Philips SHD8600/79

replacement needed – is there a replacement fir my phillips shd8600/79.? mine is not charging anymore Show details

comfortable headphones – These headphones do the job of amplifying without buzz or feedback. Very comfortable to wear and easy to operate. Only downside is the charging station where it is tricky to set the headphones into just the right position to sit on the charge points and the headphone sometimes slip off the charge points because it is only a contact charge which… Read more

is a notoriously unreliable charge source. A plug in charging option would be much easier to use and more reliable.

They aren’t to bad – They are good for volume and being on the Xbox I have a few break on me but I have also brought them for other family members and friends and they love them my brother never takes them off unless he needs to. I have only had a few friends say they broke easy.  Show details

Comfortable And Good Audio – I am quietly pleased with these. I wear theme most evenings to watch TV and they are extremely comfortable, even for long viewing sessions. The connection is strong and stable but the range isn't super long so I get a bit on static on the way to the kitchen and back but its solid in the same room. Battery life is long, I never have to worry about it. These are good earphones.  Show details ·  1

Excellent sound quality! – These headphones are very comfortable to wear. I love the fact that they're wireless and rechargeable. Unfortunately I had to return the first pair I bought to the place of purchase as the charging station wasn't working. I was given a replacement immediately. Have been very happy with the new pair.  Show details ·  1

Not as convenience as expect – I purchased to use as wireless headphone, however it has a connection base with it and if you go away from its base, sometimes voices got breaking. I bought it for $199.00 from dick smith two years ago, but it worth this price if you just need a wireless headphone nearby.  Show details

OK – l purchased to watch TV in bed and they are great , but they do not work on my smart TV in the longe and why they are comfortable the placing on the charger is not ideal sometimes the sound cuts for a second or 2 why moving around but they are a good heat set  Show details

Solved a major issue but wish sound quality better – We live in a small house with a baby so besides walking on eggshells it also meant that TV noise was down to a minimum (hello subtitles). But these headphones have saved me from that nightmare. Just wish the sound quality wasn't so 'tinny.' Still, I am happily subtitle free :)  Show details

Fantastic – I've purchased these headphones firstly to watch tv night time without disturbing anyone. Then, as my phone calls create has increased, I discovered, reading the manual, that I could use them as a phone head set. it was a big revelation. I use them now for my calls, web calls, webinars, I can go around the house with no drop in the signal. I really like them.  Show details ·  1

The previous model SHC1300/79 – The only fault I found with this earlier model was the placing of the headphones on the charging station was not very accurate. The sound was very good and the headset was very comfortable. Hearing range was very good. If this newer model has an improved "resting" technique it would be hard to fault.  Show details

Great Value good price – I've been using this for the past two years at home, no trouble so far, sound is great, battery is still going strong. I've not a very high user probably use it for 30 to 60 mins at a time, and I can't fault it. For the price it get's the job done.  Show details ·  1

Very useful for ability to watch television – Very reasonably priced and works as advertised. Controls are easy to understand and use. Very comfortable for several hours use. My wife uses the phone often in the evening talking with friends and family and I can watch my shows without interfering. Several of my friends and family have purchased these ear phones and there have been no complaints.  Show details ·  3

sweet headphones – Comfy with excellent clear sound. Perfect for tuning into my apple TV. I also wear them whilst mowing my rural property on my ride on & although the volume could be louder it does a great job. I carry my iPhone and pair the two together. A match made in heaven :)  Show details ·  3

My magic wireless haedphones – Several weeks ago I purchased Phillips headphones and love them. I am elderly and wear hearing aids which by the end of the day I cannot remove fast enough, because they become uncomfortable. I live in an apartment block so I cannot do without them. I would have to turn up the volume on the TV if I listened simply without the headphones. It… Read more ·  1

would certainly disturb my neighbours. Now I can listen in comfort. They are a godsend. I had a set of headphones which after 11 years gave up the ghost and was afraid that the new ones would not be as good. I need not have worried. They are much better. The sound is clear as a bell and when I am working in the kitchen or cleaning my teeth in the bathroom I can still follow the news or the storyline of a film. They looked much bigger than my old ones, but they are light as a feather and very comfortable. I could not be happier.

Very Good Headphones – Purchased these for an elderly gentleman who is hard of hearing and they have been way better than I had anticipated.Excellent volume range as many just do not reach a high enough volume,but not a problem with this set. Comfortable,no sore ears...very clear and easy to understand diction. When placing back on the charger it does take a little bit… Read more ·  1

of jiggling around to match up the two charging points and the volume and on/off switch is a little hard to see but ok once you have used for a while.

