Pyle 7.1-Channel Hi-Fi Bluetooth Stereo Amplifier

Poor quality
Do not waste your money on this receiver. Brand new out-of-the-box and nothing works right. Should’ve returned it right away to Amazon but I thought it might be my older TV or HDMI cables with issues. Let’s start with the remote control. You have to be within 2 to 3 feet for it to work at all. When adjusting the volume on the remote control it automatically changes the input selection on the receiver. Volume control works sometimes with the remote but most of the time it changes a different operational function of the receiver. When watching movies and surroundsound through my Roku the audio very seldom works. Sometimes you get surround sound most of the time no audio is transferred through your HDMI connections. Even replaced my cables with high quality HDMI cables and still have the same problems. ARC function does not work at all so I tried to use the optical connection to get audio for just watching TV and all it does is buzz. FM receiver is absolutely useless, it doesn’t even lock into stations with an outdoor FM antenna. The only thing that is working well is the Bluetooth connection, it does sync up with my iPhone with ease. Also you can control the sound level independently to all of your speakers which kind of customizes the sound. The sound quality is decent, but I do not believe the power output ratings as my older receiver put out less power and sounded better. I purchased this receiver because it had Bluetooth and my older Samsung receiver did not. To make sure all these issues were with the Pyle receiver itself ,I hooked up my older samsung receiver to my TV and all HDMI ,optical and ARC functions worked perfectally. The build quality of Pyle receivers is just junk. It’s not worth sending back for warranty repair because I do not believe I just happen to get a dud out of the box. I believe I’ll just be out more shipping and handling to send it back and forth and still have the same associated problems with the build quality of Pyle receivers. In my opinion Amazon should not allow Pyle products to be sold through their website. Do you yourself a favor and spend more money on a quality brand name receiver and save your self a lot of time and hassle.

No operating instructions
The manual provided with the unit is all but useless. No hook-up advice and no operating instructions.I spent half a day wiring and rewiring the speakers and still couldn’t get them all to work with my iPod. Called the service number and got a never ending merry-go-round of messages, it did quickly state a web address. I went to the site I thought I heard and got an independent stereo store 2500 miles away. They were very helpful. I tried one of my retired CDs and it powered the surround mode just fine. Half a day wasted. I’m still stumbling into how to work it. (The Surround Sound folks say I should use the 2.1 Channel for iPod.) Took days to figure out how to activate Blue Tooth – that works fine once you know where it is and how to use it. I really didn’t need the Microphone functions, don’t plan on becoming a Karaoke star any time soon. But the Unit was fairly priced for one without this functionality.I would buy this unit again, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who is inexperienced setting up electronics. Finally, and this is particularly important to classical music listeners, the unit has a very loud cooling fan that will overwhelm the more quiet notes.

En mi caso tenía planeado comprar diversos amplificadores para conectarlos a mi computadora y obtener sonido 7.1 ya que no me interesa usar un receptor con dac 7.1, por su costo. Este amplificador es estéreo si le conectas un HDMI o un cable óptico pues no tiene decodificador digital, no soporta DolbyNi DTS, si solo conectas un televisor, o dispositivo HDMI no obtendrás 7.1 real, pero si conectas una computadora a través de cables 3.5mm a RCA, obtendrás 7.1 real, y en general funciona bien, todas las configuraciones se resetean a default al apagarlo, no tiene memoria, eso no es un problema para mí pues mis configuraciónes las hice en mi computadora, de tal forma que el amplificador solo funciona como tal, como amplificador, para subir y bajar volumen, el volumen inicial con que se enciende es un poco alto, pero no incomoda, el problema que mucha gente menciona sobre el ruido que hace el ventilador es totalmente real, de manera temporal lo he atenuado poniendo gomas de las que se usan para las patas de las sillas, entre el ventilador y el disipador, el ventilador da muy buena corriente de aire, pero planeo cambiarlo por un ventilador noctua, para reducir aún más el ruido. El receptor es además suceptible a interferencias, hay que blindar los cables si pasan cerca de un cable de video o corriente, no he usado el Bluetooth y en realidad no planeo usarlo, en si si lo compras como un amplificador de 8 canales es perfecto, pero si esperas usarlo como receptor de a/v, creo que te decepcionará, tengo algo de miedo por los comentarios que han hecho otras personas sobre que después de unos meses algunos canales fallan, pero confío en que no suceda y que si sucede pueda repararlo, se ve limpio el circuito y sencillo de reparar por lo que creo es una buena inversión.

La salida de Arc HMDI no opera y causó un raro sonido creo dañe salidas de tv o del aparato Pyle estoy usando Bluetooth pero no me s de alta fidelidad se oye bien hasta ahí

Tiene muy buena potencia y fidelidad, pero voy a regresarlo porque tiene un sistema de enfriamiento (ventiladores) que hacen mucho ruido, al grado de molestar y no dejar disfrutar de la música. Lamentable, porque por lo demás está muy bien.