennas (a great AM one and a long wire-antenna for FM) that both get excellent reception. The unit has a real nifty speaker/unit wall mounting bracket so the whole thing can mount right up, flat on the wall.(we used the bracket to mount the speakers to the unit and just have it standing on top of a small microwave) Philips instructions are some of the best around. Unit buttons, remote, and display are great. And this unit has the new European Union energy saving setting (non vampire electric draining I think). Sound is more than enough for a kitchen and dining room. But for a large,loud party in a living room, it won't put out enough volume.

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good and sleek, November 27, 2006

By	Scott "Scott" (Apex, NC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Philips MCM275 Flat Wall-Mountable Shelf System (Electronics)

nice sounding, looks nice, small footprint. Speakers detach or mount to the unit. Remote is great because it is very thin and encased in a plastic guard which is good for kids when droped or thrown! I bought this for the baby's room. Aux input and a USB for mp3 , ipod, etc.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I'd avoid this system, January 29, 2008

By	Phlyfisher (SLC, UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips MCM275 Flat Wall-Mountable Shelf System (Electronics)

I really hate this stereo. There are several reasons.
1. If your power even flickers, the system resets. Even more annoying if you use the timer function as an alarm clock and it doesn't wake you up in the morning because the system has reset.
2. Whenever you put in a CD, the system has to read the CD and count the number of tracks before the CD will play. Not a big deal but I swear those extra 30 seconds take forever. Man! It even annoys me to describe this stereo.
3. The remote control that comes with this system SUCKS! The play button hasn't worked since day one and other buttons are continually going out. I rarely use this stereo because the remote is so terrible. And to make matters worse, there are a lot of buttons on the remote that aren't on the system itself, so if a button on the remote breaks you may be completely out of luck.
4. The feature where you can assign radio stations to numbers sucks. You can't search through your presets quickly. Being able to slowly search through pre-set stations is the high point of the radio. If you're trying to just search through stations that aren't assigned it's a real pain. You have to hold the search button down for 5 seconds or so, and then the radio searches through stations until it gets a strong signal. Really poorly thought out.
5. The Ipod docking feature is over-rated. I have the docking system and a regular set of ipod speakers. The ipod speakers are way better. Although, it is nice to be able to use the stereo remote to change tracks on my ipod.

The one redeeming factor of this system is the USB capability. As much as I hate this system, that's a pretty sweet feature. You can plug in a USB drive with music on it and play it. A good feature on a crappy stereo.

Overall, yes, this system plays music but you'd be wise to spend your money elsewhere.