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Panasonic Sc Htb500 2 1 Channel Soundbar Subwoofer

Wireless Kelton Subwoofer. The included Wireless Kelton Subwoofer provides flexible and easy installation with no wires to connect. Clear-mode Dialog Clear TV Sound Reproduction With clear-mode dialog, the voice will sound more from the center of the TV display. With more precise linking among the picture and the sound, the dialog voices and vocals in movies and music may be enjoyed with clearer sound. Advanced Bamboo Cone Speaker Clear, Beautiful Vocals. With the new bamboo cone speakers the sound becomes more responsive. Vocals are purer and clearer, and the dialog is crisper and requiring little effort to perceive than ever before.

Wireless Kelton Subwoofer: The included Wireless Kelton Subwoofer provides flexible and easy installation with no wires to connect. Clear-mode Dialog: Clear TV Sound Reproduction With clear-mode dialog, the voice will sound more from the center of the TV display. With more precise linking amongst the picture and the sound, the dialog voices and vocals in movies and music may be enjoyed with clearer sound. Advanced Bamboo Cone Speaker: Clear, Beautiful Vocals. With the new bamboo cone speakers the sound becomes more responsive. Vocals are purer and clearer, and the dialog is crisper and having little impact to perceive than ever before.

Wireless Kelton Subwoofer

The included Wireless Kelton Subwoofer provides flexible and easy installation with no wires to connect.

Clear-mode Dialog

Clear TV Sound Reproduction

With clear-mode dialog, the voice will sound more from the center of the TV display. With more precise linking amid the picture and the sound, the dialog voices and vocals in movies and music may be enjoyed with clearer sound.

Advanced Bamboo Cone Speaker

Clear, Beautiful Vocals

With the new bamboo cone speakers the sound becomes more responsive. Vocals are purer and clearer, and the dialog is crisper and posing no difficulty to understand than ever before.

Slim Single Bar-type and Easy Connection

Easy Installation with Low-Noise Bass Sound

Setting up the SC-HTB500 sound bar is easy and simple. Just place it in front of the TV and connect to the TV and a Blu-ray Disc™ player with HDMI cables. The SC-HTB500 realizes realistic live sound which can not be experienced with TV speakers.

Audio Return Channel (ARC)

Simple Connection with HDMI Cable

The SC-HTB500 is compatible with a new feature of Audio Return Channel (ARC). ARC allows receiving audio signals from the TV, on top of the preexisting HDMI function of sending audio/video signals to the TV with just one cable. This new feature will simplify the connection by eliminating an audio cable connection amongst TV audio output and the main unit’s audio input.

Most helpful customer reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful.
Great complement to TV
By Awesome Sound
I paired this with the Panasonic TCP42G25. The Viera link means the speakers are automatically integrated with the TV and Panasonic Blu-ray player, which is convenient. It’s a great upgrade over the TV speakers. Definitely recommend this for anyone who wants better-than-average sound without the effort and expense of putting together a full 5.1 or 7.1 home theater setup.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful.
Fills a need
By M. Thompson
I recently took advantage of the Amazon Gold Box Deal and bought the Panasonic TCP42G25 and got this sound bar for free. This was exactly what I needed to replace a poor quality Olevia LCD TV in my bedroom. I have a fully decked out audio/video room already so all I wanted was something decent for the bedroom. After some tweaking and rewiring, I was able to integrate this with the new Panasonic Plasma, an old Panasonic Blu-Ray DMP-BD35, and a low end Dish Network VIP211. The big puzzle was a bug in the Dish receiver that caused it to fail to deliver Dolby 5.1 over the HDMI cable. I took advantage of the second HDMI input on the soundbar with an optical input to solve this problem. Bottom line, no new wires, no new A/V receiver and fantastic sound from a very simple setup. It is very easy to do a “side-by-side” comparison because Panasonic’s VieraLink will return the sound back to the TV if you turn the soundbar off. What a difference! I am only giving the unit 4 stars because of the lack of some, in my opinion, basic functions being absent. Why would Panasonic not put simple bass and treble controls on a unit that retails for $349? Other than that, I am really enjoying the new setup.

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
Great sound bar
By starle
This is a great value for the price. With the subwoofer being wireless, placement possibilities are endless. Sound is really good. The sound from Panasonic TV speakers outranks others by far, but this sound bar is great. I would highly recommend this product to anyone who has limited space but still wants great quality sound. Very nice.

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