Low Volume While Listening to Cable Box

seadoons

I have an Onkyo TX-SR607 and a polk speaker setup detailed in my signature. I am loving it so far. The only problem I am having is that I have to crank the receiver volume WAY up to get any decent level of volume out of it while listening to my AT&T Uverse box. I do not have this problem listening to the radio tuner, DVD, Ipod, etc. Any thoughts as to what I am doing wrong? I can't find any adjustements on the cable box and I have poured through the adjustements on the receiver. I am missing something.

Help.

doctorcilantro

seadoons wrote: »

I have an Onkyo TX-SR607 and a polk speaker setup detailed in my signature. I am loving it so far. The only problem I am having is that I have to crank the receiver volume WAY up to get any decent level of volume out of it while listening to my AT&T Uverse box. I do not have this problem listening to the radio tuner, DVD, Ipod, etc. Any thoughts as to what I am doing wrong? I can't find any adjustements on the cable box and I have poured through the adjustements on the receiver. I am missing something.

Help.

No adjustment in the Cable Box menus for Fixed vs. Variable output? Seems strange.

They all seem to have that from what I have seen.

good luck!
DC

seadoons

Thanks, so what you are saying is that in your experience most cable boxes do not have any adjustments?

doctorcilantro

seadoons wrote: »

Thanks, so what you are saying is that in your experience most cable boxes do not have any adjustments?

Sorry forgot my punctuation!

mystik610

seadoons wrote: »

I have an Onkyo TX-SR607 and a polk speaker setup detailed in my signature. I am loving it so far. The only problem I am having is that I have to crank the receiver volume WAY up to get any decent level of volume out of it while listening to my AT&T Uverse box. I do not have this problem listening to the radio tuner, DVD, Ipod, etc. Any thoughts as to what I am doing wrong? I can't find any adjustements on the cable box and I have poured through the adjustements on the receiver. I am missing something.

Help.

Are you using Dolby Volume or Audyssey Dynamic Volume?

If you are, try turning those off.

seadoons

Doc - I was just trying to make sure I understand what you are trying to tell me. Did I get it right? :-)

Mystik - I see you are in Sugarland. That is where I am right now! I will try your suggestions as well.

unc2701

Does the uverse remote have a volume button on it? Most cable boxes to have volume control and a setting to turn it off & just output a fixed high level (what you want).

Anyhow, if it lacks that setting, but has a volume button, just crank the uverse box volume all the way up and leave it there, then use your receiver to adjust.

nhhiep

i have the same issue with the COX cable box and nowhere in the box menu to adjust the sound output. I connected via a digital coax output

doctorcilantro

seadoons wrote: »

Doc - I was just trying to make sure I understand what you are trying to tell me. Did I get it right? :-)

Mystik - I see you are in Sugarland. That is where I am right now! I will try your suggestions as well.

Yes, sorry I wasn't clear w/o puncuation. Seems like you should be able to toggle between both modes, fixed and variable.

Did you find it buried in there?

We had a small connectivity issue last week, and they swapped in a new box for some reason; much newer looking and works great. Maybe you could report this as a problem as it is a standard feature on most boxes?