Philips Fidelio SoundBarHome theater

The quality of this speaker is theater-like.. especially whenever we are watching horror or suspense movie.. we have a small home theater that we attached a projector and a big white screen..

We use in our media room and love the wireless feature and sound is great. Just got to remember to plug the speakers into the base once finished using to recharge.

This is a nice sound bar with detachable speaker option. Its make you to switch from compact to conventional with out wires. Great thinking..However when i have started testing the surround sound i see that the front speaker just acts as a center channel and the detached speakers (rear) acts as both left/right channels and as well as rear left/right channels. Example: in a movie a guy standing on left talks i see that the sound comes more from the left speaker which is placed rear. I think center bar should have handled the center, left and right channels and the detachables as rear. Is my observation correct or is there any specific setup is required like distance between the speakers and seating etc?

I've had this system for a couple of weeks and I'm already having problems. First, the remote is awful. Often it won't turn the system off/on and you have to use the buttons on the main speaker to get the system working. Secondly, the system's detachable speakers are supposed to hold a charge for 4 hours but one of my speakers starts to die after about 90 minutes. Finally, the system volume has to be turned up really high just to get a normal volume out of it. I'll be returning the system tomorrow.