Philips DCM250 Docking Entertainment System

 (73 customer reviews)

I received my Philips DCM250 and have been nothing but impressed by this unit. Right out of the box, it's a gorgeous piece. Very sleek and very modern. The scrunched up photograph on the page does it no favors whatsoever, so make sure you look at the larger image. It took me no more than a few minutes to get the unit set up in my bar room and it was off to the races with my iPod.

The sound quality immediately blew me away. This unit sounds fantastic. It's got two large, ported speakers that produce the full spectrum really well. What I really noticed was how much punch the little unit could throw behind bass. It's incredible. It doesn't quit at high volumes either, it fills the largest room of my house with enough sound that it starts to resonate off the walls creating a pseudo-surround effect without any distortion whatsoever.

I chose to navigate to whatever album I wanted to listen to using my iPod wheel and just turning back to what I was doing. You can't...Read more

This is an excellent music entertainment system. The sound quality is outstanding. It plays iPod/iPhone music, Audio CD's, MP3 CD's, MP3 Link devices, and music from USB flash/thumb devices encoded as MP3 players. It also states that it can play videos from iPod Video or iPhone devices on a television using the included Component Video cable, but the sound would still output from the Philips system.

FRONT OF THE UNIT: There is a brightly illuminated LCD screen which always shows the source input, if the Dynamic Bass Boost (DBB) is on, and the Sound Preset (Rock, POP, etc). The LCD screen also changes its display based on your source. iPod input only has the word iPod on the screen. You will still be required to use the screen on the iPod itself to search for specific songs. During CD's, the song number and time passed of the current song is shown. During MP3 CD's, the song name, track number, and time passed are shown, with scrolling song name if you press the Display...Read more

Just looking at this product, you may be reminded of the Bose Wave Music System, and for many potential buyers, you have a real contender here. Owning an iHome iH30B Boom Box and JBL On Stage, I can attest to this being much more than a standard iPod dock.

Initial setup was a snap. As soon as I powered it on, it wanted to find AM and FM stations. After a couple of minutes, I heard lots of static, and was kind of disappointed. The FM tuner is simply dismal with the included antenna, and I thought "If they can't get FM radio right, this must be...Read more