The BH9540TW is an amazing home theater system from LG Electronics! This home cinema system certainly impresses without doubt and seamlessly completes your Ultra HDTV entertainment system.
It features a 9.1 channel 1460W Amp powering a total of 9 speaker units meticulously designed to create an enveloping sound effect around you. To reduce on the clutter of cabling, LG has introduced wireless rear surround speakers, which are easily setup through the wireless transmitter (TX) dongle and a separately powered wireless receiver (W4-4). The unit is priced at £699.99 and is available for purchase from several stores including Amazon, PC world, etc.
Attractive features of the BH950TW Home Cinema System
The music Amplifier at the core of the BH950TW home cinema system delivers a maximum of 1460W over 9.1 channels or to 9 speakers and a single subwoofer. All values measured at 10%
THD and 1kHz, the Amp is rated at; Front speakers (L/R): 180W x 2, Front Height speakers (L/R): 90W x 2, Center speaker: 180W, Wireless Surround speakers (L/R): 180W x 2, Wireless Surround Height speakers (L/R): 90W x 2 and a Subwoofer: 200W. With this Amp, you are certain to enjoy rich powerful movie sonics.
3D Surround Sound Processor
LG's 3D surround sound engine embedded in the Amp of the BH9540TW, presents unique sound calibration technology, which ensures you get a true 3D cinematic experience in the comfort of your
living room. Coupled with the Cinema Surround Processing engine, the 3D surround sound effect on this home cinema system is made possible by the 9 speaker units, which deliver 9 discrete and highly directional sounds creating an enveloping sound effect from side-to-side and from top-to-bottom.
The vibration sound cones for the speakers are made from aramid fibre that is very rigid and less prone to excessive excursion. This minimizes sound distortion and ensures a clearer and precise sound reproduction.
The connection of the Surround and surround height speakers has been made so simple and convenient for installation with no clutter of wires running across the room. Along with the BH9540TW, a wireless Bluetooth transmitter (TX) dongle and receiver (RX) are supplied to enable the rear speaker wireless connection. At the back panel of the BH9540TW is a wireless port where the TX dongle is inserted. The wireless receiver is powered by a separate power source and the rear speakers are connected to it. The TX and RX units pair automatically upon powering up the home cinema for as long as the communication range does not exceed 20m in open space.
The BH9540TW is equipped with a 3D Blu-ray disc player. If you have a compatible TV, you can enjoy a brighter and a
clearer 3D picture. This disc player is capable of Ultra HD discs or content playback and 4K up-scaling. Additionally, it plays a wide range of DVDs and CDs as explained in the full tech specs section shortly.
With the BH9540TW home cinema system, you have access to an ever growing world of entertainment bringing together all your
favorite catch-up TV, Movies, Sport and Music services from LG Smart TV.
The Private Sound Mode 2.0 allows you to enjoy your favorite movie or TV show without disturbing the rest of
the family by sending sound from your BH9540TW home cinema system to your smartphone
or tablet over a Wi-Fi connection.
Wireless Audio Streaming via Bluetooth
The BH9540TW home cinema system is enabled for Bluetooth audio streaming. Stream directly all your favourite audio playlists from your smartphone or Bluetooth enabled
device to your LG Home Cinema System via
Bluetooth.
DLNA is Digital Living Network Alliance technology, which allows you to access video, photo and audio files stored on a server and enjoy them on your TV via home networking. Before connecting to your server PC, install SmartShare PC software on your PC. SmartShare PC software is for sharing video, audio and photo files stored on your computer to this unit as a DLNA compatible digital media server.
The BH9540TW player is Miracast certified, which means you can display your pictures, videos, games and other content
from your Miracast certified device or smartphone onto your TV screen through screen mirroring.
WiFi Direct allows you to play movie, music and photo files located on a Wi-Fi Direct certified device without the need of connecting through a network device such as an access point or wireless router. Just like the Miracast feature, only one device can be connected at a time.
Full tech specs of the BH9540TW Home Cinema System
Amplifier section
The BH9540TW amplifier is a 9.1 channel that delivers a total RMS music power output of 1460W as already discussed in the previous section. Refer to the Attractive features of the BH950TW Home Cinema System section for details.
