Philips MCB279

38% of reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

This is a nice looking and great sounding unit. Unfortuately the DAB radio would only receive one staion, which was a Polish one, no matter where we put the unit. Other DAB radio in the house picked up signals perfectly. The option to rip CDs to a...

Nice little hi-fi - but reception DAB rubbish unless plugged into external aerial. Plays MP3s direct from memory stick which is good - but no search/display or jog wheel so a bit awkward to locate the track you want. Says it rips from CD but...

I bought this system to replace my Pure One DAB radio in the kitchen which receives all of the DAB stations without any problem. I was very dissapointed to find that the Philips unit would only find a couple of stations and none of the BBC stations. ...

This product is good enough for me. It does what I wanted it for. However, I wouldn't describe it as "great". I use it for listening to CDs and it is connected to my TV to provide decent sound for my TV and DVD player. First the bad points: The...

This is the best, you can turn the volume to full and get no distortion. very sleek, small and compact the ideal gift....VERY HAPPY with this product.Philips MCB279/05 Micro Hi-Fi System MP3/WMA - Silver

I thought this music centre would be great, being nice design and a well-known brand, but I was very disappointed. There was nothing wrong with Amazon or their agents, just with Philips Customer Service. The item is advertised as being an FM/DAB but, I...

Excellent design and sound quality. It took quite a while to set up though, very small movements/positioning of wire aerial make a huge difference to DAB reception. Very confusing instructions to tune the DAB radio which caused problems and I nearly...

I was looking for a small hifi that looked good and sounded OK. I bought this Philips because it looked good, but the sound exceeded my expectations. Don't expect too much from the remote or the display, they are both too small. But to me the sound is...