Posted by Vickie on 05/19/07 09:41

The problem was the Sony DVD player, which was only a year old, but,
of course, not under warranty anymore. I bought another one and the
sound is fine again.

Vickie

On Apr 24, 2:56 pm, Vickie <vittoria2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry if this posts in duplicate. I'm using Google Groups and the
> messages are not showing up, although I'm getting the emailed version.
> Trying again after deleting all Google cookies...
>
> In the past week I've noticed a lot of audio distortion when watching
> DVD's. (These are blockbuster rentals, not home recorded.) It
> happens when the sound gets loud and intense, most often with the
> backround music. Turning the overall volume down doesn't help. It
> does not happen when watching any TV channels (digital or analog).
> It's also OK when using the VCR (tapes or tuner.) Only DVD's.
>
> My TV is a JVC which is about 3 years old and the DVD player is a Sony
> single disc player (1 year old) connected using the componenet
> connection. I also use a pair of harmon kardon speakers in the
> headphone jack of the TV.
>
> The first thing I did was remove the external speakers, but the
> distortion continued in the TV speaker.
>
> I can minimize the distortion by changing the attenuation on the DVD
> audio menu to "ON' instead of "OFF", which is how it's always been
> previously. It helps but it also reduces the overall sound quality as
> well, which stinks.
>
> Does this sound like the DVD player went bad or the TV?
> (or something else?)
>
> Thanks-
> Vickie

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