Input and Output Ports
The BH9540TW home cinema system features two HDMI input ports and one HDMI TV output port on the back panel. If you connect an HDCP compatible HDMI or DVI device to any of the HDMI input ports, it must be compatible with 720x576p, 1280x720p, 1920x1080i or 1920x1080p video input format.
On the other hand, the TV output port is enabled for HDMI-CEC, HDMI-ARC, Ultra HD 4K resolution and 4K upscaling. This feature allows you to enjoy your Ultra HD 4K movie title discs and content on your 4K HD TV.
At the rear panel of the BH9540TW, there is a single stereo RCA jack for analog audio input with design specs of 2.0 Vrms (1 kHz, 0 dB) and impedance of 600Ω (Ohms).
Digital Optical Input port
Again on the back panel there is also a digital optical interface for digital audio input with design specification of 3 Volts (peak-to-peak).
On the front panel there are two 6.3 mm jacks for microphone input. However, some models may not have this input port.
An FM Antenna input port is located at the rear panel of the BH9540TW home theater main unit. Depending on location it may be a 75-ohm unbalanced or 120-ohm balanced antenna type.
The BH9540TW features two USB input ports; one at the rear of the unit and a second one on the front panel. You can connect your flash drive media content to the USB port on the front face. This port supports only USB Flash Drive and USB External HDD with FAT32 or NTFS file format. The Bus Power Supply for this port is DC 5V, 500 mA. The USB port at the rear panel is for connecting an HID (Human Interface Device) device, namely; a USB keyboard or mouse to type text or navigate menus. Its Bus Power Supply is DC 5V, 300 mA.
This home cinema system can be connected to your home broadband network via a wired Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). At the rear of the BH9540TW main unit there is an Ethernet jack, which supports Ethernet (10BASE-T) and Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) to which you can connect a standard LAN cable to your home network. Additionally, there is an internally integrated IEEE 802.11n (5 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands) wireless networking module backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi networks, which you can interface with an Access point or Wireless Router connected to your home broadband network. By connecting your home cinema system to a broadband home network, you have access to LG services such as software updates, BD-Live interactivity and other online Smart TV content services.
Tuner or Radio
The Tuner integrated on the BH9540TW is only for FM Radio and is operational for the entire FM Tuning Range of 87.50 to 108.00 MHz. The Tuner has memory for up to 50 channel presets though with no station renaming feature.
Blu-ray Disc Player
The Blu-ray disc player features a semiconductor laser of wavelength 405nm for Blu-ray Disc playback and 650nm for DVD disc playback. The TV color signal system adopted is standard PAL/NTSC.
Supported playback discs by this disc player can be grouped into three; Blu-ray, DVD and CD. For Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray 3D only and Blu-ray disc are supported. BD-R/RE discs that contain Movie, Music or Photo files and are encoded in BDAV and ISO 9660+JOLIET, UDF and UDF Bridge formats are supported. For DVD, supported discs include; DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW that contain movie, music or photo files and are encoded in finalized AVCHD and ISO 9660+JOLIET, UDF and UDF Bridge file formats.
Lastly, supported CDs include Audio CDs and CD-R/RW that contain Movie, Music or Photo files and are encoded in ISO 9660+JOLIET, UDF and UDF Bridge file format.
