As you know, I got a Teac DVD Player for christmas.

I just went to the local video store and told the girl who works there the problems that I've had with my DVD Player.

When I got on the subject of the Sound being REALLY f***ING QUIET (I usually watch television on 20 Volume, when I watch a DVD I have to crank it to about 70 Volume for the same effect)... She replied "Oh yeah, It's like that with all of them... It's because the DVD's are encoded for Digital Surround Sound, so if your not running through a Hi-Fi System, it will be REALLY Quiet"

IS THAT f***ING TRUE!?! I thought it was my ghey DVD Player. I'm just running it through a 51cm TV... no special stuff... I dont exactly have the cash to afford a hi-fi system... I would have thought that the DVD Would be the same volume of the TV... Obviously not.

Is there any way of fixing this? I've turned the "3d sound" option off when Im watching a movie but it doesnt really help. I've also tried f***ing around with the hardware settings before i load the DVD (Due to my limited knowledge of Sound Knowledge, I didnt really know what to turn on / off)

is there ANY OTHER way of fixing this? When I get my new DVD Player on friday, will it act the same as this one?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

thanks

refund

watch it with headphones

no... there has GOT TO be a way to watch it, through my TV speakers, without it being quiet as f***

hit it with an ugly stick?

Sit really close to the TV :P

f*** you :D

pls help

turn the volume up past 70

I had that problem with my ps2 when watching dvds but after browsing the Audio options i came across this volume setting..0, +1 or +2 and adjusted that to suit

buy a cheap amp from the paper and hook it in between your dgvd player and your tv.. should help boost the sound signal before it hitsa the tv..

if that doesn't work.. pour water into tht tv.. it wont fix your problems bnut it will make a good light (n fire) show!

Ummm.... she's wrong - our Sony works fine... with our Sony tv :) The voices are quieter but overall volume should be same as video.

foOlix: mine doesn't have that option unfortunately :/

Lowgoz: honestly, i don't have ANY money to be buying an amp... i'm still trying to work out my finances to see LOTR

well thats not the case here Anarot... and i have a Teac TV as well :/

how very b0rk3d

Walk in there and say :" Your a Lying Slut!"

Because although its encoded in digital,( if it even is) it will only come out as digital if you have the equipment to do it.

If you ODNT have flashy amps and s***, it should be NORMAL like VCR

she is a lying whpore

My DVD player doesnt seem to have that problem. I would check the sound options for the DVD player.

what should i check Fero?

The sound options... make sure its set to Stereo rather than surround of any sort.

i have the exact same problem as Phar only mine is with a comp dvd. u woulda all seen my post a few days ago "Dvds Quiet"

and i don't wanna know if u didn't c the post :)

it's a teac nuff said

I didn't see the post....
(actually I did, I'm just trying to annoy you...)

what post? there was a post?

Teac = cheap s***. sell it an buy a DVD drive and decoder card like the Hollywood plus. My brother has one and it dosent need and amp to run a pair of 8 ohm speakers a a decent volume and it even better on the TV.

Sifn't any set-top is better than computer...

TEAC != good quality equipment

or, to put it another way,

TEAC is worthles pieces of s***. Never, ever touch them. Don't even go withing a meter of them, their evilness and worthlesness will rub off on you, and destroy your good equipment you have at home.

Yes, they are not that great, but you can't say what you just did.... they work ok for what they are - some people can't afford the great s*** you poofter so give em a break.

yeah i just got back to watching the matrix on my brand new samsung dvd player...i had to turn it up a little more than normal, but not a huge amount

id say check out the manual (have a good look) than go to the website :)

tell me where this dumb slut is, I like stupid women...

So you're like cannabilistic, you prey on things that are your own species :P

Yes, they are not that great, but you can't say what you just did

Yes I can. From experience. I got a Teac `hi-fi' for Graduation a few years ago. Less then two months later, both tapes players were snafu (after about 3hrs combined use), the record player is, of cource, useless to me. After having the tape players fixed under warranty - took quite a few weeks - the CD Player packed it in. Had that fixed, and the primary tape player gave up the ghost again. Got that fixed. When it cam home again, three light bulbs blew in my room, one after the other, all brand new. then my VCR crapped out, and so did my Mothers. Then, just two days out of warranty, the CD player crapped itself again, and the second tape player hinge broke, and a few weeks later, the primary tape players play head literally snapped off. Now this POS is used only as a radio.

dude, just select the stereo track rather than the surround sound one and it will prolly be louder.

Pharcyde man , this is true , sorry mate. If it isn't DD or extreme awesome RCA Hi-Fi , your f***ed :)

we have a toshiba dvd thingy it works fine]

we have 2 big ass speakers that make it good

ps2 one on the normal tv speak thingy works fine as well]

maybe check the TV settings ?

btw TEAC sux donkey balls, ive had teac walkmans and discmans and they suk

you are an ugly stick swat :P

Panasonic and sony all da way

or just buy a cheapo hi fi and hook it up, bout 200 bucks?

Phar, just fondle it dood... it likes to be touched around the flap

but anyways... On many dvd's you will find that there will be options to change between 5.1 surround, stereo surround, stereo and the such..... try that out... laso try jabbing the controla bit sometimes that helps

Draffa - I'm talking about the DVD players, not the stereos... the stereos are as you say completely s***house.

when using the computer DVD's I use power DVD and turn the optoin to "stereo" that way it's nice and loud. If I desire surround I simply hook the thing up to our RCA surround unit, old but does the job.

For normal watching though I just use stereo, anything else is too quiet.

(that was a reply to the guy who said his comp dvd's too quiet)

well my dvd home entertainment system (surround sound, amp) has the 2nd most powerful amp u can get so i have no such problems with quiet sound coz i turn it up alil and its f***ing loud. i was watching a dvd up realy loud showimg my mate how good the explosions sounded and the bass from teh exploisoins was f***ing huge, my neighbour said he could feel the bass next door in his kitchen , so i was cheerin coz my home entertainment system f***n r0xz.

i have two big techincs speakers at the front, 2 yamaha speakers at the back of the room and one center yamaha speak, my amp is yamaha and my dvd player is pioneer(PIONEER FUKN RULE)it has dvd, vcs, cd-r, cd-rw world zoned to play dvd's from ne where, we got it from todd's hi-fi the actual old fella, todd, showed us around and yer well we were juss going to lok and ended up buying a system

AnaRoT: that's the trouble. Teac DVD players might be the best in the world, but they're still Teac's. Personally, i'd go Pioneer, then Sony, then LG, then panasonic (do they make DVD players?) in that order.

my teacs sound is really bodged, the loud things are loud but the quiet things area REALLY quiet, but i got a cool hifi system and a couple of kickass speakers that fell of the back of a truck, so i just pump the sound out through that, my volume for the tv has been on 0 for months