Problems with hooking up my new HK-520.... (1 Viewer)

[Art Simon]

When I turn the radio on it seems to work fine, nice and powerful. When I switch it over to Video 1 to watch cable
I have to turn the volume up A LOT on the receiver just to hear anything. It seems to be this way when I watch a DVD too, but not as bad. Why is this? I have all 5 of my speakers set to small and my Subwoofer set to 80hz.
Last thing is, the top of the reciever seems to feel quite warm. Is this normal?

Thanks...Art

 

[Paul Clarke]

TV/Cable volume is attenuated and does not react in the same way as other direct sources. On my 510 I get basically no significant volume boost until -30 or so when using AV inputs...DVD being the one exception.

 

[Jason GT]

How much is "A LOT" (in terms of the dB reading given by the receiver)? The dial goes up beyond 0, and isn't too loud until you breach say, -20 (depends on your room and other setup factors too of course).

WRT your cable, is there some sort of volume control upstream of your receiver?

 

[Art Simon]

I have to turn it up to say -10 just to get a desent volume to hear it. This only happens when I'm watching cable TV.
The DVD seems to work a lot better, I don't have to turn it up nearly as far. When the radio is on it is A LOT louder.
Is all this normal?

 

[Art Simon]

Jason I re-read your reply and a light bulb came on. I turned the speaker off on my TV and now the receiver works fine. I didn't know that the TV volume had anything to do with it. Thanks for the help
Btw is it normal for the receiver to feel quite warm when it is in regular use?

 

[ColinM]

Yes, warm = normal, warmer if you work it hard. My 110 gets plenty warm but never "hot".