Supported file formats
The BH9540TW home cinema system supports playback of a wide range of video and audio file formats as indicated as follows;
File
Location
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File
Extension
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Codec
Format
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Audio
Format
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Subtitle
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Disc,USB
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“.avi”, “.divx”, “.mpg”,
“.mpeg”, “.mkv”, “.mp4”, “.asf”, “.wmv”, “.m4v” (DRM free), “.vob”, “.3gp”,
“.mov”, “.trp”, “.m2t”, “.mpe”, “.m1v”, “.m2v”, “.wm”, ”.flv”, “.ts”, “.dat”,
”.rmvb”
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DIVX 3.11, DIVX4, DIVX5. DIVX6 (standard playback only)
XVID, MPEG1 SS, H.264/MPEG-4
AVC, MPEG2 PS, MPEG2 TS, VC-1 SM (WMV3), RV30, RV40
|
Dolby Digital, DTS, MP3, WMA,
AAC, AC3, COOK
|
SubRip (.srt / .txt), SAMI
(.smi), SubStation Alpha (.ssa/.txt), MicroDVD (.sub/.txt), VobSub (.sub),
SubViewer 1.0 (.sub), SubViewer 2.0 (.sub/.txt), TMPlayer (.txt), DVD
Subtitle System (.txt)
|
DLNA
|
“.avi”, “.divx”, “.mpg”,
“.mpeg”, “.mkv”, “.mp4”, “.asf”, “.wmv”, “.m4v” (DRM free), “.3gp”, “.mov”,
“.mpe”, “.m1v”, “.m2v”, ”.flv”, “.ts”, “.dat”
|
DIVX 3.11, DIVX4, DIVX5. DIVX6 (standard playback only)
XVID, MPEG1 SS, H.264/MPEG-4
AVC, MPEG2 PS, MPEG2 TS, VC-1 SM (WMV3)
|
Dolby Digital, DTS, MP3, WMA,
AAC, AC3
|
SubRip (.srt / .txt), SAMI
(.smi), SubStation Alpha (.ssa/.txt), MicroDVD (.sub/.txt), SubViewer 1.0
(.sub), SubViewer 2.0 (.sub/.txt), TMPlayer (.txt), DVD Subtitle System
(.txt)
|
File
Location
|
File
Extension
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Sampling
Frequency
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Bitrate
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Note
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Disc,USB
|
“mp3”, “.wma”, “.wav”, “.m4a”
(DRM free), “.flac”, “.ogg”, “.aiff”
|
32 - 48 kHz (WMA), 16 - 48 kHz
(MP3)
|
32 - 192 kbps (WMA), 32 - 320
kbps (MP3)
|
Some wav files are not supported
on this player.
|
DLNA
|
“mp3”, “.wma”, “.wav”, “.m4a”
(DRM free), “.flac”, “.ogg”
|
32 - 48 kHz (WMA), 16 - 48 kHz
(MP3)
|
32 - 192 kbps (WMA), 32 - 320
kbps (MP3)
|
Some wav files are not supported
on this player.
|
BH9540TW Speaker System specs
The BH9540TW Speaker System comprises of 2 x S94T1-S Front Speakers (Left/ Right), 1 x S94T1-C Center Speaker, 2 x S94T1-S Rear Speakers, 1 x S94T1-W Subwoofer, 2 x Front Height Speakers (Left/Right) and 2 x Rear Height Speakers (Left/Right).
Front and Rear Speakers (S94T1-S)
The Front and Rear speakers are exactly identical and are of type 2-Way 3 speaker system with input impedance 4 Ω and rated input power of 180W with a maximum power handling capacity of 360W. Each Front and Rear speaker measures (W x H x D) 290 mm x 1220 mm x 290 mm and weighs a net weight of 5.3 kg.
The Center Speaker is similarly of type 2-Way 3 speaker system with input impedance 4 Ω and rated input power of 180W and maximum power handling capacity of 360W. It measures (W x H x D) 341.5 mm X 79 mm X 81.5 mm and weighs 1.1 kg net.
The S94T1-W subwoofer is a 1-Way 1 speaker system with rated input impedance of 3 Ω and input power 200W, with a maximum power input of 400W. It measures (W x H x D) 172 mm X 379 mm X 377 mm and has a net weight of 7.1 kg.
Front and Rear Height (Top) Speakers
Front height and Rear height speakers are 3D effect drivers built into the Front and Rear speakers respectively. Each speaker is of type 1-Way 1 speaker system with rated input impedance of 8 Ω and input power of 90W. They have a maximum power handling capacity of 180 W.
Wireless Receiver (W4-4)
The wireless receiver is used for pairing of the Rear and Rear top speakers to the main unit via the TX dongle inserted into the wireless port. It measures (W x H x D) 245 mm X 190 mm X 80.2 mm and approximately weighs 1.21 kg.
Power requirements
The power requirements of your BH9540TW main unit will vary depending on your region. Ensure you buy a unit compatible with your mains supply power. For UK, Middle East and Africa models, are rated at AC 200-240V, 50/60Hz while US models are rated at AC 110-127V, 50/60Hz. The maximum power consumption for this unit is 130W in operation and less than 0.5W in standby mode.
BH9540TW Dimensions (W x H x D)
The main unit measures approximately 444 mm x 65 mm X 292.5 mm with a net weight of 3.3 kg.
The BH9540TW is an amazing home theater system from LG Electronics! This home cinema system certainly impresses without doubt and seamlessly completes your Ultra HDTV entertainment system.