Overall I would definately recommend these headphones as a middle of the range price but with higher end qualities.

Does the job for low price – Great little head phone great quality and audio effects. I bought for 9 bucks at Coles on special. Very light and comfortable. Great design and excellent quality. Adjustable head pads and great for easy listening. I find the sound great and headset comfortable BUT it takes me forever to get the headphones onto the docking station.  Show details ·  1

My head phones – These worked very well on a resent long plane flight. They were comfortable as well. Being wireless they are easy to use. The noise cancelling was ok, but for the price they were very good. I ordered mine on line and they arrived on time. I would recommend them to anyone  Show details ·  1

Good one on sound but is not actually wireless – I thought it is completly wireless and would sink between my mobile and headfone but in reallity it is through docking stn. Mobile needs to be wired and then headfone becomes wireless.was disappointed.cant go outdoors with this. Sound quality though is good but wireless means wireless . Wrong information to customers  Show details

Frustrated over the smaller things – I find the sound great and headset comfortable BUT it takes me forever to get the headphones onto the docking station. The headset has to be at just the right angle or it won't slip into the right place. Also, I am constantly breaking my thumbnail when using the on/off button. I have had this headset for 18 months and these little things still frustrate me.  Show details

Despite being told you can run 2 at the same time, you can't! – Not sure exactly what the problem is. We are running 2 units Separately from the same TV. The guy at Harvey Norman told us we could use 1 as the transponder and receive on the 2 headsets but That didn't work. So we have two chargers/base units and two headphones. Both headsets stop working randomly/intermittently, then we can't switch them… Read more

off. Need to remove a battery to get it to turn off. (which is a whole other vent - so hard to get the cover off) Replace battery and turn on again.

We like them. We'd like them even more if they didn't cut out.

Very comfortable and has good sound but recharge is tricky – I find them very good for all day use as they are comfortable. The sound is good quality (there are better out there true but still quite good). Opening the battery compartment can be tricky (from my experience pull the open switch (keep it in this position) and tap it so that the lid falls down (use the help of gravity). Second is the… Read more ·  1

charging : -well here is a tip for you development team next time say that we have to switch the phones off with power button (manually) then put them on the charger otherwise they won't start charging most of the time. I wasted many minutes of my life on trying to adjust angle of the phones but with this method I just put them on the base unit and bam it charges already.

So many problems – These are really terrible, shame on you Philips! Have these headphones ever been tested for public opinion? Just because some development team member thinks the changes are improvements does not mean that is true! Why have the changes been made when now these headphones are worse than the previous model? I had an older version of these Philips… Read more

headphones which worked fairly well until they died of old age I guess so I decided to upgrade to this newer version.

Installing the batteries is almost impossible as the cover on this model is flush with the headphone so no finger hold to pull it off.

I finally had to resort to using a sharp knife to dislodge the cover.

The left side of my headphones has been fading in and out in volume the other side is fine.

The headphones are extremely uncomfortable in use as they are too tight which I assume is made that way to fit into the ridiculous charging holder but over time the earphone width has got larger and don't fit into the charger the way they were supposed to.

The headphones are too light to securely rest on the charging pins, my older version had a secure plug for charging, much easier to charge.

When wearing the headphones my ears get very hot and sweaty because the ear cups are covered in some material like leather but it's plastic and has no ventilation.

My older version Philips headphones used material and were far more comfortable in use.

I have had these just over a week now and must return them and I don't want this model again in exchange.

They are not suitable for the purpose they were intended for.

Don't be fooled into buying this model!

Try To Change The Battery Yet? – There are three ways to change the batteries: (1) Bring the headset back to the shop and demand that someone do it; (2) Return the headset for a refund and buy a new pair; and (3) Get a surgical scalpel and optical pliers and spend your Saturday night at home with the speakers. I watched a YouTube video on these exact headphones. The guy showed… Read more

ALMOST everything except how to open the earphone without cracking it.

Secondarily--and I can live with it--putting the headphones on the receiver-charger is like trying the dock the space shuttle.

Don't bother with them.

Shop for something else.

Fair but stopped my wifi – I found the sound quality acceptable however wearing them over long periods of time I found them uncomfortable. I use a wifi repeater in my home and I'm pretty sure they caused significant interference when the base unit was closeby. I also found trying to find the volume controls difficult to use by feel. I wouldn't recommend them for extended use.

