Samsung Home Theater System

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Lose yourself in awe-inspiring sound and enjoy your home theater system without the hassle of hiding wires or tripping over them. The HT-Z512T has a dock so you can listen to music from your iPod whenever you want. The 5-disc DVD changer will up-convert your standard DVDs to 1080 high definition for an enhanced cinematic experience. Get the complete home theater experience with the Samsung HT-Z512T. Headphone jack Impedance - 3-ohms satellite and woofer Terminals - Component video out, Composite video out, HDMI-CEC out, Auxiliary 1 auxiliary 2 Audio in, and Optical (digital in) Dimensions - 16.93 x 2.95 x 17.28 Weight - 17.57 pounds
Customer Review: Beware Anynet…and Samsung customer service
Like most of you, I purchased this system 2 months ago after doing a lot of research on comparable HTIBs. I had to replace a great yamaha HTIB system I’ve had since 2004 ($800) because of problems w/ the integrated receiver/DVD reading minimally scratched DVD’s. As with all HTIB’s, you get what you pay for. While the picture quality and sound are great (as other reviewers have commented on), I’ve had several problems w/ the system already and have exchanged it twice for a new one.

The first return occurred 3 days after purchase because:
1. I stopped receiving a picture from the DVD player despite being able to hear sound (using my HDMI connection directly to the TV).
2. The rear wireless module didn’t recognize the main unit unless it was in DVD mode. We had to toggle back and forth between DVD and DIV-IN to “trick it” into connecting and getting ANY sound.
3. My wife and I also noticed a significant humming from the rear wireless module whenever the volume was >13 (likely the fan). I had seen one reviewer mention this, so I wasn’t sure if I should be concerned or not.
I talked to Samsung tech service (level 2) who couldn’t figure it out, despite trying the usual trouble shooting tips. They then suggested returning it or getting it serviced. Of course, I simply returned it and got a new main unit and rear speaker module. The picture issue was fixed w/ the new unit, but I still had problems w/ the rear speaker module making too much noise and not connecting easily w/ the main unit.
Again, called Samsung tech who couldn’t offer any further advice as they haven’t heard many complaints about the wireless module being too loud.
So I returned it AGAIN, where they let me exchange it w/ a new rear wireless module and bluetooth connector. The humming noise is now gone! (very faint, but much better than the 2 previous modules). I still had to toggle between DVD and DIV-in to get the module to recognize the main unit, but this resolved itself once I purchased a samsung LCD (no idea why).
My current problem is w/ the Anynet interface between the samsung TV and HTIB. Now, the great thing w/ the Anynet feature on Samsung products is that the 2 components will recognize each other (eg- the HTIB will automatically turn on/off when the TV is, or the TV will automatically change to the appropriate input if the DVD player is started). Unfortunately, after the first day of hooking the 2 samsung components up, the HTIB would turn itself off after 13 seconds and I would have to turn it back on. Samsung tech recommended turning the Anynet feature off, which fixed the issue. But they weren’t able to correct the Anynet feature otherwise and I am now left w/ 2 Samsung products that don’t play well together. Samsung tech said they’re aware of the issue occurring randomly, but have no plans to fix it. Kinda defeats the purpose of having Anynet features. Poor customer support in my opinion. Though it was a great price, it’s caused unmeasurable pain and suffering

Customer Review: Nice home theater for the price
Sound quality is good, the wireless rear speakers makes the wireing really easy.

The two rear speakers are unbalanced. I manually adjusted the balance. The response to the USB drive is a little bit slow. Buy Now!

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