PDA7BU

(second review) For the price, this amazing product is well worth the purchase. I like Pyle. I used a 5-disk changer for years; when it went out, I got this receiver to play songs in a continuous fashion. With the remote, a person can keep mp3 files in folders and change from folder to folder, leaving a single folder or all songs on repeat, and the remote has a pause button that works well. 'If' you are into singing with songs, especially with someone else, it may be a lot of fun for you. I never used the mic inputs, and the mp3 playback abilities took me a few days to figure, yet it worked great. I am into audio and song recording and usually will leave a folder of new tracks on repeat to consider what may be best to do with them or future experimental tracks. The bluetooth does connect well and there are other inputs, as seen in the product description. I did not take the time to register the item the first time I bought it six months ago and 'mistakingly' wired a four-speaker circuit that burned out a resistor and a capacitor within the receiver. My mistake and I do not recommend someone opening the enclosure without at least an intermediate knowledge of electronics - capacitors that store over 24 volts are potentially lethal and a life risk should not be taken lightly. That being said, the receiver worked so well during its first time around that I ordered the same product and am joyous that it was still available. If it had a record to mp3 function I would consider the PDA7BU even more impossible to surpass with what I could find on the market, especially with the dual mic inputs that have an echo knob. I also recommend the Dual speakers that are usually showed at the bottom of the Amazon product page along with the banana plugs and thick-gauge speaker wire. It is fun to assemble - the larger of the two options of the dual speakers present a deep boom totally worth the money, even when turned down low. I did not opt for the subwoofer and was not tempted too; if you get the Dual speakers, notice the 'label' on the front can be adjusted to vertical or horizontal, they can be laid on a shelf or mounted well in otherwise fashion. I totally appreciate a product with that much ability for its cost and simplicity. Do not let it frustrate that the flashdrive will only play mp3s from a drive and is not a 'decoder,' if the term is close. As in, if you have a pedometer that plays mp3s and can communicate with a usb cable the receiver will not play mp3s by selection of the songs from a player. The inputs can receive audio as described in the product description - it worked fine with a 5-disk changer input into female rca ports. If you plan to hook up more than two speakers with it, which I really see no point in, be sure to contact Pyle and confirm the manner of installation before hand for safety and durability reasons. It is a sleek receiver, thin and able to be mounted in a sturdy fashion with the metal brackets that come with the device. There are many receivers; I chose this one twice. :) Thank you to Pyle, and get one if you can to else. The one drawback, short not being able to record or having a headphone/aux out is the bright display not being able to be dimmed. Do not look at it for long amounts of time within under six feet or so - there is nothing wrong with using 'matte' tape (the 'dull, not see-through-shiny-Christmas-wrapping-tape-yet-still-see-through-and-common-tape') on the front of the led screen (as one can do with a common led bulb) to have a less detrimental display. There is also nothing wrong with painting a spot on the top of the remote with white-out and putting a piece of tape on top of it in order to see the orientation of the remote quickly within dim lighting (worked well for me). If you purchase this product, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did; I had to make do without it for a few weeks. With one flash drive, I can select from at least 500 songs; there is not much of a reason to get a flash drive with more than 8 or 16 gigs. I recommend ScanDisk flash drives Only; Do not format the flash drive if you opt for that route. Over all, the PDA7BU is my favorite home audio receiver. (first review) Shopping to replace a 5-disk changer took me months. I found a 3-disk changer and it went out in 40 days, so I got a 5-disk that was the changer only (no speakers). Of course, I would also need an amp and speakers, so I shopped on Amazon extensively for a good deal on a good one and found what I was looking for. It is great for hooking up a CD player, Bluetooth, and rca in/TV; I use it mostly for playing mp3s. It does well to play from a flash drive with mp3s in folders and can be left on repeat. For the price, I simply cannot complain and wonder if anything else could have compared. The speakers I got with it hit hard enough, (Dual Electronics: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00081NX5U/) even though I keep it turned down. The remote has pause, volume, and other controls for radio and mp3. This is an awesome product and I have appreciated its abilities. Thank you Pyle and Amazon.

