Low Sound on HD Channels

[Ankur85]

yes,i saw this on starcricket hd while watching india's match yesterday....

 

[sa_kiran]

Usually on a 5.1 surround audio system, general narration and speeches are put on the central channel, and other sound streams are guided to the surround speakers accordingly (to give the surround experience). When an 5.1 output is connected to a stereo output (like a normal TV), a downmixing technique is used to put all the audio streams onto left and right channels. The reduction in the volume could be due to the phase change while downmixing. You can try adjusting the stereo balance control all the way to Left or to Right to check whether the volume is getting normalized on all the channels.

I usually set my TV volume at 30 units and TS + STB volume at 3 units. This works fine for almost all channels. However, while switching channels, the STB volume goes up to 10-12 on its own. When I reduce it to 0 and increase to 3, it gives same volume as it used to give while it was at 12! This happens when I switch from non-HD channel to HD channel.

 

[AnandGovi]

@ sidhant92 My creative 5.1 has RCA cable out (3 pin - Green, Orange, Black). Now what can i do to convert them to coaxial or optical and then connect it to my HDTV or TS HD???... Any adapters available in the market for this???HELP...Desperately need surround sound for the world cup telecast...

 

[sidhant92]

There are such converters available but no point in buying them because you wont get surround sound. To get surround sound it has to be a optical or coaxial cable all the way...

 

[pkshima]

There are such converters available but no point in buying them because you wont get surround sound. To get surround sound it has to be a optical or coaxial cable all the way...

Not really. The converter is supposed to decode the digital signal into 6 analogue channels so sound meant for a specific speaker will reach to it.
The real problem is that the quality might not be good. Plus, the cost of such a converter would be high.
Much better to just buy a proper 5.1 decoding speaker system. like the Logitech z5500 which is about 15k.