Sony's Hifi Bluetooth System - CMTSBT100 is a HiFi system for those that wish to keep it simple yet cool. With this Sony Hifi CMTSBT100, you are at liberty to listen to radio broadcasts over DAB Radio, FM, your favorite CDs and MP3 tunes with added convenience of Bluetooth Streaming and one touch play with compatible smartphones. The CMTSBT100 is beauty with a very pleasant cosmetic finish. The main HiFi unit is housed in nicely finished metallic casing in shades of grey and black, while the CMTSBT100 stereo speakers are housed in wooden speaker units nicely done with a black finish clearly depicting the natural wood grain and with detachable front grills to protect the speaker cones.
What to like about Sony's Sony Hifi Bluetooth System - CMTSBT100
'Good looks' or Pleasant design
The CMTSBT100 features a clean, elegant design which adds a sense of style to your room. The shade of grey and black finish added the main
HiFi unit casing makes it stand out. And the natural wood grain visible on the stereo speaker units are just as eye catching for any one that loves wood pieces.
Wireless Streaming and One Touch Play
Availability of Bluetooth Streaming on the CMTSBT100 is a big plus for this HiFi system. This makes it a lot easier to conveniently enjoy tunes from your smartphone, laptop, MP3 player, and other devices using Bluetooth. Better still, the native NFC feature on the CMTSBT100 allows you to effortlessly stream directly from your smartphone with a single touch of your smartphone on the NFC area on the main HiFi unit. The CMTSBT100 supports Bluetooth version 3.0 and an output power class 2 with a maximum line of sight distance approximately 10 m. It operates in the 2.4GHz frequency band and uses Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum modulation technique for data transmission. Additionally, it supports A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) and AVRCP (Audio Video Remote Control Profile) Bluetooth profiles.
Clean Bass with Bass Boost function
The CMTSBT100 delivers clean bass that suits all your music tastes. And if you crave for a heavier punch, there is a Bass Boost function you can engage and get the party rolling. However, don't expect the resonant or floor moving, full-bodied bass! £189 doesn't buy you that kind of system!
High Quality Sound Bluetooth streaming
Sony Hifi System - CMTSBT100 supports Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) and aptX codecs. AAC is the default digital audio compression codec adopted
for iPhone and all iOS based devices. AAC codec
achieves better sound quality than MP3 codec at the same bit rate.
Similarly, aptX codec was developed for Android
devices. AptX is a near-lossless
wireless codec developed for Android devices. It delivers CD-like audio quality
over Bluetooth.With native AAC and aptX codec support the CMTSBT100 will always deliver quality sound over a bluetooth connection while streaming from iOS and Android devices.
CMTSBT100's Built-in CD/MP3 Player
The built-in CD player supports CD, CD-R and CD-RW/MP3 disc playback with shuffle, repeat and program function for listening control. I love listening to my audio CDs because I want my music crisp and clear! This built-in player does the job perfectly well.
USB media playback support
The CMTSBT100 has a USB port which supports media playback. To this port you can connect a FAT formatted flash drive loaded with your favorite MP3, AAC and WMA files for playback. Please note that the port does not support NTFS and HDD portable drives. The port supports a maximum of 1000 folders with the root directory inclusive, 250 files per folder and maximum total of 3000 files on the entire flash drive.
Supported bit rate:
- MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3): 32 kbps – 320 kbps, VBR
- WMA: 48 kbps - 192 kbps, VBR
- AAC: 48 kbps - 320 kbps
Sampling frequencies:
- MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3): 32/44.1/48 kHz
- WMA: 44.1 kHz
- AAC: 44.1 kHz
USB port:
MP3 Digital Player support
To the Audio Jack in on the CMTSBT100 you can connect a digital music player and enjoy MP3 tracks in Hi-Fi quality sound.In reality, you can connect virtually any digital audio source to this jack to enjoy quality sound.
Full tech specs of Sony HiFi Bluetooth System - CMTSBT100
Digital and FM Tuner with RDS support
The CMTSBT100 has a digital tuner with which you have access to a huge range of DAB and DAB+ digital radio stations with an option of saving up to 20 station presets. Additionally, the analog FM tuner gives you access to FM channels and of these you can save up to 20 channel presets.
The RDS (Radio Data System) supports transmission of station name, time and other programme information. In the US, it is known as Radio Broadcast Data System.
The Amplifier adopted for the CMTSBT100, supports two stereo channels and outputs 25W RMS music power per channel measured at 6 ohms, 1 kHz and 1 %
THD. It does not support Dolby Digital codecs but is built with a Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE), a Bass Boost function and a 2-band graphic equalizer (Bass/Treble).
The CMTSBT100 CD player supports CD-R/RW playback and MP3 Disc playback only. It does not have CD changer functionality and neither does it support DVD playback. Only CD playback with shuffle, repeat and programme function is supported.
Sony adopted two front 2-way speakers Bass Reflex speaker system for the CMTSBT100 HiFi system. Each speaker unit contains 1 x 100 mm cone type driver and 1 x 40 mm cone type tweeter. The speakers are protected by a detachable front grill.
This Hifi unit requires 220-240V AC, 50/60Hz mains input. It consumes less than 0.5W when on standby and 35W when in operation.
The CMTSBT100 main unit measures (L x W x D): 290 x 106 x 221 mm while weighing 2.7kg. Each speaker unit weighs 2.0kg and measures (L x W x D): 150 x 240 x 220 mm.
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