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If you plan to use the Philips Streamium MCi500H as the hub to a low cost network music system then it's definitely worth considering but as a standalone mp3 compatible micro system it doesn't quite cut it. Read full review

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Edward Chester

By Edward Chester
Reviewed 27 February 2009
Updated 26 May 2011

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£469.00

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Philips Streamium MCi500H details

Value
6/10
Usability
9/10
Features
8/10
Overall
8/10

Price as reviewed

£469.00

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Philips

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haim

8:47 AM on 27 February, 2009

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OK people help me out...


There is a laptop with lots of music. There is a stereo with good amp and good speakers.


I want to play the music on the stereo. I don't want to plug the computer in.


Where is the simple, music over wifi to auxilery input device?


I've found apple express that can do it with itunes, though this is not really that cheap (i.e. more expensive than a decent more fully featured router...to be precise 700DKK which is something like 70 quid), and a lynksys product that isn't sold in europe.


Any suggestions?

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9:21 AM on 27 February, 2009

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Well the quick answer is there isn't anything. If the £200 odd that the entry level squeezebox costs is too much then I don't know of anything else that would do the job. There are a few desktop radios that have the functionality built in but having one of these - http://www.trustedreviews.com/multimedia/review/2008/11/14/Roberts-Stream-WM-202/p1 - permanently plugged into your radio would hardly be a neat solution.

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1:01 PM on 27 February, 2009

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Hi Guys,





Keeping things Streamium, would this help Haim out?





http://www.trustedreviews.com/multimedia/review/2008/09/17/Philips-NP1100-Streamium-Network-Music-Player/p1



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1:26 PM on 27 February, 2009

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Of course, I completely forgot about that. It's still over £100 but it fits the bill perfectly.

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3:26 PM on 27 February, 2009

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Internet Radios used to be a cheap way to stream music from computers to wherever you want as many come with a upnp client/media player built-in in addition to the Internet Radio functionality. If you get one with some form of audio out you can pipe it through a hifi.





Unfortunately the days of these going for 50 quid in Dixons appear to be long gone. You can also do it with plugplayer on an iPhone but that's also not a cheap option.

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7:17 AM on 28 February, 2009

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Cheers.


The friend i'm setting it up for doesn't have a wireless router yet so I think I'll kill two birds with one apple airport express, she uses itunes anyway.


The stremium could be an option for me though, i like the digital out and that one can select from the unit what to play, would be perfect for my kitchen...although I'd have to be convinced that it was easy enough to find the tracks to play and select them. Will do a little google on it to see how it goes with itunes stored music as I saw the review pointed out it was easy with windows media player. But could be real cool if/when I move to network stored music.

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9:13 AM on 19 March, 2009

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I bought a Philips MCi500H a couple of days ago. Setting it up was pretty simple, although the instructions don't remind you to switch off MAC filtering on your router to allow an IP to be assigned and the MAC to be displayed on the router's control panel! Fortunately I remembered this from a previous WLAN device set-up and now have the MCi500H also added as an approved wireless client.





I use the 'aux in' to improve my TV sound; the speakers were too big to fit where I wanted them, so a pair of Wharfedales were pressed back into service.





Yesterday I had no problems with Internet radio and saved a few 'Favourites'. But today most won't play and display 'Radio station cannot be reached. Please try again later'... This is very disappointing; I can listen to the stations using Windows Media Player 11 on my PC, but some don't seem to be available on the Philips MCi500H.





Why this should be, I do not know. But I cannot recommend this system if Internet radio connectivity is as flaky as this!

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3:43 PM on 19 March, 2009

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On the 'StreamiumCafe' web forum, another owner suggested that I shut the unit completely down using the 'Eco' button, then re-boot it.





Success!





It seems to be fine now, but I will be keeping a close eye on it.......

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A month later and I'm still getting to grips with the MCi500H. My only real gripes are that the User Manual is abysmally inadequate and that Internet radio streams are less reliable than through www.reciva.com, it seems.





And the unit, though quite pretty, is a real dust magnet!

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