Philips AZ2555 CD Boombox with USB PC Link

Philips AZ2555 CD Boombox with USB PC Link

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Tired of wimpy computer-speaker sound? The Philips AZ2555 is a real-world upgrade for your dorm room or den: a stylish, full-featured portable sound system that doubles as an outlet for your MP3 files--just plug the supplied USB cable into your PC, install the supplied USB PC Link/MusicMatch software, and crank up your tunes. The AZ2555 uses Philips' patented wOOx technology to deliver deep, precise bass without noticeable distortion, and its bass-reflex speakers acoustically enhance upper bass tones to provide extra low-end heft.

The unit offers a composite-video input and output as well as a set of stereo analog RCA inputs for an external device such as a gaming console. Play the sounds of your gaming device over the unit (through the convenient front-panel inputs) to experience total game immersion. Choose from three game sound settings (blast, punch, and speed) to complement the game you're playing.

With the USB PC Link in place, the included full-featured remote control grants convenient access to your PC MP3 files as well as to CD audio, system volume, and tuner controls. The AZ2555 offers portable entertainment using eight D batteries (not supplied) and convenient side handles to assist in the unit's transport.

The CD player offers audio CD-R/CD-RW compatibility, track programming, random play, and repeat play. The AZ2555 includes a digital AM/FM stereo tuner, too, boasting 30-station memory presets and auto tuning. A three-band equalizer (high, mid, bass) lets you tailor the sound for listening to various different types of music or in different environments.

What's in the Box
Boombox, USB cable, CD-ROM USB PC Link installers (including customized MusicMatch software), composite-video cable, AC power cord, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, and warranty information.

Product Description:
Whether in homes, factories, offices, airports, or on the street, it's hard to imagine a place where Philips is absent. What Philips wants is to make your life and work easier - and more fun! And Philips continuously explores new ways to improve products and to offer innovative products to its consumers. Philips. "Let's Make Things Better".PRODUCTS FEATURES: Remote control your MP3 music on your PC;USB PC Link;Easy navigation via remote control;Connect to great games and excitement;Gameport connection to your game console;Game sound settings;Powerful bass you can hear and feel;wOOx technology speaker system;Bass reflex speaker system.

Philips AZ2555 CD Boombox with USB PC Link
Average customer rating:

used for eerything

decent overall, some dissapointments

An excellent (but not perfect) product.

MP3's

A note about MP3 CDs

Philips AZ2555 CD Boombox with USB PC Link

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

USB PC Link lets you stream MP3 files from your PC to the boombox

Easy MP3 navigation and system control through supplied remote

Audio CD-R/CD-RW compatibility, digital FM/AM tuner with 30 station presets and auto tuning

Front-panel audio/video inputs accommodate a gaming console; game sound settings deliver immersive action effects

Bass-reflex speakers with Philips wOOx bass technology

ASIN: B00008Z0HW

Product Description

Whether in homes, factories, offices, airports, or on the street, it's hard to imagine a place where Philips is absent. What Philips wants is to make your life and work easier - and more fun! And Philips continuously explores new ways to improve products and to offer innovative products to its consumers. Philips. "Let's Make Things Better".PRODUCTS FEATURES: Remote control your MP3 music on your PC;USB PC Link;Easy navigation via remote control;Connect to great games and excitement;Gameport connection to your game console;Game sound settings;Powerful bass you can hear and feel;wOOx technology speaker system;Bass reflex speaker system.

Amazon.com Product Description

Tired of wimpy computer-speaker sound? The Philips AZ2555 is a real-world upgrade for your dorm room or den: a stylish, full-featured portable sound system that doubles as an outlet for your MP3 files--just plug the supplied USB cable into your PC, install the supplied USB PC Link/MusicMatch software, and crank up your tunes. The AZ2555 uses Philips' patented wOOx technology to deliver deep, precise bass without noticeable distortion, and its bass-reflex speakers acoustically enhance upper bass tones to provide extra low-end heft.

Customer Reviews:

used for eerything.......2005-09-06

this radio went everywhere i went for 2 years
it was recently stolen but recovered at a pawn shop, no remote now. This is the best boom box i have owned and have used it in every set up imaginable and it has never let me down, i run my denon cd player thru it, cdn1000, its a dj cdplayer with high end rca cables and that really let the radio shine, more clarity than the stock cd player with much higher signal to noise ratio. i dont care much for the tuner or cd player but the speakers can get much louder with an external source with the higher voltage pro audio line levels. its just a great performer and because i just moved i cant take my whole system so i am running the cd player thru a xover and running the philips for my temprary high end with my 1000 (real)watt 8in Velodyne subwoofer, i wont even consider using the 3 way sony speakers from my girlfriends bookshelf system, i can talk about this piece of hardware all night! By the way, does anyone know the part number for the remote? please e-mail it to me

decent overall, some dissapointments.......2005-06-19

I bought this unit because I wanted a portable boombox I could lug between my kitchen and my laptop in the bedroom. For the price, the sound quality is as expected, and quite decent, which is the most important point of any piece of audio equipment, so no complaints there. I have the az2558 "expandium" model that plays mp3 CDs. Therein lies one complaint -- it ONLY plays .mp3 CDs. My entire collection (over 1000 cds) is ripped with Windows Media Player in the .wma format. There's no reason why the machine couldn't play a variety of formats, but it doesn't. My second complaint is you need to use MusicMatch software to enjoy the remote control features if listening off your computer. I use Windows Media Player, I have no urge to change to MusicMatch and I'm deathly afraid it will re-tag my collection, so I'm afraid to even load it. It would have been nice to have some templates for different popular software packages.
Overall I can't complain. It does what I ask and sounds ok. Right now I can't figure out if it sounds better through the USB link or the regular audio cable, but perhaps I'll figure it out.

An excellent (but not perfect) product........2004-11-22

If you are looking for a portable CD player that sounds really good, then this attractive, but rather unusual styled, product is the machine to buy.
Even without the dynamic bass boost system operating, music played on this system is very "rich", and about the best I have ever heard on a portable Radio/CD player.

I was a little disappointed with sound quality from the FM tuner. Mine suffers from slight distortion and just noticeable background hiss, even when tuned to strong signals. But you have to listen pretty carefully to hear it.

The "Power Meter" is a bit of a gimmick as it displays "internal" signal strength, and not the output power to the speakers.

I have owned another Philips potable Radio/CD/Tape player for a long time, and the only problem I have had with it is some of the mechanical slider switches and equaliser controls are starting to wear out. This model doesn't use sliders, so I am expecting to be as reliable as all my other Philips equipment.

MP3's.......2004-10-20

I love this boom box. It sounds great. I plug it into the T.V. and get that same sound when watching. I burn 80 min.'s of mp3 songs on my c.d.'s, and they play perfectly. But if you format to burn 100 mp3 songs on a c.d. the boom box will not read them. This is fine with me because by the time I've listened to 80 min.'s of one artist I'm ready for a change. I love the size, not ,too big to easily move from room to room.

A note about MP3 CDs.......2004-10-14

OK, just to clarify. The AZ2555 does NOT play MP3s burned onto a CD, only via USB cable streaming from a PC. There is a newer virtually identical Philips "Expanium" model (AZ2558) that is exactly the same except for the fact that it can play MP3s from CD. Unless you looked very closely for the "Expanium MP3-CD" logo on the front of the boombox and on the product's box, you wouldn't know that they were two different products.

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