Posted by Oldus Fartus on 04/19/07 05:40

def456 wrote:
> It looks like most DVD movies these days come with DolbyD 5.1 as the only
> kind of audio sound, but it doesn't work very well with my system. DolbyD 2
> channels (48K) is OK, but not 5.1 channels. It's too weak. I have to turn up
> the volume very high on my TV til I hear a background hum then the movie is
> somewhat audible, but with very poor quality sound.
>
> For example I can generally hear things OK when watching cable or satellite
> TV with a level of 15 on my volume control, or with a DolbyD 2 channels DVD,
> but I must turn the volume up to 30-40 or more to hear a DVD movie that has
> DolbyD 5.1 sound.
>
> I tried cleaning all of my audio cable contacts and it helped a little, but
> not much.
>
> I've looked around on the internet but couldn't find any cheap stereo/hi-fi
> systems to use in place of my TV's audio system. They all want at least
> $200, which is too expensive.
>
> I have the red and white RCA cables for hi-fi (2 channel) sound. So a new
> sound system must be able to accept those connectors. A lot of small
> portable stereo players use a different kind of connector (just 1 plug,
> divided somehow, like is used on computer speaker systems), but I need
> something that accepts the RCA cables with the 2 plugins for the left/right
> speakers.
>
> I don't know or understand many of the details. I'm not an audiophile. I
> just want decent sound, something like when I watch the news on cable or
> satellite TV. It doesn't have to be great sound, but I have to be able to
> hear it! Why does DolbyD 5.1 give such weak (low volume) sound?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>

Get into the setup menu for your DVD player, and somewhere in there will
be a setting to downmix the output to stereo.

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Cheers
Oldus Fartus

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