Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


#82857 6-May-2011 18:29
Send private message

I am by no means tech savvy in any way so please excuse the following couple of questions and something that happened recently.

I currently have mysky with hd ticket.

All of a sudden I lost sound to both sky sports 1 and 3 , I had sound on all other channels but these two. I rang sky and a tech come out the following day and had a look. He said it was very bizarre and he had never seen anything like it. He swapped out the boxes and all was good again.

Now for a question or two. I have just upgraded my sound system and have things setup as follows. Mysky has hdmi directly out and into my new receiver and my receiver has an hdmi out which goes to the tv (51 Samsung plasma). Everything is working fine (well as far as i know) I set the hdmi sound setup to dolby in mysky but I am unable to alter the volume with the mysky remote. If I change it back to mpeg/pcm I am able to alter the volume with the mysky remote again, Is this normal ??. Its just that its a pain having to have a gaggle of remotes sitting around to alter this or that.
If I have it on Dolby the receiver reflects Dolby digital on the receiver for channel 3 and sky movies 1 and 3 , How many other channels are Dolby digital as a lot of the other ones I changed to the receiver dropped back to pcm and only 2 channels.




Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding : Ice cream man , Ice cream man


Create new topic
cyril7
9058 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified
Trusted
Subscriber

  #466303 6-May-2011 19:19
Send private message

When a DVD/BD or MySky output DD from the spdif or HDMI port the volume function will not work on the source device, its the actual required that the 5 channels are leveled post the DD decoder which is your AVR, hence the volume control of the MySky has no effect on DD, this is normal, try the same with your DVD (if it has a volume control).

Cyril



ZollyMonsta
3009 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified
Trusted

  #466307 6-May-2011 19:24
Send private message

Always better to control the volume via the TV or in your case the AMP.

Sounds normal to me. MPEG/PCM the MySky is decoding the Dolby, which means it can have it's volume changed. Dolby and it's being passed out in Digital form, your amp decodes it and thus your amp must be used to adjust the volume.

If you wanted to you could use a universal remote and set it up so when using Sky it adjust the volume via your amp. A universal remote makes life easy with only one remote to use.




 

 

Check out my LPFM Radio Station at www.thecheese.co.nz - Now on iHeart Radio, TuneIn and Radio Garden

 

As per the usual std disclaimer.. "All thoughts typed here are my own."


  #466380 7-May-2011 03:45
Send private message

Thanks for that I pretty much assumed that would be the case. Any recommendations on a decent universal remote that has decent mysky functions and can drive the sound setup.




Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding : Ice cream man , Ice cream man




trig42
5809 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified

  #466385 7-May-2011 07:32
Send private message

Can't go past a logitech harmony. Any of them will work. The Harmony One is a pretty good remote if you can still find one (should be around the 300-400 mark). The cheaper ones are fine too.

Create new topic





News and reviews »

Air New Zealand Starts AI adoption with OpenAI
Posted 24-Jul-2025 16:00


eero Pro 7 Review
Posted 23-Jul-2025 12:07


BeeStation Plus Review
Posted 21-Jul-2025 14:21


eero Unveils New Wi-Fi 7 Products in New Zealand
Posted 21-Jul-2025 00:01


WiZ Introduces HDMI Sync Box and other Light Devices
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:32


RedShield Enhances DDoS and Bot Attack Protection
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:26


Seagate Ships 30TB Drives
Posted 17-Jul-2025 11:24


Oclean AirPump A10 Water Flosser Review
Posted 13-Jul-2025 11:05


Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Brings New Edge-To-Edge FlexWindow
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Epson Launches New AM-C550Z WorkForce Enterprise printer
Posted 9-Jul-2025 18:22


Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9
Posted 9-Jul-2025 17:46


Nearly Half of Older Kiwis Still Write their Passwords on Paper
Posted 9-Jul-2025 08:42


D-Link 4G+ Cat6 Wi-Fi 6 DWR-933M Mobile Hotspot Review
Posted 1-Jul-2025 11:34


Oppo A5 Series Launches With New Levels of Durability
Posted 30-Jun-2025 10:15









Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.