How do I hook this up to my 5.1 receiver?

Hello Dan,This device is for other areas of a home where you have additional speakers and is not made to be used with the surround sound system. It can be used with "Stereo Receivers" or with 7.1 A/V Receivers where your only using the 5.1 portion of the receiver. What that means is if you have a surround sound system in your home, then all the speaker outputs of the receiver are dedicated to the surround sound and at that point there are no more speaker terminal outputs to be used.However, if your receiver is a 7.1 A/V receiver and your only using it as a 5.1 Surrond Sound System, then you will have 2 additional speaker outputs that aren't being used.At that point you can attach those terminals (via 2 speaker wires a left & a right) to the Pyle 4 Channel Speaker Selector. Now connect the other rooms to the outputs on the Pyle Speaker Selector. ***Make sure you have the correct speakers paired to each individual room when you connect these wires. You can easily determine this by taking a battery from your remote control and placing the ends of the speaker wires to the battery. Positive end of the wire + to the positive end of the battery and the negative end off the same wire to the negative end of the battery, You can hold the negative wire tight to the battery with your thumb while you release and then retouch and release and retouch the positive end a few times. you should hear a popping sound coming out of the speaker. This will let you know which wire goes to which speaker in which room or area. I usually use a "Sharpie" Marker and label the wire "Living Rm" or "Dining Rm" or what ever the room is that the wire goes to. *****Now, and this is most important or you will "FRY" your Pyle unit, make sure the negative wire that is connected to the Pyle output is the same negetive wire that is connected to the speaker terminal in the room where that wire goes and the positive does the same. IF YOU CROSS THE WIRES AND PUT THE NEGATIVE WIRE IN THE POSITIVE TERMINAL, YOU MOST LIKELY WILL GET BAD RECEPTION TO THAT SPEAKER OR FRY (DAMAGE) THE PYLE UNIT AND MAYBE EVEN YOUR RECEIVER. ALSO, MAKE SURE NO BRAIDS OFF OF THE SPEAKER WIRES TOUCH THE CHASSIS OF THE RECEIVER OR EACH OTHER. THIS WILL SHORT THE UNIT.Finally, you may have to go into the setting of your A/V Receiver and select the "Speaker Settings" and scroll to where the "Surround Back" or "Zone 2" Speaker set up is and select "NO". This will deactivate the use of those speakers to be used in the room where the Surround Sound is and will allow them to be used for "Stereo Music" to other rooms.In about 90-100% of all A/V Recievers have to use "Analog" or "RCA Cables" from the device you want to hear the music or sound from in the rooms that the Pyle is hooked up to. FM Tuner (or radio stations), Pandora and Internet Radio Stations are already incorporated in the receiver and will play with no problem.Now just select "Zone 2" on the Receiver and press the "Input" selection you want to hear in those other rooms. Raise the Zone 2 Volume Level for those rooms and you should hear music or audio. Please note that some receivers have a time period of 5-6 seconds for you to do these steps, so when making your audio selection and volume level, know where your audio selection button is that you want before performing these steps or your Receiver timer will time out and you will have to permorm them again. It can be frustrating at first for a novice. It was for me. Sometimes still is. LOLA couple of things to know. I would only use this device if I had "Individual Volume Controllers" in each of the rooms or areas where I want Music or Sound. If you don't, then the "volume level" will be the same in all those areas. Volume Controls allow you to do what they say, they can "Control" the volumes level. If the Music or Sound is too High in one room, it might be too Low in an other room. Volume Controls correct that.If you don't have individual Volume Controls in the rooms where your speakers are, then you want to purchase the Pyle Home PSPVC4 4-Channel High Power Stereo Speaker Selector with volume Control. http://www.amazon.com/Pyle-PSPVC4-4-Channel-Speaker-Selector/dp/B0013CH7UK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376744129&sr=8-1&keywords=Pyle+Speaker+Selector+with+Volume+Controls If you have any issues getting the sound to pass through Zone 2 of your Receiver, contact the units manufacturer and ask for tech support.I hope this helps.Ken Nichols, PresidentSIGHTS & SOUNDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC.3801 Environ Blvd.Fort Lauderdale, FL 33319305-788-1895

One person indicated what they believed the protection button was. Does anybody know? Pyle technical support apparently doesn't exist.

