Royal Suite question - CENTURY

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

I saw the following note (on the Celebrity site) regarding the amenities in the Royal Suite on the Century:

 

 

> Separate living room with a dining area and a 40" LCD-HD television including a Harmon Kardon home theater system with DVD

 

I would like to know if it's possible to plug in (via an AUX jack) my mp3 player into the "home theater system". Is this system composed of a receiver and multiple speakers, or is this "system" simply a DVD player hooked up to the TV? If it's a real "system", how is the sound quality?

 

The reason I ask is that we enjoy having music in our room. On our last cruise (9 nights) I took along a 3 piece computer speaker system (w/woofer) to give just enough "kick" - though not enough to disturb our neighbors. Our favored time is in the late afternoon and when getting ready for dinner.

 

Thanks,

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

I'm sure someone out there knows!

 

Tom

[alicam]

I would like to know this also

[Muushka]

I should know the answer to that. We both brought our MP3 players last April, but we didn't try to plug them into the system.

Hmmm, wonder why, we love to do that kind of stuff.

 

By the way, that suite rocks!

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Still awaiting that "someone" out there who holds the key (well, the answer at any rate)!

 

:)

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

... anyone?

 

Tom

[Booyakasha]

One would think that if it is a Harmon Kardon system there would some sort of CD or video in (red and yellow) jacks to plug in an MP3 player but it certainly would be nice to know for sure.

 

B.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

BUELLER? BUELLER... ?

 

Anyone ??

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

So... I posted this question 10 days prior to our sailing (now 4 days out), and have yet to get "the answer". If this continues it will mark my first experience where fellow CC'ers did not come through.

 

I know you ("The One") are out there, but do you read the boards? :eek:

 

Tom

[Muushka]

Neo? Anyone see Neo??

 

PS Sorry we couldn't answer your very good question!

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Neo? Anyone see Neo??

 

PS Sorry we couldn't answer your very good question!

 

Thanks.

 

(there is no spoon)... ;)

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

... and you also have to wonder: so they have this nice "HD" TV, but do they have any source/content with is actually HD ?? :rolleyes:

 

In our favorite suite (S1 and S2 on the Carnival Sensation) they have Sony Blu-ray players attached to both TV's - and plugging into that Yamaha Sound Bar yields some fairly substantial sound!

 

 

 

 

 

 

... someone else out there must OD (pics wise) like I do!

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

... and you also have to wonder: so they have this nice "HD" TV, but do they have any source/content with is actually HD ?? :rolleyes:

 

In our favorite suite (S1 and S2 on the Carnival Sensation) they have Sony Blu-ray players attached to both TV's - and plugging into that Yamaha Sound Bar yields some fairly substantial sound!

 

 

 

 

 

 

... someone else out there must OD (pics wise) like I do!

 

Tom

[raudacruise]

Tom, not sure if this is a help. Like I mentioned we didn't try to do what you want. Also the Harmon system conked out when we first tried it.

 

I wll say when the technician came up to try to fix it I did notice the speakers (which were two small speakers and a woofer) were wired using 8-ohm (or whatever) wires vs. your normal plug in type jack. But it seemed as if there where other jack like things in the back.

 

Sorry if not too helpful but I'm guessing if you have one that works plugging in a stereo audio jack should work but again - no first hand experience.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Tom, not sure if this is a help. Like I mentioned we didn't try to do what you want. Also the Harmon system conked out when we first tried it.

 

I wll say when the technician came up to try to fix it I did notice the speakers (which were two small speakers and a woofer) were wired using 8-ohm (or whatever) wires vs. your normal plug in type jack. But it seemed as if there where other jack like things in the back.

 

Sorry if not too helpful but I'm guessing if you have one that works plugging in a stereo audio jack should work but again - no first hand experience.

 

Thanks again - and seeing that there were multiple speakers is a plus. Hopefully the system in our room will be fully functional!

 

Tom

[raudacruise]

Enjoy the cruise. Believe me, even if the audio stuff doesn't work out you will have a great time based on our experience.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

UPDATE...

 

The answer is: THERE IS NO AUX INPUT, even if there was, it wouldn't matter - the 5 year old piece of junk does not work anyway. Can't even play a DVD...:rolleyes:

 

But that's OK.. paying over $3,000 for a 5 night cruise, why should I expect the cabin to have a FUNCTIONAL "Home Theater System". Celebrity only says on their website that it will be in the room...:mad:

 

Tom

[Muushka]

Oh my! Count to 10, take a deep cleansing breath, and go out and enjoy that 297 square foot balcony!

 

I hope the rest of that suite has been sweet for you!

 

PS someone else mentioned that theirs didn't work either. When your cruise is over, can you post that cabin number? We were in the RS in April and the system worked great. DVDs and the sound system (which sounded great to us). We were in 1046.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Oh my! Count to 10, take a deep cleansing breath, and go out and enjoy that 297 square foot balcony!

 

I hope the rest of that suite has been sweet for you!

 

PS someone else mentioned that theirs didn't work either. When your cruise is over, can you post that cabin number? We were in the RS in April and the system worked great. DVDs and the sound system (which sounded great to us). We were in 1046.

 

We are in 1040 - all in all, it's a nice spacious room.

 

Tom

[Muushka]

Good deal. Note to self, avoid that suite!

 

For us, that RS was our first experience in a suite, so we had on wonderful rose colored glasses!

[raudacruise]

The DVD in the living room of 1041 didn't work either. They pulled the one out of the bedroom. We only used it once, no great loss.

 

We did meet the folks in 1040 several times and they never mentioned the DVD - not sure they even tried it.