vcr DPL-II weirdness RSX-1065

[Morris Jones]

Most of the time I watch TV from my TiVo or a DVD, but once in a while I dub something to VHS or watch an old source. My player is an older Panasonic S-VHS deck.

The decoded Dolby Pro-Logic audio is usually awful when it originates on the VCR. It's ultra-sensitive to any reverb on the voices, as when the actors are in a reflective room. Frequently the dialog completely vanishes from the center speaker under those conditions.

I can usually compensate a little by cranking the center channel up 5db, and cranking down the surrounds by 5db.

But it's annoying that it behaves so badly from a VHS source, and so nicely for TV or TiVo audio.

Any comments?

Mojo




Morris Jones
San Rafael, CA

http://www.whiteoaks.com

mojo@whiteoaks.com

[Kevin D]

If it's the same as my Panny Svhs deck, everytime it loses power it turns on the spatializer setting in the setup menu.. This is kind of a fake surround for two speakers, but it wreaks havoc going through prologic because most everything is out of phase a bit..

Go through the VCR setup and see if it's set to yes..

Kevin D.

[Morris Jones]

That's a good thought, but my deck doesn't have a spatializer mode. I double-checked the setup menu, and the only options are "hi-fi" and "normal". Hmmm ...

Mojo




Morris Jones
San Rafael, CA

http://www.whiteoaks.com

mojo@whiteoaks.com