3.1? what am I doing wrong?

stoner60

Hi everyone, newbie here.

I just purchased a PA CSR center and a PA PSW111 sub to go with my R50 fronts. I have a Harmon Kardon AVR100. While in video 1 mode for watching TV the center iis overly dominant, very little if any sound from the fronts at all.

I try using 3 stereo & pro logic with the same results. I end up using surround off and only using the fronts and the sub.

I've read the HK manual over and over and can't figure out what the heck I'm doing wrong.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Dean

danger boy

that sounds normal to me.. mine is more center dominant too.. very little from my fronts either in pro logic.

how about when you change sources? Like watching a movie on DVD? is your DVD player hooked up using a optical or coax digital cable?

comfortablycurt

Why did you start another thread for this?

BrettT1

put the doob down, man...

Evanguy2004

LOL....I was thinking the same thing Brett...I'm like wth two postings of the same topic?

stoner60

comfortablycurt wrote: »

Why did you start another thread for this?

I didn't bro, one of the mods must have put it here. Why don't you just chill out and mind your own business if you cannot help.

Jeeez

raidersrule76

did you read your replys in the other post, I guess you must have forgot going from one to the other HE DID HELP in the other post your the one that needs to chill!!

stoner60

raidersrule76 wrote: »

did you read your replys in the other post, I guess you must have forgot going from one to the other HE DID HELP in the other post your the one that needs to chill!!

I didn't come here to argue with you people. If there is nothing constructive to say then don't say anything.

Thanks anyway:rolleyes: Appreciate the CONSTRUCTIVE feedback!!

danger boy

I guess the next thing to try out is to be sure your speaker volume levels are calibrated. most receivers have an automatic speaker calibration. if yours does, try that..

but in all honesty. like I said before. my system in pro logic responds just like yours. most of the audio coming from the center and very little from the front mains. so you may not have a problem at all.. it's just how pro logic processes the audio signal.

did you try a DVD movie? is that in pro logic too?

TheMARPATNinja7

thats not how prologic decodes the signal, I had an old pioneer AVR that did the same thing, no matter what I calibrated my speakers to and no matter the X-over frequency that I had everything set.....the center was way louder than everything else. When I bought my new Denon AVR I was able to set the x-over for each seperate speaker and adjust channel volume....problem solved. It could be your AVR, make sure you have your CC crossed over at well above 150hz, that solved most of the problem for me.

comfortablycurt

stoner60 wrote: »

I didn't bro, one of the mods must have put it here. Why don't you just chill out and mind your own business if you cannot help.

Jeeez

Ok...Sorry to have upset you so much. I don't think one of the mods started another thread in your name...but I'm not to concerned about it either way. Why don't you chill out?;) No one's arguing with you bro.

Good luck figuring out your issue though. Have you tried adjusting the levels between the channels? It sounds like the center channel is turned way up, and the front channels way down. Balancing them out may be just the ticket.

Also...this may sound like a stupid question, but the front channels are wired with the proper polarity right? i.e. Positive to positive, negative to negative.

stoner60

Thanks alot for the feedback!

When it's in DVD mode and CD mode everything sounds fantastic. I have had to adjust the levels and such. It's just in video mode with my TV that I have the aforementioned issue.

Thanks again to all for your time,
Ciao

comfortablycurt

Good to hear you got your issue figured out.

Like I said in an earlier post, that's more or less how a center channel is supposed to work. I take it this is the first time you've had a center channel? They do carry the majority of the soundtrack of a movie.

Mike21

FYI:

In my HTS, with almost every movie disc I play I have to increase the volume on the center speaker and decrese the volume on my subs. Then, when I watch TV, I have to reset the volume levels.