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Score: 8.4/10

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+ This hiFi system has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on sound quality. “Offered all the features we required simple to use and well designed at a very…” graham, gillingham, kent View all 80 real customer reviews

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80 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
87% of people recommend it.

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Design8.0
Performance8.0
Sound quality7.8
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.3
Overall rating8.4
 

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graham, gillingham, kent

Score 9.0/10

+ offered all the features we required simple to use and well designed at a very competitive price!

- Reviewer left no comment

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50 of 50 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Sep 2007

Jan, Chester

Score 9.0/10

+ Sound quality is excellent, dab radio brilliant.

- None so far.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Nov 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ It has cassette, CD, USB, DAB & FM radio - in other words everything I wanted. Design is simple and aesthetically pleasing - sound quality good.

- Didn't realise I had to find somewhere for the 8 feet of aerial before I bought it. It is difficult to navigate through the tracks on my MP3 player.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jan 2008

Mike, Leeds

Score 9.0/10

+ Bought this for my 10 yr old daughter who has a samsung USB MP3 player. Of all the USB compatible micro stereos I looked at this was the best compromise between price and performance. There's no noticeable weakness in performance, although like I say its only my 10 yr old that uses it and she isnt the most discernable listener! I initially bought a Hitachi model from another high street store, but this wouldnt play MP3s which were in library folders on the player - it didnt say this on the box and I had to take it back so beware. I've found this a great buy which does everything it was intended to do.

- None noticeable, although I would suspect that you would want to move up in the price range if you really wanted a high quality sound.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jan 2008

Chris, Wisbech

Score 8.0/10

+ Everything on it that I want, USB, DAB, Cassete, Cd-mp3 player

- Bad sound quality and low output

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Dec 2007

Maureen, dorset

Score 9.0/10

+ compact

- aerial wire untidy ,could have done with a telescopic one.

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purchased 15 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Dab radio

- Tape controls are manual and hard to press

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Feb 2008

peter, walsall

Score 8.0/10

+ ideal for my caravan wanted somthing that was good quality and not to big.meets all my needs

- none really

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 May 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ it has a usb works well nice volume control

- none

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Design; compactness.

- I found it rather difficult to set the radio stations I wanted.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Dec 2007

Claire, Basingstoke

Score 10.0/10

+ sound quality is very good. remote control is very helpful. Love having DAB radio and FM too
Absolutely incredible value for money

- the lid for the cd is a bit clunky

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Compact and good sound quality

- None

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purchased 04 Jan 2008

Theresa, Bristol

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to use nice sound quality

- if you make mistake pre setting dab radio, you cant seem to delete the mistakes, so you could end up with the same station on several of your pre set numbers which then limits the pre sets available!!

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purchased 28 Dec 2007

Martin, Stockport

Score 1.0/10

+ None

- Loses all DAB memories when a scan is performed - very inconvenient! Build quality is cheap, plastic and lightweight. The tape controls are inaccessible and stiff to operate, and the unit is so light that it must be held in place while operating the tape buttons, then the lightest pressure on top of the unit opens the CD cover. Altogether the system is a poor design. Sound quality is moderate at best and the only tone controls are preset equaliser settings for 'classic', 'jazz' etc. Overall this is a cheap and tacky system and not to be recommended.

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purchased 07 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Smart looking. Nice compact size

- Sometimes difficult to tune in. Display not very bright

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Dec 2007

malcolm , sheffield

Score 9.0/10

+ it has a usb port

- it is difficult for older people to change the DAB stations

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent value for money - does what it says on the tin. Haven't tried using the USB yet, but really happy with this product - especially having another DAB in the house.

- Design looks a little dated

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ Easy to use. Good looking.

- Radio reception is often effected by people moving close to the unit.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Incredible features for a low price

- None

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purchased 04 Feb 2008

Aquino, Sratford, East London , “I am old woman”

Score 8.0/10

+ It si really excellent and I think it is designed for bedroom music since the sound fit for bedroom itself.

- I think the cassettes is not reversable

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- flimsy material covers the speakers and is prone to wear and tear

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purchased 08 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Good quality sound,many features.Great build for its price.

- Not very easy to use at times,probably due to all the things it can do.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Value for Money, Functionality (MP3, DAB, Tape)

- Could be more automated - manual CD drive.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Plays from a huge range of media.

- Aerial is fixed - would be better if an external aerial could be fitted.

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purchased 06 Mar 2008

Maureen, Flintshire

Score 8.0/10

+ Looks good, sounds good, easy to operate

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 6.0/10

+ Price and functionality - size, DAB

- Sometimes starts a few secs into a CD and can repeat.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ It looks good, and plays well, offers everything at a very good price

- We only bought the one for our daughter, should have got one for ourselves

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Dec 2007

Geoffrey, Newton Aycliffe

Score 10.0/10

+ Looks good and neat. Sound quality is very good for being so small and price was out of this world.

- No bad points found

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Extremely good value for all the features included - has eco stand-by too.

- Sound quality not the best but when price is considered, ideal for all applications except perhaps dedicated listening in the living room. Perfect for kitchen, bed room etc.

