I wired up the unit and was a little lost. There's no menu button, so you need the remote to access most of the features. I began to pair the Bluetooth, but an app was required and iTunes would freeze before telling me which app (it's Songpal, you need the app to pair).
All digital from the ground up; once paired the Songpal app dials right into you phone and kicks you into your native player, very user friendly; no built in amp allows s direct and cleaner signal from your amp
Difficult to tune (hopefully your only doing this once) with limited ranges; price seems double the value; sound quality is not greatly improved on mp3s. (I didn't try it with lossless audio