Denon AVR-S540BT 5.2 Channel Receiver – 4K Ultra HD Audio Video | Bluetooth, USB Port | Compatible with HEOS Link for Wireless Music Streaming, Black (AVRS540BT)

A Receiver that actually works
I wanted an AM/FM radio receiver with the new fangled hook ups (digital optical for example) and had center, surround sound and subwoofer outputs or at least 5.1. Well I couldn’t find one of those receivers because they all now have HDMI input/outputs as well. So after reading allot of Amazon reviews I took a chance on this least expensive Denon receiver and I’m glad I did. This AM/FM radio receiver actually receives and plays dozens of radio stations I couldn’t receive with my old receiver which only played FM WHUD 100.7 and had RCA stereo input and clip type stereo speaker output (but it did have a built in A/B switch for 4 speaker stereo output). I have no idea why these things have 4K HDMI jacks on them because if I want a 4K TV I buy a 4K TV. I don’t buy a radio receiver with 4K TV electronics to make my non 4K TV look any better. I guess that’s why they can and do charge more for them. Anyways this receiver has terrific 5.2 surround sound, great AM/FM pickup and playback, 2 digital optical inputs and 2 RCA inputs. It also has a USB input and you can Blu Tooth connect the receiver to your phone and play your music from your phone or other Blu Tooth devices. It has a head phone jack and the spring clip type speaker connectors so I recommend you use these flex pin connectors if you plan to use 12 gauge pure copper wire like I am.> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z5F4287/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 < <14 or 16 gauge wire will work without the flex pins but I'm loving these flex pins now. Overall this Denon receiver is great. Plus it has the microphone with setup program to make speaker playback and everything else attached to the receiver easier to setup. But you do need to use an HDMI cable out to your TV so you can see the setup steps on the TV screen. I have all my HDMI cables going into my 55" LG OLED C9 and I ran an Optical cable out to the Denon and the TV sounds great. And hey if I can do it, you can too. Get one now you'll be glad you did.

Good lower line AV receiver
A good receiver/amp is 1 all about the sound, 2 ease of use. This is my experience after 1 week.After the problems listed below were solved, the sound was pretty good, not great. I found the overall sound to be a bit bright for AV and music. For this reason I marked it as 4 stars, plus the setup settings glitch. All AV switching worked well and supported all UHD and Dolby formats that were sent to it. The settings with the one exception were easy to find and use. The remote has a good layout and is also easy to use. This is Denon’s lower line receiver so I cut it a break. It would be better if they had put in a more active tone control to suit individual tastes. The connectors on the back of the receiver are not the best so treat them with care. I do have to turn it up quite a bit to get a good listening volume, about halfway. That’s pretty far for its rated power.The physical setup of the receiver was easy and quite intuitive. The pdf manual is pretty good. I did not use the “Setup Assistant”, so I can not speak to it’s ease. Connect and plug things in where it says to and zip tie where needed to keep things neat. I used all medium line high speed cables and wires. Don’t waste your money on the expensive stuff. I manually set up my speakers and components. I plugged in a ROKU streaming stick plus, a 4K blue ray, PS 4, TV audio optical. Main video out to an Optoma projector and speaker outs to 2 Large front speakers, 2 med. surrounds, and a center speaker.Everything worked fine, but there was a definite lack of bass in the large front speakers. I made sure the sub woofer was off in the settings. I called support to check to see if there was something I missed, but they said all my setting were correct for my setup….they did their best to help. After playing with the settings, by accident, I found the the subwoofer was in the wrong mode. But, the mode was not available to change because I had the subwoofer off. Because I was not using a subwoofer, this should not be a big deal, but there is a glitch in the firmware.Procedure for having large front speakers with no subwoofer. Go to setup–“Speakers”–“Manual setup”–“speaker config”. Set the subwoofer to “on” then go back to manual setup. Choose “Bass” and set “subwoofer mode” to LFE. It is in “LFE + Main” by default. Go back to “speaker config” and set the subwoofer to off and front speakers to large. To verify the bass is gong to the front speakers go to “crossovers” in manual settings. The front speakers should now show “Full Band”, not a Hz setting. Your sound will be much better. I did inform Denon support of this problem and solution. I did try the Setup Assistant to see if it would pick up this problem and it didn’t, so the same problem would have existed if I had used it. (subwoofer mode was incorrect and front speakers were not set to Full Band)I did read many reviews before I purchased it. Receivers like this can be complicated to set up if you have no experience because of the many cables and settings of not only the receiver, but also the components you plug into it. Get help if you need it. Most of the issues I have read about were being caused by improper setup/settings.

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Excelente produto. Estou muito satisfeito. Está atendendo muito bem minhas necessidades.