Set up is simple,, let f m radio scan for stations and then select from numbers on remote! Also sound is very crisp and clear, Sub connect a plus! Puts out a good sub signal, I actually had to lower the volume on the back of the sub as it was so strong! Far better than I expected,, Uses 8 ohm speakers which I already had, And the karaoke mic features are fantastic and sound great! Echo effect sounds like a professional PA System! A+!

Overall, the product does what I want from it, which is to serve as a rackmount amplifier for music and movies in my office separate from my main studio monitors. Overall, it functions completely adequately for the price, and the sound is very good with my existing bookshelf speakers and subwoofer. The remote is ok, but not all buttons appear to have a use (e.g., the red button does not actually power down the unit, which has a hard switch on the front). Nonetheless, it does give you a volume override to the main knob, and the ability to cycle through radio stations and switch modes to bluetooth. I don't really use the remote, but I'm generally sitting at arm's reach from the unit. I have two main quibbles: 1) the lack of an optical input. Given that many products these days no longer bother to include RCA outs, this a potentially huge inconvenience. 2) the subwoofer volume is totally independent, rather than set as a relative setting to main volume. This means that you must always adjust two volumes. This is especially annoying because of the lack of a quick override mute feature, which would at least give a quick cut of all sound. Instead, I roll down the main volume when I get a phone call and then just have loud rumbling. I'll get used to this and can live with it, but my last amplifier rolled SW along with main volume, which makes more sense, since I also have a volume control on the subwoofer itself. Neither of these issues is annoying enough for me to return this, and I haven't found another rackmount product that serves my purpose. I definitely value the space saved over finding something that doesn't have those two issues, and getting something for under $100 was a definite bargain. I haven't tried using the SD or USB inputs, which are not particularly useful for me. Nor have I tried the microphone inputs, which are not particularly necessary for me, but may be nice for some individuals that want an karaoke setup on the cheap. One other note: the included FM antenna is just a thin wire. It was totally acceptable, but for under $10 you can add a much better antenna and get far superior sound. I really wasn't looking for an FM tuner when I was searching for this product, but it's actually been a nice additional benefit in my office to use, so I'm pleased with that feature.

Limited channels left on my mixer, this has additional inputs RCA that give me a few more inputs. The sound quality is decent for FM, the antenna worked ok in my area, i purchased another antenna to get better reception. Bluetooth works fine, I am usually near the unit when using bluetooth. The 1/8" input in the front worked out great to connect my laptop when I need to hear things from it. The LCD screen is easy to read. The FM station selection is a little annoying, you cannot punch in a station, it does a scan and saves any frequency it can lock into, including some that are not radio stations, just a lock on the frequency. You cannot punch in a station, hit scan fwd or back to get to the station you are looking for, if it has not locked into memory before, you need to move the antenna around and try to get it to lock. Instructions don't give to much info. That said, the price for a 1u receiver is great. It handles a lot of my needs at a reasonable price. The speaker outs are banana plugs so I had to purchase an adapter for 1/4." Has Bass and Treble adjustments plus two 1/4" microphone inputs with individual gains. Great to talk over music, a presentation, etc. a very versatile unit. The volume knob works fine to me, no sudden jumps, as you move up or down you can feel a little click at each interval. There is a cool blue light around the front of the volume knob which I like but if computer power adapters that light up when plugged in annoys you, this may do the same. You can always put black tape to cover it if it bothers you that much. I recommend the unit, works for me to listen to FM station and have a convenient volume control + BT, additional inputs and SD Card and USB at this price, a solid unit. PS, purchased a used unit previously and it was missing parts and didn't work as advertised, so there may be some quality control issues.

