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Sony MHCEC78Pi Mini Hi-Fi Shelf System with Digital Media Port and 380-Watts RMS (Silver) |  | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 44789
Color: SILVER
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 35
Dimensions (in): 21.8 x 20.6 x 17.2
MPN: MHCEC78Pi
Model: MHCEC78Pi
UPC: 027242736962
EAN: 0027242736962
ASIN: B00171T0SE
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| Features:
| • | Made for iPod | | • | Single Disc CD Player: CD-R/RW and MP3 Playback | | • | Audio-in For Use with MP3 Players or PC's | | • | AM/FM Stereo Tuner with 30 Station Presets | | • | Remote Control with Full iPod Menu Control |
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Product Description
Made for iPod: Allows you to listen to your iPod simply by connecting it to the included Digital Media Port. Digital Media Port: Allows for simple plug and play of an iPod with the included TDM-ip101. Designed exclusively for iPod, the Digital Media Port enables you to play your iPod music on your mini system. Single Disc CD Player: With CD, CD-R/RW and MP3 Playback.2 Accomodates not only factory-pressed CD-Audio discs, but also consumer-recorded CD-R and CD-RW discs. Audio-in: Experience simple plug-and-play integration with digital music players or PC's via a 3.5mm jack. AM/FM Tuner with 30 Station Presets: Provides accurate, drift-free tuning of AM and FM stations and allows you to preset up to 10 of your favorite AM and 20 FM stations. 380W (RMS) Total Power Output: 190 Watts per Channel x 2 Remote Control with Full iPod Menu System: Allows you to control most functions of your iPod.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 Good stereo September 20, 2009
Turp (St Louis)
Bought two of these as Christmas presents last year. I liked the IPod dock option and it works well.
The Iphone will warn you it is "not a supported device" and prompt you to turn off the phone to eliminate any 3G interference. I do not do this and have no issues with it.
The sound is decent.
My daughter leaves it on 24 hours a day, much to my dismay, but we have had no issues at all with them.
 Sony Stereo April 14, 2009
Mary Ann Sawyer (Westminster, CO)
[[ASIN:B00171T0SE Sony MHCEC78Pi Mini Hi-Fi Shelf System with Digital Media Port and 380-Watts RMS (Silver)]
I like the system except the speaker cords are too short for where I want to place them and the system doesn't have any extra speaker outlets. I use this for listening to the radio and it does not allow me to access some stations that I like to listen to.
 Solid for the price March 9, 2009
Carl VanHooten (Chicago, IL)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This thing isn't going to blow the door off dorm room hinges but it pumps out quality sound. I bought it for my girlfriend who has a studio and this thing is nice and loud enough to blanket the bedroom and kitchen area (which aren't connected in a typical rectangular fashion). It's a great option for a living room area or bedroom. The price on this thing makes it right all the way.
 Hype Not Substance November 3, 2008
Paul Walchak (Rosemount, MN United States)
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
This unit was the middle of three Sony offerings at a national chain. I should have walked away when I saw that none of the three would lock on to even one station...when there's almost two dozen stations right in town. But hey, it's a Sony, right? People who say Sony has gone downhill are just blowing steam....
I'm beginning to think they were right. Here's why:
1) FM reception is marginal, even with ideal antenna placement. In fact, the instructions tell you how to power off the CD portion of the system in order to improve reception. This is ludicrious in an all-in-one system. I know enough about human factors and design engineering to recognize that the complex, three-fingers-at-once keying required to power down the CD player is clearly a diagnostic designed in for techs, but which has been published in the instructions as some sort of workaround to salvage a poor system design.
2) The display cannot be read unless it is eye level or below. People buy compact systems for two reasons...to get simplified operations (blown out of the water by the complicated power down the CD procedures)...or to save precious space in small or crowded rooms. Since you can't read the display unless this unit it on a low bookshelf, options for where you can place this unit get limited pretty quickly. I have to compare this to a Panasonic unit I have at work. It sits on top of the overhead, above my computer. That puts me at a negative 70 degrees or so from the display, yet I can read it easily. Why can't Sony do likewise?
3) The equalizer presets are lame, especially the "Jazz" setting, which approximates wrapping the speakers in two layers of pillows and duct tape. With only four EQ settings to choose from, this narrows down your real choices quickly.
4) Despite the pretense of bi-amplification (hence two sets of wires per speaker), bass is muddy with a poor rolloff below about 120hz, and an overemphasis in mid-bass to try and disguise its thinness. Rich this is not. Anything more demanding than a string quartet or acoustic guitar is going to sound weak and boomy. Jazz and rock are going to sound lame, and rap is going to be a shadow of what the actual recording was.
5) The antenna uses a psuedo-proprietary connection (it appears to be a three pin power connector for CPU fans), which means if you have to move the unit several times over its life, like from one dorm to the next, the typical cheap/thin/fragile antenna wire that's included will inevitably break. Problem: there's no way to replace the antenna with an aftermarket unit. Likewise, with the non-standard antenna connector, you can't use an upgrade antenna or a cable-tv feed to improve the poor FM reception.
6) I've been setting clocks on car stereos, VCRs, watches, PDAs and all the other gadgets since the 80's. No problemo. But with THIS unit, it was a half-hour ordeal of trial and error. It wasn't obvious, and it wasn't documented in the one-sheet instructions.
SUMMARY: Sound like an 80's boombox from the drug store. Reception like the clock radio at the motel. Display you can only read if it's down low taking up prime real-estate.
BOTTOM LINE: You wouldn't like it if you got one for free. It's annoying.
MHC EC78Pi October 26, 2008
David deJongh (Carrollton, TX United States)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Pros: OK sound, plays MP3 CDs, OK FM reception, iPod connection.
Cons: Horrible looking speakers, speaker leads too short, clock display cuts off after 8 seconds, no CD changer.
I bought one of these to replace a 7-year old Magnavox mini component system with a 5-CD changer, in one of my vacation rental homes. Quite a miracle that it lasted this long. The sound of the Sony system is no better than the Magnavox, although I'm sure it would play much, much louder, if anyone could stand it.
I have to wonder what kind of person designs this kind of junk. The speakers are separate from the main unit, but the speaker wires are 24ga, and only about 4 ft long, and the connections are sealed inside the so-called speaker cabinets, so to set the speakers on top of the bookshelf with a reasonable separation, I had to join extension wires to them - 8 wires altogether. And that's another thing - why does it need two sets of speaker wires? This is NOT high fidelity!
Another annoyance is that you have to use the remote to display the time, as the clock display goes off after 8 seconds. Every other device I have has the clock on continuously - even if it's always at 12:00:00.
It's good that the unit plays MP3 CDs, but I was unpleasantly surprised to discover that it only plays one disk at a time.
Ah well, I guess I'll just return it and get the 3-disc changer.
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