Philips MX5600D 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater with 600 Watts Total Power

Philips MX5600D 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater with 600 Watts Total Power

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
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.

Product Description:
Fill your living room with theater-like sound driven by 2 twin sub bass pipes. This 5-DVD/CD home entertainment system from Philips is fortified with an AM/FM tuner with 40 presets, 5 speakers and Dolby Digital and DTS decoding. Disc player handles CD, CD-RW, MP3 CD, VCD, DVD, DVD+R/RW and picture CD discs. Audio ports include auxiliary in, TV in, digital optical in, line out and digital optical out. Video outputs include composite, S-video and component. This powerful system also comes with a PCMCIA memory slot and remote control. Made in USA.

Philips MX5600D 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater with 600 Watts Total Power
Average customer rating:

Ancient piece of crap (Legacy Technology)

Underpowered Crap

Very Nice System!

Excellant Buy, Great Sound, Easy Installation

I am an electronics retard, and I set this up!

Philips MX5600D 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater with 600 Watts Total Power

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

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)

ASIN: B0000C1L18

Product Description

Add room-filling bass to your movie experience with the Philips MX5600D DVD/CD Home Entertainment System. Twin Sub bass pipes integrated in speaker columns provide deep and powerful bass while you are enjoying perfect sound anywhere by adjusting the system to your seating position via joy stick remote control.The Media Slot gives simple PCMCIA 1 card solution that allows full connectivity to any storage media. It provides complete entertainment transferability and allows you to view your photos on TV.

Amazon.com Product Description

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.

Customer Reviews:

Ancient piece of crap (Legacy Technology).......2005-10-26

There is no hdmi input/output the subwoofers are incorporated into the rear speakers. I don't know why people purchase this item. Not even a DVI connection (only component) what crap is that in todays day and age. For the same price you can purchase other items which don't solely rely on legacy technology (old ancient technology used for nostalgic purposes). Its like buying a brand new computer with a printer port but without a USB connection. Absolutely pointless! You are purchasing an item that is obsolete today, not tomorrow, but today. Look elsewhere.

Underpowered Crap.......2005-10-09

I recently bought a 3-piece $125 40 watt Harman Kardon Soundsticks speaker system for my backup home office and it sounded so much better than my 9 year-old 4-piece $600 Sony system used in my primary home office that I decided to see if I could assemble a nice primary home office system on the cheap with today's better technologies.

With this in mind, I bought the "600 watt" Philips MX5600D 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater system. I found it to be underpowered so I ended up buying the $150 Altec Lansing MX5021 90-Watt Powered RMS 3-piece Speaker Set to supplement it and this combined 8-piece system now does sound nearly as nice as my $5,000 home theatre system. I primarily use the system to listen to the free music channels on DirecTV (soon to be upgraded to XM channels by DirecTV on Nov. 15th!) and to listen to computer output. I rarely use it to listen to AM/FM, CDs, and DVDs.

Drawbacks to this setup:

The Line Out on the Philips system is not effected by the volume controls on the system so it is difficult to change the volume on my 8-speaker setup. (I basically adjusted my DirecTV and computer output so they don't need their volume changed.) Because of this problem, I have to press two buttons on my remote to mute the system.

If I use CDs or DVDs in the Philips system, it is very slow to load them. I would recommend that people go with a carousel system instead if they want a multi-disc system.

The fast forward and rewind controls are awkward, there are not separate buttons on the remote for these functions.

Note that I did not experience the problems of having subtitles and commentary always on. The user who reported this was probably doing something wrong as this was the same user who couldn't figure out the fast forward and rewind controls.

Very Nice System!.......2005-05-16

I just bought this system today and I am very pleased with it! It is ranked #10 on Consumer Reports' list of top boxed theater systems. Nothing against Amazon, but I found it, new, for less than $300.00! It is well worth the price!

I upgraded from a very inexpensive system. No comparison! It's like going from a Volkswagen to a Cadillac for a minimal price difference!

It is very easy to assemble, as all wiring is color coded. The speakers are very solid and the sound is great! The combination front speaker/subwoofers is truly a great design. No bulky sub to worry with.

The only problem I can see with it is that the remote is fairly complicated. I will be using the manual for quite some time! I had no stickers on my front speakers as someone previously stated. And the slow, clunky disc changer is no problem at all for me. My old DVD player was fairly slow, so I guess I'm accustomed to it.

The bottom line is that I simply can't believe that a sound like that can come from a $300.00 system!

This is definitely a good buy! I highly recommend it!

Excellant Buy, Great Sound, Easy Installation.......2005-04-22

I purchased this from Amazon.com on a Thursday and it was here on the next Tuesday. I couldnt believe they got it to me this fast especially when they didnt charge for shipping. The system weights 70 lbs yet I didnt pay a dime for shipping. Awesome!!!

Now to the system itself: Everything is color coded which means it is very simple to setup. It took me longer to hide the wires around my room then it took for my brother to set it up. When it comes to the performance it give lots of bass and very grood sound. It is enough to give you a headache. The system comes with lots of different settings and features. I have no idea what these people are saying about stickers. Im not even sure where they are so you dont need to take them off. The only problem I noticied is that the reading and ejecting of the disks is a little slow. Its understandable but it could be quicker. The remote only works with Phillips TVs so the so that is another small disadvantage but I have DirecTv so I cant eliminate that remote anyways. It would be cool if they would make a remote for satellite, tv, vcr, and everything else. Overall this system is a great buy that really brings T.V. Shows and Movies to life. P.S. The blue light around the volume dial is really cool looking at night.

Cost.............A+
Shipping........A+
Features........A
Sound...........A
Bass.............A-
Look.............A-
Remote.........A-
Disc Reading...B-
Overall..........A

I am an electronics retard, and I set this up!.......2005-03-05

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.

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