Customer Reviews

Pyramid 1704MP AM/FM Receiver MP3 Playback with USB/SD/AUXIN

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This thing looked great in the picture, but when I opened the box it looked very cheap. Its radio is old school analog radio, tuner and volume controls are potentiometer based. Spring based cheap plastic switches. It looked and felt so cheap that I was turned down just by holding it into my hands for 5 minutes. Its true that you can't expect much for $20 (the price I paid for it), but I thought that they can make it cheap because it does not have a CD drive, only SD card and USB key ports. If you keep looking for a deal, you can get a pioneer stereo for $50 or $60, this thing is definitely not worth spending your money at whatever price. I feel dissatisfied even at $20, I am not sure who would buy this at its regular price.

Audio sounds distorted. No screw holes on the sides for installation. Unit reboots for no reason after 30 minutes of loud playing.

This radio has good FM radio reception. Even with no antenna it picks up more than my home stereo does with an antenna. The SD card reader plays MP3's great from my 8GB Micro SD with adapter. I've tried VBR, and Set Bit rate MP3's of different types, and everything has played fine.

The unit is light weight and generally seems cheap.

It has stereo speaker outputs, and both speakers share a common wire with ground. The built in wires are tiny gauge and cheap. This unit doesn't do 200 watts of anything. If you tried to run 200 watts of power through this it would definitely melt your wires... debate-ably before you could blow the amp.

The USB port did not recognize the micro SD to USB adapter I had.

I am using this as a lightweight FM radio / MP3 player in my house, and powering it with a deep cycle battery hooked to a solar panel. It works great so far, and sounds better than I expected.

I like that there is a 1/8" front line in on it so you can connect your phone or other mp3 player though it.

If you're expecting a high quality rugged stereo that will power anything larger than a pair of 6x9 speakers... You will be very disappointed. If you are looking for an inexpensive light weight unit to play FM / MP3 through a pair of small speakers... Well this is a bargain.

This was a case of "price too good to be true". When I went to an audio store to have it installed, I was told that it was missing 2 important wires and because of that, the sound would likely go in and out, and it would only be heard in 2 out 4 speakers. I ended up purchasing a better built product and returned the Pyramid product to Amazon.

Cannot even tune an FM station, has two speaker outputs with a common ground. no balance or fader, should have found an old stock unit instead.

did not work never have a refound, they just keep saying they will

could not give em less than one star

I returned it the moment I opened the box. It was of very cheap material and construction. I didn't want to even spend time installing it in my car. Just not worth it. For another 30-40$ I could get a Sony brand.

This product doesn't work properly. When i connected it to my car stereo system, only one speaker would output audio. I even took it to a professional audio installation company and still no change. I bought a different cd/mp3 deck (different manufacturer and product)and walla the new one worked properly. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this product.

Keep in mind when you read this, I am not a picky person. When I buy something that is inexpensive I dont expect it to perform like a high end model would. However, this stereo represents the lowest quality I have ever seen.

There are only two channels. So you can only hook up two speakers in your car. If I remember correctly there are only 4 or 5 wires coming out of the unit. Left, right, power(+), power(-), and there might be a switched power wire. There are no (-) speaker leads.

The tuning dial feels like it was about to fall off, so I opened the unit to look inside. On the inside the tuning dial has a spool of string (Yes String) linked to a rheostat. When you turn the dial it pulls the string which in turn rotates the tuning rheostat. In other words its analog tuning.

The stereo did work when I hooked it up, full volume is not very loud and there is no point discussing sound quality. I did not want to buy and install another stereo but after a few days I reluctantly ripped it out and threw it in the trash.

I could go on, just understand that if you spend any money on this stereo you will be disappointed.

Definately one of the cheapest items I have ever seen. It worked for about three minutes.