Sound Not all but most dvd's has the sound very low, yet background noise is loud. If I hit the sound button, can change to spanish, french, comentator of movie making, etc the sound is perfect, when put on english, goes back to low talking, loud background. Some movies have an ENG1 and ENG2 when push the sound button, those that show that I can switch to ENG2 aeverything is fine. There does seem to be a bypass mode that won't change as well. Thank you for any help.

Generally, remote controls for DVD systems have a button labeled "Audio". This button changes which audio track you will hear during the movie. Common tracks include English, French, Spanish, Commentaries, and occasionally Audio for the Hearing Impaired.

It seems odd for the latter audio track to be default, but clicking the Audio button until you have the plain English track should work. I would consult the manual if you have it on hand to see if your system is capable of remembering which track to start on.

Hope this helps.

try downloading a codec pack like Klite codecs.

Bought a new unit. The old unit was a surround sound system in which the previous owner removed the speakers. I wasn't aware of the problem but found out that it would not allow it to play on Dolby 5.1...It would only play DVD's on channel 2, therefore no english etc. Thanks for your help!!!

GO again into the customer menu and look for something that says Hall, Surround etc--I have seen this before--usually it is a setting that creates a problem where the background sounds are so loud you cannot hear the people talking......go thru every section of the menu--I be you will find this is your problem.

Let me know what you find--I am here to help people. I do not think you have a circuit problem--only some thing in the menu has been set to the wrong place.

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on some dvd players and surround sound systems have a thing called DRC (dynamic range compression) you can us that and it will help it a little. i have come across the same problem but im after a digital on to run with plex or vlc on a mac. im having to route it through protools to use a compressor on there, but thats eating my resources.

This usually happens when you switch between 5.1 or 2.1 there is usually a button or switch on the front of the unit that allows you to cycle through the various speaker setups.

It also happens a lot with downloaded movies where the sound track has been modified to save download bandwidth or if a format change was made eg. dvd to divx

on your remote for your dvd player hit your menu button then hit options it should have an option to change languages.

Greetings surfjax,

If you will allow me to make an assumption, you do not have a 5.1 surround system connected to your DVD player. This is a common experience with users of a standard TV or stereo receiver if a movie is being presented in 5.1.

In a surround sound system the center channel speaker provides almost all the vocal tracks while the side channels will provide music and some background noises. You'll still be able to hear the voices in your side speakers, but it will be muted and over powered by music or sound effects.

Some DVD players allow you to "Downmix" the surround signal to stereo. You might want to look around your sound setup on the DVD player or check your owners manual.

Hope this helps.
Jon
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This could be a problem with a particular DVD media and not the player. The movie (or the program on the DVD) is recorder with default English subtitle. Have you checked it with any other movie DVD to see if it is the same behavior?

The on-screen menu appears only when the selected source is DVD or VCD on the DVD/VCD/CD player and the disc is in the slot and NOT PLAYING. On the remote control ONLY: 1. Press CHOICE (it should work now) LANGUAGE menu appears. 2 Press Cursor to move to the menu you want? which is AUDIO Selected item changes its color to green. THEN: 1. Display EXPERT SPEAKER SETTING menu. 2. Press Cursor to select ?TEST TONE,? then press ENTER. ?TEST TONE? changes its color to green and test tone comes out of in the following sequence?left front speaker, center speaker, right front speaker, right rear speaker, and left rear speaker. ? Test tone is output only when the tray loaded with a DVD is selected, but not playing. 3. Press Cursor to move to ?C.SPK? LEVEL? or ?R.SPK?LEVEL,? then press ENTER. 4. Press Cursor to adjust the output level, then press ENTER. ? You can adjust the output level from ??6 dB? to ?+6 dB.? 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust the other speaker output level. 6. Press Cursor to select ?TEST TONE,? then press ENTER. Test tone stops. 7. When finished, press Cursor to move to ?EXIT,? then press ENTER. EXPERT SPEAKER SETTING menu disappears. I hope this helps you, please let us know. Best regards, nightdiver