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Michael M. wrote:

Yes, you'd expect to. You're probably right that the over scan is again preventing you from seeing them. I just put in my copy of The Lion King and watched a few minutes. There are no pillar boxing bars visible on my screen. I got very close to make sure. I then put in Digital Video...

What you should see is a *very* slightly pillar boxed image. Doing the math: 1.66 / 1.85 = 0.897 So, about 10% of the width of the image should be pillar boxed. Given an average 5% over scan (on each side) on most TVs, the pillar boxing may be out of the visible area. I think I remember...

Calling the 2900 obsolete is simply uneducated, pompus, self serving, and inaccurate. The video world is not defined by fixed pixel displays and therefor does not demand that all players use digial connections. It is well known that DVI (or HDMI if you must) connections really only benefit...

Hello all, I'm in the market for a 5 or 6 disc DVD changer. PQ is important, but the user interface, and speed of the player are more important. Specifically, I'm looking for: 1. Fast response to FF, REW, and track advance controls. 2. Quick disc change and spin up. 3. Good on screen...

Chris, Since Anthem isn't a super mainstream company, it's highly unlikely that the Sony AV-3000 will have a pre-programmed code for the AVM-20 in it's database. I found a list of codes for the AV-2000 and it did not include Anthem at all (no surprise). No problem though, just learn all of...

I've gotten a pop from my setup as well, but it doesn't happen every time and it isn't terribly loud. Easily noticable for sure, but it's not loud enough to startle you for example. I'm nearly 100% certain of how it happens in my system. I have an AVM-20 and an MCA-5. I have the MCA-5 set to...

I'd recommend using the XLR outputs if at all possible. They are balanced, so they have far better noise immunity than the RCA outputs. Splitting the outputs with a quality cable with good connectors should be no problem at all. One of the pluses of the AVM-20 for me was the inclusion of the...

Miguel, Re: +5 to +7 gain on your surrounds: This may introduce a little bit of noise, but I wouldn't be too concerned about it, as the surrounds aren't where you'd normally notice subtle differences in sound quality. Re: XLR vs. RCA. To be "right" with this answer, I'd have to research...

Miguel, The answer lies in the "noise reference level" control. Do this: 1. Set your mains (L/R) to 0 dB. 2. Now adjust the noise reference level so that you get 75 dB on your meter. 3. Adjust all other speakers as necessary to get 75 dB on the meter. If my calculations are correct...

Miguel,

Douglas, I set the mains to small for a few reasons. It wasn't designed to be a permanent solution; just an experiment. The main reason I decided to try this was the fact that my sub has bass response that is lower and louder than my mains are capable of. Initially, I had set up my system...

Thanks for the replies. To Michael's points: 1. The battery meter on the SPL meter is in the "red" zone of the meter, so I'm pretty sure the battery is ok. 2. I'll have to double check this with some experimentation, but I don't think the tweak controls are active when you are in the levels...

Shortly after getting my AVM-20, I went out and bought the trusty RS analog SPL meter. I used it to set the levels of all of my speakers, including the subwoofer. Every time I changed a parameter, I recalibrated and made sure that all channels were at the same level. This produced pretty good...

Interesting. Have you noticed that in all of the descriptions of the subwoofer settings, they never mention the center channel, but *do* explicitly mention the front L/R speakers? I agree that the phrase "all speakers set to large" should include the center channel. I just find it interesting...

Is your sub set to "Yes" or to "Super" ? If it is set to super, that behavior is normal. Super copies the bass from the mains to the sub. This is Anthem's way of letting you always use your sub, even if you have big speakers. If your sub is set to "Yes", then I'm quite surprised. Check the...

I think the Boltz racks are incredibly well made. They're also expandable, so you can add as many as you need. Unfortunately, if you think $220 is "pricey", the Boltz racks are probably a bit much for you, as the base large unit (MM-252) is $250 and holds 252 DVDs, 385 CDs or 147 VHS. You'd...

Michael, That's exactly the intention of Anthem. To characterize a problem, one must be able to repeat it. Anthem found a unit (Mark's) that has the problem and is repeatable, so they wanted to be able to see it and diagnose it. Presumably, if they also see the problem, they'll be able to...

Ok, this is strange. Some of you will recall that I had the DPL-II Movie bug, reported it to Anthem and got some beta firmware that fixed the bug for me. I could still force it to appear with a quick (less than 30 seconds) on and off sequence, but in normal use it was gone. Well, a few days...

Tim, Since you're comparing your settings using the BM in the 47Ai to the BM settings in your receiver, could you tell us what your settings on the reciever are? If, for example, your settings have the mains at + and the sub at +, then this would explain your observations. IMHO, the BM...

I think there are two issues here: 1. Converting one type of video to another. Ok, so there are receivers that do this. Do you want to use your receiver, or use the circuits in your TV to do the conversion? What you say, what conversion is the TV doing? The component signals that are sent to...

AFAIK, the DirecTivo units do not have an MPEG encoder built in to them. Nor do they have external inputs. So, you won't be able to record off of cable using this unit. The chief reason that they are able to offer the ability to record from two DBS streams at the same time, is that there is...

Chas_T, When I installed 2.00A, it failed the first time at the beginning of the "programming and verifying EEPROM" stage. I was initially pretty scared that I now had a "boat anchor" but I ran it again. This time, it skipped the "programming Flash" step and went right to the EEPROM step...

This is odd... I sent a reply to this thread last night, but it didn't show up. Anyway...

I thought I'd post a quick update on the AVM-20 DPL-II Movie bug issue. A few days ago, Anthem send me a test version of the 2.00 firmware (2.00A to be exact) that was supposed to do some different initialization of the DSP at power on. I loaded the code and started testing. At first, it...