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Enjoy your favorite music no matter where you're headed with the Philips DC185. With two channels of 2W sound, USB direct support, and a universal iPod dock, it's sure to liven up your party or picnic. Take it with you or just take in the sound at home.
Enjoy your favorite music no matter where you're headed. Click to enlarge. |
Plug it in at home and use batteries on the go. |
Universal iPod dock on the face of the unit. |
Play and Charge Your iPod The DC185 features a universal iPod dock for playing and charging your iPod. Your iPod keeps charging even as it plays, so when it's time to grab it and go, it'll be ready.
USB Direct for MP3/WMA Music Playback With the USB Direct mode, you can simply insert a USB device with your favorite WMA or MP3 files and enjoy hours of music.
Take it Anywhere While you're at home, use the DC185's AC adapter. On the go, just pop in six C batteries (not included) and head out the door.
Digital FM Radio When you need to tune into the news or a favorite radio show, just switch to the DC185's FM radio. Add your favorite stations to the 20 presets for quick access.
Auxiliary Input The DC185 also features a 3.5-mm auxiliary input for connecting external devices like MP3 players.
Dynamic Bass Boost for Deep and Dramatic Sound Dynamic Bass Boost maximizes your music enjoyment by emphasizing the bass content of the music throughout the range of volume settings--from low to high--at the touch of a button. Bottom-end bass frequencies usually get lost when the volume is set at a low level. To counteract this, Dynamic Bass Boost can be switched on to boost bass levels, so you can enjoy consistent sound even when you turn down the volume.
What's in the Box Philips DC185, AC Power Cord, 3.5-mm stereo line-in cable, User Manual, Warranty certificate
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(24 customer reviews) 27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Great sound and features from a medium sized stereo!,
January 19, 2009 Matt - See all my reviews
This review is from: Philips DC185 Sound Machine with iPod Dock (Black) (Electronics)
I say medium because this thing is a little bit bigger than some iPod docking stations I've seen, but it has so much to offer. Great sound quality as far as my ears can tell once you turn DBB on. Comes with a radio which is a bonus for me because I wasn't really looking for one with a radio, but I have used it, and the quality is great and I pick up every station I pick up in my car. Also allows you to have up to six preset stations which is nice if you do use the radio a lot.
It works great with my iPod (80GB Classic), and I'm sure it works fine with any other iPod. One of the things I like is that if you turn the player off, for whatever reason, the next time you turn it on, it takes about 1-2 seconds to load up and starts up exactly where you left off. Heck, it takes me longer to resume my song with the iPod manually than it takes this thing to resume. Also, the buttons on the stereo work great with iPod. Very easy to navigate the menu's with it, though if you...Read more
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
If only it had a remote it would be perfect!!,
April 26, 2009 R. Cherry (Savannah, GA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Philips DC185 Sound Machine with iPod Dock (Black) (Electronics)
PROS
The sound is great for one of the lower priced stereo docks out there (volume level 10 is perfect for general listening).
Radio tuner worked well for my local station preferences. They all came in clear and were able to be preset easily.
Price is decent. As much as I try not to shop there, found this on clearance at Walmart for $49. The current price on Amazon ($66) is not too bad either but certainly happy to find it cheaper.
Charged my iTouch 2g. I had previously purchased two alarm clock docking stereos -HMDX- that claimed to charge all iPods but wouldn't with the new iTouch)
Portability and USB/aux port
Sleep timer. Haven't used this yet but a pleasantly suprising feature
CONS
No remote!!! Of course, not necessary, but it would have been useful.
Size. Its not huge but its not made for the average nightstand (as I'd hoped) unless this is the only thing on it.
No place to store AC cord. I guess they assume if you're using...Read more
25 of 30 people found the following review helpful
OK Item But Has Tricky Bug,
January 26, 2009 Greg Goebel (Loveland, CO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Philips DC185 Sound Machine with iPod Dock (Black) (Electronics)
I don't have an Ipod, but I picked this item up because I wanted a boom box that could run off flash card or USB drive. The DC185 could accept a USB drive (if not a flash card) and I decided to give it a try.
At first all seemed well, with the box proving pretty much all that I expected of it, but then I ran into a serious snag: it would refuse to play all of certain tunes, simply cutting them off in midstream and jumping to the next tune. This was obnoxious and I wondered if I had made a big mistake in buying the box.
I notice that it seemed to cut off the longer tunes, so I cleaned up the file system on the USB drive, thinking the box couldn't keep up with buffering. No joy. I finally got to wondering if the box simply didn't like the audio file format. I was using low-sample-rate WMA files, so I got a format conversion utility -- the nice freeware "Switch" utility does the job just fine -- and converted them to MP3s. Problem solved.
I think...Read more