I would just like to say to start this off that I have purchased many pile products in the past which have had absolutely no problems whatsoever sound quality was great the actual quality was great and it wasn't as people say a piece of crap or a pile of crap. My experience this time was not so good. Upon arrival the package was completely fine I opened it up and the RCA connector for one of the inputs was completely hanging out of the device not that this is a deal-breaker so I went and hooked it all up to my machine used a different input and found that the subwoofer port did not work at all. After testing subwoofer on a different system it works fine so that told me that the port was no good once everything was all set up all speakers were hooked up and in place I tested it out and if this is 200 Watts I'll donate my kidneys there is no way this is 200 Watts I have had 50 watt amplifiers that have more power than this furthermore the signal-to-noise ratio was very high as there was a clear hum in the unit after I noticed this I unhooked everything completely put it back in the packaging and is being sent back for a total refund. Keep in mind this is not actual surround sound even though it does have rear end center speaker separately this is nothing more then a poor attempt at making a surround sound receiver. Although it cost a lot more than this one did I will more than likely be purchasing a Bose unit because of the quality factor and it goes through rigorous testing prior to release this did not have any quality control stamps on it anywhere it looked like 1980s quality. I would not recommend buying this as you will be dissatisfied now if this is used as a karaoke head without amplification this may actually work pretty decently for you but keep in mind you will need an amplifier to use this device. Now as for the positive factors of it the Bluetooth work really really well very easy to set up however when you turn the main power switch off you had to reset up the Bluetooth. The FM stereo in it worked absolutely fine without any issues it did have equalization functions built into it I believe there was 7 some of them sound okay some of them not. Overall I'm giving this a 2-star rating because primarily due to the quality and lack of quality control on this actual unit had there been more quality control or any quality control they would have caught the simplest of problems with this unit and not wasted my time. I hope this review helps clarify any misinformation that may be out there in regards to this actual unit.

Got thos to be a stand in receiver for my living room setup (4.1) on paper it more than met the need as an entry level receiver. I did not want to buy an full size full cost unit since we are selling. But wanted to leave a functional unit in place. Bought this and another lesser costly unit with similar features and side by side this was out performed for what I was looking for. Even though it is stated to have 2 mains (front speakers) and two surrounds (rear speakers) you cannot control the the output volume of the surrounds. In my situation the sensitivity of my surrounds was greater than my mains so I heard more sound from them than I did the mains, this is a no go in watching TV with built in speakers in the celiling. Never bothered with the remote or other features so I cannot talk to that and would not have cared honestly as they would have just been add value if good and mute if not. The other thing I did notice though was the subwoofer performance (in this side by side comparison) the sound quality coming from the sub was well below that of how it performed with the other unit. This actually surprised me and was a first. Good insight for me the to learn it might not be a subpar sub and could be a subpar sub driver in future purchases. But all in all it was too inexpensive to bother with returning and will work just fine as a 4 channel basic functioning amp somewhere free so I might keep it and give it another chance in another genre. But for a TV or a home theater, unless you have another way to control the volume independently this is not the unit for you. But overall quality of building was okay power was fair for the price and if you have a niche size and need to comprise this compact size unit could work. Oh I also liked the banana plug feature nice add at this price

This is by far the best audio receiver you can get. I was coming from onkyo and not only are they big, bulky and complicated this is the best. Trust me. It’s inexpensive and so versatile. I love that it has Bluetooth as well as all of the other modes and inputs! I can’t believe it’ll play from usb drive and SD card and you can actually view the files from the screen. It’s much cleaner with a classy blue backlighting that really looks great. I connected my Sirius xm tuner to it as well so it sounds great with all of my primary and surround sound speakers. Absolutely the best. Trust me. I came here to Pyle from onkyo. Much better

Surprising quality. Happy with it. For the price point you can’t beat this unit. It does however have a strong buzzing when not in use. You don’t really notice until you power it off and realize it had the scatter noise. Has microphone/instrument inputs which we love as musicians and karaoke night. Strong output for speakers but Bluetooth alphas a slight delay by a 1/4 second. My tv had an option to fix this but it was annoying. This tends to happen with cheaper Bluetooth items. No issues when it was hardwired. We opted for Bluetooth based on how we ran our surround sound. Our old unit died and we wanted to keep using our high end speaker setup. For the price A-

Es un gran equipo, altamente recomendable !

