Sony CMT-EH45DAB Micro Hi Fi System Hi Fi System Reviews: DAB with CD Player, iPod and MP3 Player Docking

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Score: 8.7/10

84 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This hiFi system is a good all rounder. “Sound quality very good price easy to use” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 84 real customer reviews

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84 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
97% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (82)
Design8.3
Performance8.6
Sound quality8.5
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.0
Overall rating8.7
Pop, rock or dance fan (3)
Casual listener (2)
Classical music lover (2)
Retired (1)
Other (74)
 

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Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Sound quality
Very good price
Easy to use

- Reviewer left no comment

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22 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

David, Christchurch

+ Easy to use, intuitive controls.
Plays our collection of tapes, increasingly rare ability.

- Reviewer left no comment

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19 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Nov 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- You need the remote in order to change radio station.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

Ian , Torfaen , “Victor Meldrew personification”

+ I live in an area where DAB does not have brilliant signal strength, but this equipment gives me good reception, where other units have failed

- Could maybe, be a little more compact and the tape deck is unnecessary

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12 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Dec 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ ease of set up, easy to use, excellent sound quality

- can't use remote control for tape use

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jan 2009

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ very reasonable price for a sony product
DAB is good compared to other DAB radios in the same building
simple to use

- no detachable power cable
no speaker/power cable storage points eg hooks to wrap wires around
flimsy ariel connector
no locking mechanism on cd lid for safe transport

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ CD, Cassette, DAB radio - compact style.

- None.

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Dec 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- no usb connection had to purchase cable to connect mps...felt description was unclear on the compatability of mp3

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ nice

- no usb

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7 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Dec 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Tone and value for money very good.

- Would have liked a USB cable

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

Jayne, Redcar

+ Excellent ,compact ,simple design.Had the tape deck which our daughter wanted but also a DAB radio ..brilliant idea

- Only thing is she can't plug her MP3 player straight into it,but with a jack plug she can so easily solved

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7 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Samantha, Tunbridge Wells

+ Very easy to set up and programme.

- Reviewer left no comment

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Sharon, Huddersfield

+ It has all the features I need - cassette player, dab radio, cd player - at a decent price. It's easy to connect an mp3 player or Ipod via an aux-in cable. It has a sleep timer, and you can set an alarm too.

- The sound quality isn't quite as good as i expected. The alarm goes off at the volume the cd player was at when you set it, which can be a problem if setting your alarm at night.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Deep sound for such a small system

- Lack of usb direct input, no 'EPG' for DAB.

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Nov 2008

Score 7.0/10

colin, swansea , “cool”

+ easy to set up and use

- none

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Dec 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ neat and compact, good sound quality

- CD door opens upwards on the top, would be better to slide out of the unit
Expensive

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Retired”

+ Pleasing design with an overall good balanced sound. The neat speakers blend well in to most home locations. The reception on DAB and FM radio is particulary good.

- I use this product in my bedroom during the night, and find that the remote control for changing the radio programmes is difficult to use, without switching on a bedside light to visually look at the very small buttons. The buttons do not appear to run in a logical and easy to locate sequence, making it difficult to operate. This Sony replaced a Aiwa which had an excellent remote control for my purpose.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Brenda, London , “Classical FM fan.”

+ Easy to set up and use, looks good, sounds good.

- Can't think of any.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

katie, burnley , “funky granny”

+ small,compact easy to use and stylish

- having to have long aeriel

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Mark, Lincoln , “Look for a bargin”

+ Easy controls

- Volume control knob very stiff

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Dec 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ small compact with big sound

- Reviewer left no comment

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jan 2009

Vivienne, Sheffield , “compact and stylish”

+ This product is perfect for use is small spaces

- None that I can think of

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Feb 2009

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Over 60”

+ looks good

- Didn't realise it had a tape deck - really disapointed as I no longer have any tapes so half ot it is useless

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very neat design, but also very high quality sound and good to have a centre that combines DAB radio with also the capacity of a cassette deck.

- None

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ value for money, easy to operate

- none

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Mar 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- No bass/treble control

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Mike, Medway

+ Does everything it says it should

- Hasn't got a random play option on CD player, leads bit short on the speakers

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Pensioner”

+ Neat & Tidy. Cassette player

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Stooby, Peterborough

+ This system does everything I want it to do. It's easy to set up, plays MP3 CD's (great for modern audio books) and picks up many DAB stations even though I had been anticipating problems in this area. The tape player is a great bonus.

- None.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

MICHELLE, STOWMARKET

+ GREAT PRODUCT, GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY,DUE TO SIZE PERFECT FOR A CHILDS BEDROOM.

