I got a Panasonic DVD player a while back and I have a question about the audio settings....it's kind of hard to explain so just bear with me.

If I turn the volume up so that you can hear the dialog then the next time the movie goes to some kind of music it's almost twice as loud as the talking parts. And vice versa, when I turn the music parts down to a reasonable level, I can't hardly hear the people talking anymore. It doesn't do it if there is music and talking at the same time, just if it's only one or the other. Is this normal???? Is it designed for surround sound / home theater or something???? It's really getting annoying


chknbone

 

Yeah, I have the same problem. I got a Samsun DVD and a Yamaha reciever. The best way to counteract it is to turn the center channel up all the way and the surround sound speakers down. Most recievers today let you control each individual speaker. You can only go so far with it untill things just don't sound right any more. I still spend a lot of time playing with the volume during a good action movie. The new Tomb Raider is a good example.

I've been meaning to try a different speaker on the center channel to see if there is a different/better result. I have a set of "homade" speakers on my computer that would probably work pretty good on a center channel. They are bigger than my current center channel.

One last thing to check fo is that the reciever is set correctly for the type of speakers you are using. Mine has a "small" "normal" and "large" speaker setting for each surround area (front, center, rear) A small is like a Bose and a large is like something with 6" or larger midbass speakers in them. If you have a small set of speakers running with a large setting it can "overpower" them a little. Turning it to small will take out a lot of the bass and they will sound better.

Hopefully that helps.

 

Oh and one more thing, do you have a digital sound connection hooked up to your DVD to the reciever? It's the only way to go if you have the ability to hook it up. It will also help with balancing things.

 

Best bet is to turn down the rears and turn up the center...If you have them?

 

Check your audio connection to your receiver..... are you using digital coax, optical or the LR composite type? If using coax or optical, then set your dvd to "bitstream" output....... If you are using the LR composite audio connection, go and get a coax or optical.... whichever the Yam accepts......

Then try a different DSP on your Yamaha........... that should help you out somewhat.

Personal email me and we'll try to figure this one out if you can't alleviate the problem......

 

It sounds like you don't have a surround sound system.

If you do have one then it's not connected or turned on properly . You need to connect it/turn it on for 5.1 or THX.

If you don't have one then you need to go the audio settings (DVD player) and change it from 5.1 to PCM or bitstream.

If you are only hooking up a TV or stereo , you need to use left and right front channels. Now if you have only one audio input for a TV you use the right front only.

That should take care of your problem.

 

Yeah, I guess I should have mentioned that I don't have any type of home theater setup. Thanks for all the replies, I'll let you know what works......

chknbone