The price and quality are justifiable.

was searching online for soundbar with FM coaxial connector ..but mostly hard wired type .then found this pyle AV receiver with fm coaxial connector .really good !! Channel scanning super fast ,BT pairing is fast also ..really solid ..THD% really low ..I can't hear hissing sound ..works well with my DX-2 whalfdale speakers !!

great unit, best i've bought for a long time, i'm old school HiFi, this unit fits the style for an old school setup

I bought this unit after a long search for something for my garage area; I already had a spare pair of loudspeakers, and just needed some kind of receiver / amplifier to go with it. Having received and tested it yesterday, and set it up today, I can say that this little unit is quite well featured for the price, although it does have several quirks (which I will get to later). Overall, the unit works. It came as described, with no damages. The inclusion of remote is a nice touch - it's powered by a watch battery (looks like a CR2025) - it's small, but effective. I tried playing music from a USB flash drive, paired with my mobile via Bluetooth and FM radio -- all work. For the USB, I tried using the front panel button to 'search' the folders on USB flash drive (which had taken reading the manual very carefully to figure that out -- more on that later), and it seemed to work just fine -- odd thing is that unit seems to number all tracks on the USB sequentially, as opposed to the track number within a specific folder. I have the unit connected to a pair of Mission loudspeakers (rated up to 75w, with 6 ohm nominal load), and they work just fine - not sure what the total stereo output power is with speakers of that impedance, but it fills the area I want just fine. The sound quality seems to depends on the source: I tried streaming music from YouTube via my mobile, and it seemed raspy / slightly distorted - but that may have to do with the YouTube source, given it's compressed music. I have yet to stream uncompressed music via BT to see what happens. The FM radio can sound quite good, but it seems to depend on the station strength. The manual says it only plays MP3 and WAV files, but I tried with a collection of WMA (Windows Media Audio) files via USB, and they worked, so that's a bonus. And the sound quality was fine. One neat thing is that the unit has both a 'hard' off, and a 'soft' off -- the former is done via the switch on the front panel, while the latter is done via the remote control. And here are the quirks I found with the unit: - when I first unpackaged the unit, I noticed the volume knob was at 'MAX', as noted by other reviewers -- before turning on the unit the first time, ensure you look at the knobs and put them either at 'zero' or in the center of their range (i.e. bass / treble / balance); - radio tuning: apparently you just press the 'play / pause' button once while on the radio setting, when you first turn on the unit, and it automatically scans and saves available channels (as your 'presets') - there is no manual tuning available (also note that the Source Switch has to be on 'MP3' for either the USB / SD readers or the radio to work); - volume control: this can be adjusted both on the unit via the large knob (which has a good feel), or also the remote -- but note that when you adjust on the remote, it's doesn't 'move' the knob -- it's not motorized (in case you were expecting that); - the supplied FM antenna does connect to the back panel just fine (push-in type), although it's just a wire, and the connector looks odd (i.e. non-standard). You definitely need it to get FM radio signal -- so don't lose the antenna; - the subwoofer output: although I'm not using it, the manual doesn't indicate if this is a full-range audio signal or only a bass signal (and if the latter, what the cut-off frequency is) -- this may have an impact depending on a person's specific subwoofer unit; - I really don't see the point of the surround sound speaker connections -- the unit doesn't appear to have any ability to accept / read multi-channel audio signals (either from music, or from video), and the manual says nothing about what this is for or how it works, so this seems like a bizarre addition; and - and the last thing, which often drives me nuts, is the supplied manual: there's spelling mistakes and odd grammar. But if you can ignore that, then it's fine. If Pyle is reading this review, here's what I recommend be changed for future models: - remove the surround sound speaker ability -- based on the current playback abilities, I simply don't see the point, if one can't feed a multi-channel sound / video signal to the unit; - remove the microphone inputs -- who needs this for mic usage? - in place of mic inputs, how about a headphone output, with adjustable volume & selectable 'source'; - the screen: please make bigger, with adjustable illumination; - also for the screen: stop the 'continuous' file data scrolling - make it intermittent, or allow an 'info' button to scroll through metadata as desired; and - PLEASE add internet radio (with capabilities via both a hard wire LAN connection, and WiFi), as well as RDS capability for FM radio. The former is what I really, really was looking for, but it's nearly impossible to find -- so I'm left with streaming from my mobile to this unit for now. Otherwise, quite a well featured unit for the price, and at least in the short term, I have no regrets.