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to use with good sound quality

- you have to be quite close for the remote control to work if you're not directly in front of the stereo.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Julie, Devon

+ Easy to use. Really impressed with the sound quality. Excellent value for money.

- Could find nothing to fault.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Apr 2009

Score 7.0/10

N, Harrow

+ I bought this product whilst it was on offer therefore it was good value for money. It's compact and useful as a bedroom hi-fi system.

- The product could be improved by enlarging the clock display and it's annoying that the time is not visible whilst the unit is in standby mode.
It's also irritating that the wires leading to the speakers are so short. I had to keep the speakers close to the main unit rather than being able to place them around the room.

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purchased 03 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ compact and fits easily where we wanted it

- none

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Emma, Warwickshire , “im lovely”

+ good sound, very reliable. love it!

- none

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Keith, Northampton

+ Good value, stylish, DAB searching.
I bought a second one for offspring.

- Some parts feel a bit flimsy, but all still working fine.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Cath, Cleckheaton

+ Was bought as a present for an older family member, sound quality good, neat size and fairly easy to set up.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

john, horncastle, lincs

+ Reviewer left no comment

- when the tape fast wind and reverse wind keys are pressed they do not come up again to tell you that the action is complete

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

daphne, leicester , “Casual listener”

+ nice design, to fit in with most decor,good sound and easy to set up

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

susan, cannock

+ wanted a digital radio that would also play our old tapes and both CDs and Mp3's this fits the bill on all counts

- None so far

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

Claire, Slough

+ Small, compact & does exactly want you want it to do.

- None i can think of.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It looks expensive even though it isn't.

- Manual was a little confusing.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Peter, Dunoon

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Poor display

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Classical music lover” More like this »

+ Compact, nice looking, easy to handle and in particular tape player

- Don't like the opening of the CD compartment, small length of the cable attached to the speaker

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The Light on the screen not very power ful you can not see the screen properly if the unit is on a higher shelf.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Nick, Nottingham

+ For the price, this is a great bit of kit, and does what we wanted for personal use. Good controls, easy to use, and good sound. Looks good too.

- None really. I must sort the aerial for the DAB radio

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Has lots of functionality in a compact stylish design.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ lovely sound quality

- boring design

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

JANET, ISLE OF WIGHT

+ Just what I required

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 04 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Gordon, Isle of Wight , “Pop, rock or dance fan” More like this »

+ Audio in, good for mp3 player, T.V, turntable etc. Up and running within a few minuts of receiving it. Sound is very good especially considering the speaker size. Don't know about DAB quality as it is not yet available in my area. Cassette function is good for those of us who still have loads of them! Remote control is fully functional apart from not operating the cassette player/recorder. At the online price this is exceptional value for money

- Haven't found any yet, though you may need to extend the speaker cables.

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purchased 14 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Geoff, Stourbridge , “Pop, rock or dance fan” More like this »

+ Compact Size, One of the few Micro systems on the market which has a Tape Player. Easy to set-up, Good reception on DAB.

- Remote control a bit fiddly, Tape player buttons should have their function symbols highlighted in a different colour i.e. Silver. Sound quality not as good as a small "Pure" mono DAB radio that I use.

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purchased 14 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Classical music lover” More like this »

+ small but good sound

- buttons on unit hard to see

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purchased 16 Oct 2009

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Product Features

System Type Micro
Radio DAB
iPod and MP3 Player Docking Yes
Disc Player CD Player
Type of Speakers Freestanding
Number of Speakers 2
Wireless Speakers Wired
MP3 Playback Yes
RMS Wattage 10
HDMI Interface 0
CD-RW Playback Yes
Line In Yes
Line Out Yes
Mic In No
Cassette Playback Yes
Number of Discs 1
Weight (kg) 2.4
Dimensions excl. speakers (mm) 242x155x225
Colour Black
Wall Mountable No
CD Function CD Player
DVD Function No
MP3 Connectivity Yes

Also known as: Sony CMTEH45DAB, SONY CMTEH45, Sony CMTEH45DAB.CEK

HiFi Buyers' Guide  

Manufacturer's Description

Affordable, easy to use all-in-one CD-Radio-Cassette audio system with DAB tuner for wider choice of digital radio programs.

Space conscious design with compact speakers and 2-line FL display.

Portable audio input from front panel – easily access music on your mp3 player.

Radio tuner with 40 stations preset.

Compatible with a variety of compatible media codecs – mp3, (WMA, AAC from USB only)

DAB tuner for wider choice of digital radio programs.


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