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When watching dvds i have to turn the volume up on my amp to around 30 (goes from 80 up to 0) to be able to hear the film at a decent level. When listening to the radio or cd or any other source the volume only needs to be at around 60 and is resoably loud. I have got the sound output on the dvd set at high and im using the digital coaxial connector.
The amp i have is the pioneer vsx 510d and the dvd player is a cyberhome unit.
Also another problem with teh pioneer amp is that some times at nite it will suddently have a mind of its own if im watching a film and it will switch to radio really loudly which normally reuslts in me poopin meself.
Originally posted by vauxmad
Also another problem with teh pioneer amp is that some times at nite it will suddently have a mind of its own if im watching a film and it will switch to radio really loudly which normally reuslts in me poopin meself. Do you by chance have an IR repeater in the same room? These are notorious for emitting IR 'noise'. Try covering up the IR receiver on the amp while you watch films etc. and see whether it still happens.
to be honest I think all dvds have low volume levels, I have the same problem especially when I'm playing dvds on my pc at uni
u say that the problem with the amp switching happens at night, u sure u're not sitting on the remote? :lol:
To accomodate the big blockbuster soundtracks, DVD's are recorded with a wide dynamic range (so the big sounds remain BIG). The unfortunate by product is that speech can seem very quiet unless the volume is cranked up.
Some players have an audio compression option which reduces the dynamic range (and therefore boosts the speech without impacting the rest of the soundtrack).
Check for this option.
Darren
we too get this with our sammy 709, i thought it was just the player, by the way whats an ir repeater?
Not sure what ir repeater is but pritty sure ive not got one :) and im definatley not sitting on the remote :D. The amp did it again a few minutes ago and it displays on the screen OTHER MUSIC so i think its doing something with RDS but i have no clue why:confused:
Looks like i will just have to get used to having the volume set high for dvds :D
Originally posted by wen
we too get this with our sammy 709, i thought it was just the player, by the way whats an ir repeater?
never had a problem with my sammy 709,with low sound,i now you can up the volume on the dvd remote to about 100
thats right, its touching 100 now but we still have to wang the telly up to about 25 to 30 to hear it well, by the way the tellys a toshiba pro logic, any ideas?
no sorry m8
i have a cheap phillips 21" in the bedroom connected to the player
hah funny you mention the switching to radio thing, lastnight i was watching something at like 2am and my pioneer vsx c100 turned to radio by itself, thought i must have hit remote by accident until it happened an hour later when i was nowhere near the remote
least i know i'm not going insane now
The general volume level on DVDs is deliberately set lower.
This is so you set your volume higher, that way the loud parts of the film (explosions etc) can be louder and have more impact. The difference between the general volume and the loud bits is the dynamic range. This is how the films would sound in a cinema. DVDs that are not recent films (i.e TV shows) would not have such a big dynamic range, because they were filmed specifically for TV (the dynamic range on TV, video and radio is lower because you would hear background hiss if the volume was set high).
Most amps have a dynamic range control to reduce this dynamic range (i.e stop the explosions being so loud). Its often called a midnight listening mode ( so called because it stops the loud parts waking the neighbours at night :D )
The amp i have is the pioneer vsx 510d and the dvd player is a cyberhome unit.
Also another problem with teh pioneer amp is that some times at nite it will suddently have a mind of its own if im watching a film and it will switch to radio really loudly which normally reuslts in me poopin meself.
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Originally posted by vauxmad
Also another problem with teh pioneer amp is that some times at nite it will suddently have a mind of its own if im watching a film and it will switch to radio really loudly which normally reuslts in me poopin meself. Do you by chance have an IR repeater in the same room? These are notorious for emitting IR 'noise'. Try covering up the IR receiver on the amp while you watch films etc. and see whether it still happens.
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to be honest I think all dvds have low volume levels, I have the same problem especially when I'm playing dvds on my pc at uni
u say that the problem with the amp switching happens at night, u sure u're not sitting on the remote? :lol:
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To accomodate the big blockbuster soundtracks, DVD's are recorded with a wide dynamic range (so the big sounds remain BIG). The unfortunate by product is that speech can seem very quiet unless the volume is cranked up.
Some players have an audio compression option which reduces the dynamic range (and therefore boosts the speech without impacting the rest of the soundtrack).
Check for this option.
Darren
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we too get this with our sammy 709, i thought it was just the player, by the way whats an ir repeater?
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Not sure what ir repeater is but pritty sure ive not got one :) and im definatley not sitting on the remote :D. The amp did it again a few minutes ago and it displays on the screen OTHER MUSIC so i think its doing something with RDS but i have no clue why:confused:
Looks like i will just have to get used to having the volume set high for dvds :D
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Originally posted by wen
we too get this with our sammy 709, i thought it was just the player, by the way whats an ir repeater?
never had a problem with my sammy 709,with low sound,i now you can up the volume on the dvd remote to about 100
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thats right, its touching 100 now but we still have to wang the telly up to about 25 to 30 to hear it well, by the way the tellys a toshiba pro logic, any ideas?
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no sorry m8
i have a cheap phillips 21" in the bedroom connected to the player
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hah funny you mention the switching to radio thing, lastnight i was watching something at like 2am and my pioneer vsx c100 turned to radio by itself, thought i must have hit remote by accident until it happened an hour later when i was nowhere near the remote
least i know i'm not going insane now
Answers:
The general volume level on DVDs is deliberately set lower.
This is so you set your volume higher, that way the loud parts of the film (explosions etc) can be louder and have more impact. The difference between the general volume and the loud bits is the dynamic range. This is how the films would sound in a cinema. DVDs that are not recent films (i.e TV shows) would not have such a big dynamic range, because they were filmed specifically for TV (the dynamic range on TV, video and radio is lower because you would hear background hiss if the volume was set high).
Most amps have a dynamic range control to reduce this dynamic range (i.e stop the explosions being so loud). Its often called a midnight listening mode ( so called because it stops the loud parts waking the neighbours at night :D )
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