In modern amplifiers the protection button is actually used to simulate a safe ohm load to the amplifier, not mask the lack of a load. When you connect multiple speakers of certain ohm ratings in series or parallel, it alters the ohm load presented to the amplifier. The switch allows you to attach multiple speaker sets while presenting and "buffering" a consistent/safe ohm load instead of the actual load. 2 x 8 ohm speakers in parallel on the same channel would show up as 4 ohm (divide ohm rating of speaker by number of speakers), which could cause your amplifier to fail (it needs to work harder) if not designed to drive speakers with that ohm rating. If you are using more than 2 pair of 8 ohm speakers simultaneously you would turn on the protection mode to present an ohm load of ~4 ohm instead. Most protection solutions present a 4.5 ohm load in this scenario. Understand that ohm loads are AC and thus are constantly fluctuating during playback. Speaker ohm levels typically will "change" @ different volume levels etc. Low impedance allows for a more efficient electric signal. Typically speakers are rated 4, 6 or 8 ohms. Lower end receivers can sometime have issues driving low impedance 4 or 2 ohm speakers.

Does this switch allow me to control sets of speakers independently?

You can control up to 4 sets of speakers independently or play all at the same time! I have switch A for patio speakers, switch B for inside house, sometimes I play A or B or A+B

what is the protection button? and how would i use it? Thanks

I believe it operates like a circuit breaker in the event there is a short or overload to your speakers

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D**H

Works great

Used to separate my outdoor speakers. I have 3 sets of speakers that I can turn off or on depending on the wife. I like it loud but she can’t talk if it’s loud so I turn them all on. Easy setup.

7.01.2026

L**T

👊😎Good stuff.

I'm very happy with another quality product from Pyle, as someone who genuinely has had miss matched equipment pretty much all my life, I believe I expect this to be the beginning of along term relationship with this Company.

13.03.2026

D**S

Fast simple

If you want to add extra speakers this is perfect and simple. Works great. I definitely recommend.

16.02.2026

S**N

Protection switch confirmed

@todd g You are exactly correct: the "Protection" button (essentially undocumented, hence the loss of a star) puts an extra 3 ohms of impedance in the circuit (confirmed this with a VOM), to protect the amp if the combination of speakers (which are connected in parallel by the device) drops the impedance too low. Specifically, it ensure that even if you have 4 sets of 4 ohm speakers (which would drop the impedance to 1 ohm), you still have 4 ohms of load on the amp, which is the lower limit for most (modern) amps. However, if that is your setup, don't turn off the Protection button, or at the least your amp will shut down, and the worst set off your smoke detectors (assuming they work!).

4.03.2026

R**R

What a disappointment

Title: Extremely Disappointed - Avoid This Speaker Selector Rating: ⭐️ I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I must express my extreme disappointment with this speaker selector. I'm not one to leave negative reviews, but this product truly deserves it. The primary issue that left me utterly frustrated is the abysmal quality of the wire clips. They are so flimsy that they practically disintegrate in your hands or, in my case, break after a mere day of use. It's infuriating how poorly they hold the wires in place, making the entire functionality of the speaker selector practically useless. Additionally, the design flaw regarding the wire entrance only adds insult to injury. The opening is ridiculously thin, making it a struggle to fit in wires, especially if you have 12-gauge speakers like I do. I had to tediously trim down the wires just to make them fit, which is an inconvenience no one should have to endure. Save yourself the time, money, and frustration – steer clear of this speaker selector. It's a regrettable purchase that has left me questioning the quality control of the manufacturer. My recommendation: explore other options that won't leave you dealing with broken clips and the hassle of modifying your speaker wires to make them fit. Why do they have QC stickers????

13.11.2023

B**G

Nice buy

Works great and really helped my system.

27.01.2026

R**O

Good value

Worked out great good value

14.03.2026

K**M

Good product

So easy to set up! Works like a charm!!!

18.09.2025

ASIN	B000NJHAFQ
Best Sellers Rank	#34 in Audio & Video Selector Boxes
Brand	Pyle
Cable Type	RCA
Color	Black
Compatible Devices	Gaming Console, Laptop
Connector Type	RCA
Connector Type Used on Cable	RCA
Customer Reviews	4.2 out of 5 stars 2,045 Reviews
Item Dimensions D x W x H	4.72"D x 7.48"W x 1.97"H
Item Weight	584 Grams
Manufacturer	DJ Tech Pro USA, LLC
Number of Ports	4
UPC	068888882118 073581024741 801038418498 741329049416 014444954409 601000789768 163120511310 971475978081 031111788471 777780476539 521375600751 115970959538 666669828203
Unit Count	1.0 Count

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