Denon DVD and Receiver


I've got a Denon DVD player and Denon Receiever (AVR 3800).
When playing the DVD, I have to turn up the volume several notches to match the output of other sources coming through the receiver. I was using an opitical cable on the DVD player, but changed over to high quality coaxial cable, but to no effect. Anybody have any ideas?

P.S. The gain settings for analogue on the receiver have been set to zero
65stang

Showing 1 response by eldartford

There is no reason why the volume level when playing a DVD should be exactly the same as other sources. For one thing, the volume level will depend on how the disc was recorded. A disc might be recoreded "softly" so as to leave room (with the available number of bits) for loud dynamic peaks. Conversely, a disc might be recorded "loud" for improved resolution of quiet passages, but this would require greater limiting of the peaks.

Don't worry about turning up the volume. What you really are doing is attenuating the signal less. Ideally, the volume control would be all the way up, and/or removed entirely from the circuit.