Excellent sound quality - used daily for 2-3years! – These headphones are excellent! We have used them daily for 2-3 years and they're still going strong. Great/exceptional sound quality. I've never experienced them cutting out like some reviewers have mentioned. No static or interference even when walking around the house. Fairly comfortable to wear - the auto adjustment is good as many family… Read more ·  1

members just grab them and use them (no adjustment required). Overall fantastic product and we are buying another set. They outperform many more expensive brands we have owned (sennheiser wireless sound quality is terrible in comparison). The charger cradle docking is a little bit fiddley but it doesn't take long to check it is engaged & charging. We haven't really found this a big deal. They keep plenty of charge as sometimes they are left around the house for a day or so and still work fine. Overall I would recommend!

Convenient but very uncomfortable – I own a pair of Philips SBC HP250 wired headphones but there are many times when wired headphones are inconvenient. I was very happy with those so I decided to buy another set of Philips headphones, but wireless this time. I found the Philips Digital Wireless Headphones (SHD8600/79) for $79 at Officeworks (I’ve seen them for $150 or more at some… Read more

stores). They were significantly cheaper than most of the other digital wireless headphones, and I didn’t want analogue wireless headphones (I’d tried a pair and found that there was a constant hissing sound), so I decided to give these Philips headphones a try.

The sound quality of these headphones is fine, but one earpiece will often cut out during quiet periods of a program (presumably to save battery power). The solution suggested by Sebling worked: turn the volume up on the source and turn the volume down on the headphones. (Thanks, Sebling!)

On the subject of batteries, these headphones use two AAA rechargeable batteries, but they are a special type called shortened sleeve rechargeables. You can use normal rechargeables but the manual states that they can’t be recharged in the headphones (you’d have to use a normal battery charger). There are a number of websites that state that normal rechargeables can be charged in these 'phones, but you need to shave the plastic case off the lowest half a cm or so of the battery. I haven’t tried this, though, so I can’t say if it works or not.

The biggest issue with these headphones, however, is that they are very uncomfortable. The plastic band joining the earpieces is not adjustable. Instead, the adjustment is via an elastic band under the plastic band. This band pulls the headphones painfully up against the bottom of my ears. It is truly the worst adjustment method I’ve seen on any headphones. If they were even of average comfort, I would have rated them as a 3.5 or a 4, but they are so uncomfortable that I can only give them 2 stars out of 5.

3 years old, working fine – I've had these headphones for 3 years and never had a problem, sound is good, Doof doof music has good bass, movies have clear sound. If you throw them at the charging base they may not sit properly, but placing the headphones on the base will match up the charging pins just fine. A light touch (swipe) is all that's needed to turn on the power button good sound, reliable the head strap can be annoying if you pay attention to it Show reply

Returned them – I purchased a pair but the sound quality was terrible and I could only get one side to work. They would not sit in the recharge base properly. I also found them cumbersome and the controls difficult to manage. The maximum volume was very poor sound and I expect more from a well known brand. Sound quality; recharge facility

Absolutely Dreadful, useless – These headphones are mediocre at best. The docking station is so badly designed that the headphones have to be moved around a few times before the contacts sit on the base station and charge. Worse of all they completely scramble home wifi connections, regardless of channel or position. So bad that they even knock the neighbours wifi out! … Read more

Honestly not worth the money, expected better for the price.

Do not buy! Price and the self adjusting headband. Completely scrambles home & neighbours wifi making then completely useless.

Audio quality 1/5, comfort 2/5, convenience 5/5 – I just got myself a pair of these and am not happy with them. I am going to try and return them. 3 main reasons: 1) It has been noted that these are not "audiophile" quality, but I'm no audiophile, and I find the audio to be worse than any full-cup headphones I've tried. Most notably, the digital compression artefacts (used to make it wireless)… Read more

are clearly audible, dampening the sound and making it tinny and flat. The response range may be as reported on the box, but the digital compression kills that response particularly in the low end, resulting in almost ear-bud range of dynamics.

2) They are uncomfortable for me. I have an average size head and ears. They only just fit my ears, but because they use a sprung band for size variation, they only have one natural position which is for a small head, and anyone else will have slight pressure on the bottom of their ears to keep it stretched to fit. As they have no ventilation, they get hot after about an hour or two even in an air-conditioned environment.

3) The "squelch" is far too sensitive. That is, they cut out when the volume is low, so when watching a film, when there is no conversation or music, they cut out, so quiet atmospherics such as wind or traffic in the background cuts out abruptly. Very unsettling. This can be compensated for by turning up the volume on the source, and down on the headphones themselves, but that volume resets each time they are placed on the charger or turned off!

That said, these were my first pair of wireless headphones, and I love the convenience. The base-station system is excellent. Perhaps if you had a small head and ears, didn't want to wear them for long periods of time, were very insensitive to audio quality, and really wanted wireless headphones on the cheap, these may be for you. They're convenient bad audio quality, uncomfortable