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post #1 of 12
12/8/02 at 6:34pm
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I recently bought a Yamaha VS-10 Home Cinema setup. I've installed it all and stuff, but when I watch movies, every so often, the sound cuts out for a second and then returns. Anyone know if my system is faulty, or have I got something wrong somewhere? I'm still a novice, home cinema wise.
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post #2 of 12
12/8/02 at 8:19pm
What happens to the picture when is does this? Does it also freeze?
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post #3 of 12
12/8/02 at 9:03pm
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Picture is fine. Just the sound that does it.
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post #4 of 12
12/8/02 at 10:00pm
Check and make sure all your plugs are secure. The other day I hooked up my XBOX to my PC and suddenly my sound was fishy.

It turned out to be a loose right surround channel cord that was running to my subwoofer. It had come loose when I was moving things around and was the sound was going in and out.
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post #5 of 12
12/8/02 at 11:25pm
Maybe the DVD is just changing layers for the sound.

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post #6 of 12
12/9/02 at 2:44am
That's what I was thinking, but if the picture doesn't pause then that can't be it...they never change just an audio layer {not that there IS such a thing}...

Is it multiple discs, Fett? Like everything you watch, even cable? Or a particular disc?
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post #7 of 12
12/9/02 at 7:28am
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It's on every disc I watch. I don't have my cable hooked up there though. It also happens to early and too frequently to be the layer change.
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post #8 of 12
12/9/02 at 8:21am
Like Mol said, check the cables and make sure everything is hooked up right. If that's cool, then I would think about calling the company or checking with others that have the same system {CNET or other forums would be good}.

My last resort would be to take it back and get a replacement, but that might be a good idea no matter what if it's a recent purchase.
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post #9 of 12
12/9/02 at 2:44pm
Quote:
Andrew 'moovyphreak' Molinaro:
Check and make sure all your plugs are secure. The other day I hooked up my XBOX to my PC and suddenly my sound was fishy.

It turned out to be a loose right surround channel cord that was running to my subwoofer. It had come loose when I was moving things around and was the sound was going in and out.
How'd you hook up the XBox to the PC?

I'm curious about that.
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post #10 of 12
12/9/02 at 4:00pm
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CTDeLude:
How'd you hook up the XBox to the PC?

I'm curious about that.
I have an ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder video card installed in my PC. It came with a bunch of cables. One of the cables I can run from the back of the video card and on the other end are the red, yellow and white RCA inputs. Then I have another connecter running from my video card to an alternate input on my sound card.

Then I installed the ATI Multimedia Center and opened the TV tuner and switched to the composite channel.

I had a friend who is more of a technie than I am help me set it up over the phone.

It worked great, once I had my sound problem fixed. Then the other day, when I would open the TV tuner, I would get sound, but no video. I checked all the cables and even reinstalled my video card and the MMC, but I am still troubleshooting the problem.

But, when it worked, it was awesome and the video quality was much better than a regular TV.

So, all you need is a video card that allows you to hook up coaxial, S-video or composite. Most sound cards have the proper input to plug the cord running from your video card into (it's the blue earphone jack.)

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post #11 of 12
12/9/02 at 4:53pm
Fett,

Check to see if you have "Dynamic Range Compression" and if so, make sure it's off. I had it switched on and it caused what sounds like the same thing you described.

Dynamic Range Compression is good if you are going to be watching at a low volume, but if you crank the volume you'll get the audio dropouts.

Hope this helps.
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post #12 of 12
12/11/02 at 3:44am
Hey Fett,
Try changing your digital assignments in the menu; respectively where it asks you dolby digital on and dts on and pcm on e.t.c
A colleague of mine had a similar problem that was related to the settings in the audio menu!
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