DVD line level question?


I am a 2 channel guy. No 5.1 or 7.1 here. When I play a dvd through my preamp for the sound, I must turn the volume to almost twice that of any other audio source to level the dvd. Is there anyway around this "problem" for us 2 channel people? Does this problem go away if I were to "upgrade" to 5.1 or 7.1?

--Thanks Doug
doug_kraz

Showing 1 response by reubent

Doug, does your DVD player have RCA outputs for all 5.1 channels? Are you connected to the RCAs for the front L&R channel only?

If you answered yes to both questions, you may need to go into the DVD players menu and change the audio output to PCM instead of DD 5.1

If you answered yes and you have not set the output to PCM, you may only be hearing the information that is supposed to go to the L&R front speakers in a 5.1 speaker setup. If this is the case it might sound very low since the center channel has most of the sound information.

Check it out......

Enjoy,

TIC