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purchased 27 Mar 2008

IAN , KNOTTINGLEY

Score 9.0/10

+ GREAT LITTLE SYSTEM FOR THE DINNING ROOM

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ My first Digital radio, and I am very impressed with it.

- Very picky points;
Angle of LCD (but only because it is on a high shelf)
Info/RDS scrolls quite slowly

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purchased 09 May 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Ease of use and sound quality.

- Sometimes the reaction time is slow when using the remote control.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jul 2008

wilfred, Guildford

Score 10.0/10

+ compact, has multi-access modes. USB CD etc

- clock setting lost when power is turned off

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purchased 17 Dec 2007

Teri, Morpeth, Northumberland

Score 9.0/10

+ very neat and good to look at

- timing on clock lost when completely switched off

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purchased 14 Dec 2007

Beverley, Croydon

Score 8.0/10

+ Reasonable price
Good sound quality

- Manual is not too clear

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purchased 28 Dec 2007

julia, market harborough

Score 8.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- we cant use the dab side of the radio

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purchased 31 Dec 2007

Mark, Buckfastleigh

Score 8.0/10

+ We have a lot of tapes and its great to find a machine which can play them. Also the USB input takes memory sticks so we can play all our downloaded tracks too.

- The DAB arial is fixed and there is no socket for a separate or rooftop arial, so we cannot received so many stations as would be possible.

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purchased 05 Jan 2008

Rob, Ludlow , “Electronics Engineer”

Score 5.0/10

+ Cheap with many forms of input.

- Misses the first 1 sec of CD playback. Not all remote control functions work correctly eg CD fast forward.

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 1.0/10

+ cheap

- sound is rubbish quality!!!!

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “ideal for kitchen”

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use and good design

- DAB radio gets interference on some stations

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purchased 19 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 6.0/10

+ low cost,simple to use,does just what we wanted

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 21 Dec 2008

Den, Fleet, Hampshire , “Really into Hi Fi”

Score 9.0/10

+ Really good spec for price, USB, DAB Radio, Bass and Treble adjustment, Bass Boost, Remote etc.. Very nice modern design. Good clean sound.

- Very awkward to operate tape controls, you tend to push the unit away as you do it!

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purchased 22 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ The design of the product looks good. It has suffiecient weight (i.e. does not move when you press a button). The sound quality is good to loud volumes and fills an average size room very well. The sleep timer and alarm functions are very useful. The USB capability is good and plays the music well. The Dynamic Bass Boost works well. The remote works from a good distance away.

- The device does not play WMA with any DRM, even if the DRM is to say it can be played, however it will play MP3s no problem. The back-light of the screen only goes off when put into Eco-Power (press Power button for 2 seconds). Unfortunately, it does not go into Eco-Power mode when the Sleep-Timer turns the unit off, so backlight remains on all night unless manually turned off, which I personally find too bright to sleep with it on.

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purchased 23 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ It can connect to my ipod via the aux cable and has a DAB radio and is small and compact in design but still with good sound

- none

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purchased 25 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Usb port could of been at the back rather than the front

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purchased 30 Dec 2008

pamela, portsmouth

Score 8.0/10

+ quick and easy to set up, pretty good sound quality considering the price

- hard to receive DAB

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purchased 15 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ The MP3 connectivity is brilliant. You just plug it in a play! Nice and small, since the space where I wanted to put it is limited. The Eco Power idea is excellent.

- The CD player has an audible gap between tracks, where normally you'd run smooth from one track to the next. Also, has developed buzzing sound when in Eco Power.

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purchased 28 Jan 2009

john, hayle

Score 9.0/10

+ simple operation, sound perfect for small rooms

- casssette controls too stiff,unit has to be placed against a wall so it won't slip around

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purchased 01 Feb 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Like the sound - for the money it is very good value. Used in the bedroom so more than adequate

- None really

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purchased 03 Feb 2009

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Product Features

Radio DAB
Type of Speakers Freestanding
Number of Speakers 2.0
Number of Speakers 2
Wireless Speakers Wired
MP3 Playback Yes
RMS Wattage 8
HDMI Interface 0
CD-RW Playback Yes
Number of Discs 1
Weight (kg) 5.6
Dimensions excl. speakers (mm) 146x230x210
Wall Mountable No
Colour Silver
Cassette Playback Yes
Alarm Clock Yes
MP3 Connectivity Yes
CD Function CD Player

Also known as: PHILIPS MBC204

HiFi Buyers' Guide  

Manufacturer's Description

Enjoy superb clarity with built-in DAB tuner with this Micro system. With MP3-CD playback, have the freedom to personalise your sound settings to your tastes. Coupled with wall mounting flexibility, this system will leave you in awe.

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 favourite moments with family and friends.

DAB and FM compatible for a full radio experience

DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) digital radio is, in addition to FM analogue transmission, a new way of broadcasting radio via a network of terrestrial transmitters. It provides listeners with more choices and information delivered in crystal clear, crackle-free sound quality. The technology allows the receiver to lock onto the strongest signal it can find. With DAB digital stations there are no frequencies to remember and sets are tuned by station name, so there is no returning on the move.


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