Posted by Geena Phillips on 04/19/07 10:46

Oldus Fartus wrote:
> 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.

What he said. The problem is, you can't get 5.1 surround to your system
via standard 2-channel RCA connections.

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