I appreciate the levity but I came here looking for advice outside my scope of knowledge. I know the receiver's inexpensive. I'm trying to determine if my problem is user error or a shortcoming of the receiver.
I have a Pyle PT588AB receiver, and I've plugged in a DirecTV receiver, an Amazon Firestick, an LG BluRay player, and an Xbox 360, all of which support Dolby Digital 5.1 over HDMI. However, the receiver defaults to 2 channel stereo for all sources.
The only device that lets me "force" Dolby...