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Frequent Technical Problems |
February-19-12 |
| Reviewer:
Anonymous person
from Chicago, IL
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I've owned this receiver for less than 6 months, and I have to say it really doesn't live up to the Sony name. It frequently gives me problems while it tries to "think". The receiver will frequently fail to pass the cable signal to my TV and turning the receiver off and on doesn't fix the problem. I literally have to disconnect the receiver from the wall socket to get it to "reboot" as it were. And just this morning it didn't want to display the Graphical Interface Menu. I was trying to play my iPod and had even selected the USB input. What does the receiver do? It passes video to the television from the cable box and the sound played through the speakers was of course. from the cable box! All of this despite the fact that I had selected USB! So. since owning this product I have experienced strange things like this often. I wish I would have went with a Pioneer or a Yamaha receiver, but at this price point this was the only receiver that offered VHS to HDMI "upconversion" (yes, I still own quite a few VHS tapes). In summary, if you want to avoid the pain of frequently troubleshooting problems with your receiver I recommend you purchase another product.
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Self Adjust |
February-05-12 |
| Reviewer:
Shane
from Lynn Haven, FL.
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Works great plenty of power. Need to do a little fine tuning on the speaker set up after the auto callibration. Nothing major just fine tunning, well atleast I did. On screen works fine noticed someone comminted on theirs not working. Will need to read manuall to make every thing work how it is supposed to, being there are alot of options to choose from. All and all very hapy and sounds good.
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Go with Pioneer equipment |
January-16-12 |
| Reviewer:
JEZ
from Carlisle, Pa.
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Very Good sound for the money. As far as I'm concerned the so-called Multibrand Remote is a joke. I have a DirecTV DVR, and it dose not even have a code for it, and even if it did, the operating instructions tells me the buttons I would need to pause, play and fast forward, would not function in this mode. DirecTV teamed up with Sony to bring us more 3-D programming. And they're remote will not even work with my DirecTV equipment. Who designs this stuff? The remote should have learning capabilities. Unless I'm doing something wrong, and I don't think I am, I am extremely disappointed with the, or should I say absence of on screen information. If they had half a brain, they should have an on screen display that mirrors the unit's displays, when you press a display button. I have my a/v equipment hidden, and I can't tell what sound field I'm on when I change it. When I change the field it should pop up on the TV screen. It should have a way to at least control the level of the sub speaker when watching the TV. I have to use the to adjust anything, and when I do that the picture and sound of whatever I'm watching goes away. Is this the best Sony can do? I'm considering sending it all back and going with Pioneer equipment.
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November-21-11 |
| Reviewer:
Apisani
from Pittsburgh, PA
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You get what you pay for....so pay more. Definitely annoying and after three months of ownership it'll cost half the price just to fix it.
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October-13-11 |
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TomD
from Racine, WI
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Not bad. Driving 7 speakers with Bose 301 on the front prime delivers more than enough sound to go well past the windows to the back of the lot and into the field. Good clarity too. I don't use a SW with the 301's. No need to. The GUI for settings is liked much more than 1 line LEDs used up till just recent. I can actually find the bass & treble controls without having to take a college course.
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