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My Philips HTS3377 has gone pop

  • 16-04-2011 1:07pm
    #1
    ButcherOfNog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭


    Philips HTS3377

    Won't power on, nothing obvious wrong that I can see, all fuses and the internal boards look fine, and more importantly, it is out of warranty, I have it nearly 3 years.

    I had Sky HD, a PS3 and a Wii connected to it. Had no complaints about the system, it was fine for the TV room, and for music, when turned up, could be heard clearly throughout the house (I like having a detached residence).

    Need a replacement quickly, hard to go back to listening to stuff through the TV speakers.

    I have another vacant "reception" room at the moment, which I intend to get a projector and the mother of all sound systems for and have it as my home cinema room, but won't be doing that for at least a year.

    So my dilemma is, do I just pick up a quick cheap and cheerful (Philips HTS3520 5.1 600W) all in one package replacement that will stay in the current TV room, or do I go the separates route for this room too? The TV room is decent size, 4.5meters x 6 meters.

    It seems a waste to buy either an all in one package, or separates, and have to discard the speakers I have, but the speakers have propriety Philips connectors on them so unsure if a rewire would be possible? Also a pain to have to rewire everything, as I have nice discrete conduits around the room hiding all the cables at the moment. I've no intention of going wireless, purely due to the risk of interference.

    Any advice? I ideally want to replace this weekend, or at least prior to Easter. I'm not keen on spending more than €300-€400 at such short notice, thus leaning towards the cheap and cheerful option at the moment as an AV unit and separate speakers would likely be well over that. The Denon AVR-1611 looks like it would suit what I need for the TV room, but if I need new speakers on top of that it's likely out of budget.


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  • #2
    MarcinG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭MarcinG


    ButcherOfNog wrote: »
    Philips HTS3377

    Won't power on, nothing obvious wrong that I can see, all fuses and the internal boards look fine, and more importantly, it is out of warranty, I have it nearly 3 years.

    if you were happy with it i would try to fix it. or to buy second hand one (like without speakers or broken rc) so speakers/etc will match it 100%.
    First to check is power supply unit (are capacitors swalen/extra fuses tripped etc).

    Answer is: if you were happy with "package" you had and new one has similar spec (or at least same cable connectors) you can go for one mentioned (just replace speakers - they come with it so no extra cost).
    If you weren't happy then switch to a/v receiver or other brand (as i always find sony better suit my ear than most of other brands in same price) (but it will be few times more expensive as it requires dvd player, active subwoofer, 5 pcs set speakers etc.... cheapiest separated set i found so far (yamaha 297? 279? in peats)was around 500 euro.

    Btw. 3377 is nowhere near 1000W power (typical philips b****it) look at the power consumption at the end of leaflet : 180 W ;)
    my denon 1911 marked as "7x125W" (in philips logic it would be 875W?) has a power consumption of 460W


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