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    Solved! TV Sound: Optical vs HDMI

    I'm not an audiophile, but I like listening to the TV audio through my AV system. On my receiver, all roads lead to the RCA inputs. I currently am connecting from the headphone jack on the TV. I works, but I have to do a lot of tweaking with bass and treble to get it where I want. Would my...
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    Solved! DVD Recorder Playback Volume

    Thanks. I'll go in and check that setting again, and toggle it to see if it makes any difference. Is this "affliction" common, or is it something which may just be the result of a particular pairing of a TV and a Recorder? Do you think the media might make a difference? I'm using DVD-RW...
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    Solved! DVD Recorder Playback Volume

    Equipment: TV: Toshiba basic 32" flat screen TV DVD Recorder: Panasonic DMR-EZ485 Media: DVD-RW Need some help solving a problem involving the volume of audio playing back from discs I recorded from TV programs. This is extremely annoying since everything else works as it should, including...
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    Solved! Panasonic DVD Recorder Audio Playback Problem

    Thanks. I tried a disc in my PC, but I did have to finalize it first for it to play on my PC. I had two programs on it I had recorded via my Mediacom hookup, one from local PBS outlet, and one from The Learning Channel. On both the PC and the recorder playing back through the TV, the PBS...
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    Solved! Panasonic DVD Recorder Audio Playback Problem

    Thanks for the correction to my terminology! I'll try playing in my PC tonight and see what happens. I'm also going to take a disc with the bad audio to a local Best Buy to try in one of their machines since I don't have another machine here I can try it in. Will I have to "finalize" a disc...
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    Solved! Panasonic DVD Recorder Audio Playback Problem

    Device: Panasonic DMR-EZ47 (built-in tuner) I use this primarily for time-shifting purposes - record TV programs on DVD-RW discs to play back later. Been using good quality DVD-RW discs for years. But I've starting having problems with the AUDIO playback of programs I record from TV...