Comments on: Review: Philips MCM760 Micro Hi-Fi System

By: Usayd

Usayd — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:01:51 +0000

It looks like your device isn’t supported. Have you tried formatting the device and starting over? It should work if the device is just drag and drop.

By: Graham

Graham — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:31:55 +0000

Can anyone help. I have this system but have a problem when i try to play a Samsung T10 Mp3 player thru it, it simply dispays USB device not supported! All trax on player are Mp3 and do not exceed 99. I have plugged the Samsung into my laptop and it plays the trax so HELP…….:cry:

By: Usayd

Usayd — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:44:17 +0000

No – Unfortunately it does not. I was actually quite excited at the prospect of tape->memory stick but the option simply exists for ripping CDs.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:23:26 +0000

Does this allow you to record cassette tapes to your memory stick? Or does it just rip CDs.

By: ron

ron — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:21:20 +0000

I verified that it *does* work with the 5th generation ipod. The issue I had was with the file format – itunes by default uses .m4a format which is not supported by this system. If I rip to .mp3 then the system recognizes it. The FAQ for this system says which file formats are supported: http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/faqlist?ctn=MCM760/37&dct=FAQ&slg=AEN&scy=US#
Thanks Usayd for your help and the review.

By: Usayd

Usayd — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:42:32 +0000

I’m pretty sure that it will work with the 5th Generation iPods. How many times have you actually tried it? Sometimes it doesn’t work the first time you connect it, if this is the case just switch to a different format on the HiFi and then switch back to USB.

By: ron

ron — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:39:04 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I wonder if it’s because my ipod is 5th generation (the one with video) – sorry i only jumped on the ipod bandwagon recently and not quite aware of the diff generations. I can live with the 999 track limitation, but at the moment, it can’t even recognize my ipod. Pardon my ignorance, but do the music files on the ipod needs to be MP3 format for this to work (I don’t know what format the files on my ipod is – just ripped them from CD with itunes) May be that’s why it didn’t work?

By: Usayd

Usayd — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:02:10 +0000

It does indeed work with the iPod, I have a 4th Generation 40GB iPod and it works pretty well. Someone hasn’t read my article!!!

I can also plug in my iPod directly to the Hi-Fi. The only problem there is it can only handle 999 tracks (strange limitation…). I really like the way that when you do plug something in via USB it shows all the tracks names as it would do with an MP3 CD.

So yeah, other than the 999 track limitation, it works. It also charges the iPod, but only when you’ve selected USB.

By: ron

ron — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:19:30 +0000

I really like this hi-fi system. Saw it at a local target store here in the us, but i was not able to get it to work with my ipod (30gb). I used the usb cable that came with ipod to connect to it. It just said “Do not disconnect” or something like that forever, unable to read the device it appeared. Can this system work with ipod (for both playing and recharging)? There are other Philips systems that come with a docking cradle made for ipod but they don’t have the tape and the wattage I want. Maybe this one is not intended to work with ipod – the doc doesn’t have any mention of it. Thanks.

By: Roman Alberto

Roman Alberto — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:02:31 +0000

nice site