polk cs400i center speaker

poppi
poppi Posts: 3
edited October 2001 in Technical/Setup
I have a Denon 3200 receiver connected to my polk cs 400i center speaker with the volume setting to the max. Whenever I play dvd's or watch dss in dolby digital the center channel is not near as loud as the max setting I have it on. I am using the original monster cable and have checked my connections which appear to be OK. When I do a test tone the sound is now very loud from center. Any idea why I am not getting more sound from my center channel???
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  • eaadams
    eaadams Posts: 213
    edited October 2001
    Do you have a digital connection going to the reciever? Do you have DD turned on? How about the dvd does it have a DD decoder, how are those settings?
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  • GZ
    GZ Posts: 343
    edited October 2001

    When you say 'volume set to the max' is that the master volume or the volume being sent to the center through the Denons speaker set-up menu?
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  • poppi
    poppi Posts: 3
    edited October 2001
    Yes I have all dd connections set correct and my dvd player has dd decoder.

    Also the max volume setting I am referring to is the one for my center channel.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited October 2001
    You do have the Denon set-up WITH a center channel ON correct?

    I don't have a DVD player with a built in decoder but I would think it should be bypassed (turned off) if you are going to use the Denon's decoder.

    What are your main speakers?

    Try hooking up a differnt speaker, is it also at a low level?
    Try hooking your center up to one of your main speaker outputs, how does it sound now?

    Just a few guesses
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited October 2001
    The CS400i is very effecient (loud).
    I have mine powered by a Denon 3801 and it keeps up
    nicely with my Polk SRS SDA 3.1TL's (large main's) which
    are powered by a seperate Krell amp.

    You might want to set this speaker to "small".
    This will lighten the load on your receiver and it will
    sound louder. Lower bass eats lots of watts.

    Also, everything is relative. Turn down your main speakers and the center will "appear" louder. Then, just crank up the master volume.

    Or, you just might have a bad driver (loose wire or something)
    in the CS400.
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  • poppi
    poppi Posts: 3
    edited October 2001
    Thanks for all the great recommendations but I have done them amoung other things. It appears that there might be a problem with the center output on receiver.
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