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Posted by Pete on July 18, 2005, 9:16 am
Please log in for more thread options I bought a Artec DR-RE 12A DVD Recorder w/Progressive Scan & Dolby 5.1 and I hooked up the 5.1 speakers from my old DVD/5.1 player. The speakers aren't powered and I can barely hear the sounds on the DVD's. Do I need an amplifier or just some 120 volt powered speakers ? If I record a movie on the Artec I can hear the sound ok on my PC. Thanks for any help, Pete | |||||||||||||
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Posted by vij on July 18, 2005, 12:48 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'm hardly an expert, so I hope somebody else chimes in if I've got things wrong. You don't have an amplifier nor a receiver? If you don't, then how have you hooked up the recorder to the speakers? If you've used the 6 analog audio outs to go directly to each of your speakers and subwoofer (if you've done this, I'm curious as to how), the player/recorder doesn't have enough juice to give them an adequate signal. Keep your speakers. I think a home theatre receiver is in order. You can send the audio from the player/recorder to the receiver using an optical cable, or better still, a digital coaxial cable. And from there, speaker wire to each of your speakers. The receiver will give the signal far more power than a DVD player/recorder could. And then you can actually use the Dolby Digital 5.1 and the DTS. Hope I've helped! cheers, vij | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Pete on July 18, 2005, 7:17 pm
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Thanks ! you've helped a lot.. And no I don't have a receiver, the speakers hook directly to the DVD player. It has 6 RCA connectors for the 5/1. The Artec was kinda cheap ($89) so i'm guessing it couldn't power my (cheap)(un-powered) speakers very well either.. :( I'm heading to electronic express now to look at their receivers. Pete >>I bought a Artec DR-RE 12A DVD Recorder w/Progressive Scan & Dolby 5.1 and
>>I hooked up the 5.1 speakers from my old DVD/5.1 player. The speakers >>aren't powered and I can barely hear the sounds on the DVD's. Do I need an >>amplifier or just some 120 volt powered speakers ? If I record a movie on >>the Artec I can hear the sound ok on my PC. >> >> Thanks for any help, >> >> Pete >
> I'm hardly an expert, so I hope somebody else chimes in if I've got things > wrong. You don't have an amplifier nor a receiver? If you don't, then > how have you hooked up the recorder to the speakers? If you've used the 6 > analog audio outs to go directly to each of your speakers and subwoofer > (if you've done this, I'm curious as to how), the player/recorder doesn't > have enough juice to give them an adequate signal. > > Keep your speakers. I think a home theatre receiver is in order. You can > send the audio from the player/recorder to the receiver using an optical > cable, or better still, a digital coaxial cable. And from there, speaker > wire to each of your speakers. The receiver will give the signal far more > power than a DVD player/recorder could. And then you can actually use the > Dolby Digital 5.1 and the DTS. > > Hope I've helped! > > cheers, > vij > | |||||||||||||
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Posted by vij on July 18, 2005, 8:28 pm
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Glad to know I was able to help a bit! Do some research to determine exactly what features you need and what you don't need (my receiver has features I will probably never use), always bearing in mind what your budget is. Good luck with the purchase! vij > Thanks ! you've helped a lot.. And no I don't have a receiver, the
> speakers hook directly to the DVD player. It has 6 RCA connectors for the > 5/1. The Artec was kinda cheap ($89) so i'm guessing it couldn't power my > (cheap)(un-powered) speakers very well either.. :( > I'm heading to electronic express now to look at their receivers. > > Pete > >>>I bought a Artec DR-RE 12A DVD Recorder w/Progressive Scan & Dolby 5.1
>>>and I hooked up the 5.1 speakers from my old DVD/5.1 player. The >>>speakers aren't powered and I can barely hear the sounds on the DVD's. Do >>>I need an amplifier or just some 120 volt powered speakers ? If I record >>>a movie on the Artec I can hear the sound ok on my PC. >>> >>> Thanks for any help, >>> >>> Pete >>
>> I'm hardly an expert, so I hope somebody else chimes in if I've got >> things wrong. You don't have an amplifier nor a receiver? If you don't, >> then how have you hooked up the recorder to the speakers? If you've used >> the 6 analog audio outs to go directly to each of your speakers and >> subwoofer (if you've done this, I'm curious as to how), the >> player/recorder doesn't have enough juice to give them an adequate >> signal. >> >> Keep your speakers. I think a home theatre receiver is in order. You >> can send the audio from the player/recorder to the receiver using an >> optical cable, or better still, a digital coaxial cable. And from there, >> speaker wire to each of your speakers. The receiver will give the signal >> far more power than a DVD player/recorder could. And then you can >> actually use the Dolby Digital 5.1 and the DTS. >> >> Hope I've helped! >> >> cheers, >> vij >> >
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Posted by Brett Griffin on July 18, 2005, 10:11 pm
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It is likely your old system was a theater in a box, with the power to fire up those speakers. Your new receiver is likely not a theater in a box, and you will need to get a 5.1 amp, an inexpensive one will be fine from the local electronics store. -- Brett Griffin, Technology Consultant Architechtronics, Inc. get to know home technology *Home of "fidoh" for HAI/OnQ/Aegis http://www.architechtronics.com/products_software.html **keep up on cutting-edge technology... join "the EDGE" for free at http://www.architectronics.com/edge.html > Glad to know I was able to help a bit! Do some research to determine
> exactly what features you need and what you don't need (my receiver has > features I will probably never use), always bearing in mind what your > budget is. Good luck with the purchase! > vij > >> Thanks ! you've helped a lot.. And no I don't have a receiver, the
>> speakers hook directly to the DVD player. It has 6 RCA connectors for the >> 5/1. The Artec was kinda cheap ($89) so i'm guessing it couldn't power my >> (cheap)(un-powered) speakers very well either.. :( >> I'm heading to electronic express now to look at their receivers. >> >> Pete >> >>>>I bought a Artec DR-RE 12A DVD Recorder w/Progressive Scan & Dolby 5.1
>>>>and I hooked up the 5.1 speakers from my old DVD/5.1 player. The >>>>speakers aren't powered and I can barely hear the sounds on the DVD's. >>>>Do I need an amplifier or just some 120 volt powered speakers ? If I >>>>record a movie on the Artec I can hear the sound ok on my PC. >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help, >>>> >>>> Pete >>> >>> I'm hardly an expert, so I hope somebody else chimes in if I've got >>> things wrong. You don't have an amplifier nor a receiver? If you >>> don't, then how have you hooked up the recorder to the speakers? If >>> you've used the 6 analog audio outs to go directly to each of your >>> speakers and subwoofer (if you've done this, I'm curious as to how), the >>> player/recorder doesn't have enough juice to give them an adequate >>> signal. >>> >>> Keep your speakers. I think a home theatre receiver is in order. You >>> can send the audio from the player/recorder to the receiver using an >>> optical cable, or better still, a digital coaxial cable. And from >>> there, speaker wire to each of your speakers. The receiver will give >>> the signal far more power than a DVD player/recorder could. And then >>> you can actually use the Dolby Digital 5.1 and the DTS. >>> >>> Hope I've helped! >>> >>> cheers, >>> vij >>> >>
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>I hooked up the 5.1 speakers from my old DVD/5.1 player. The speakers
>aren't powered and I can barely hear the sounds on the DVD's. Do I need an
>amplifier or just some 120 volt powered speakers ? If I record a movie on
>the Artec I can hear the sound ok on my PC.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Pete