Home Theater Problems - Please HELP!!!

[El_Rufino]

I finally got all my components for my Home Theater, problem is I cant get it to work properly. The sound is awful and really low, I did some research and with what I got I thought I was going to get blown away, and to top it off my subwoofer doesnt work (unless its something I'm doing wrong).Any tips and comments will be greatly appreciated...
This is what I have:

Receiver - Pioneer VSX-1015TXK (120W x7)
Center - JBL EC35 E Series (150W)
Front - JBL E100 (125W continuous/500Wpeak)
Subwoofer - Infinity PS12 (300W RMS)
Surround - Polk R50 (150W peak)
Surround Back - Infinity Primus 150 (100Wpeak)

Speakers are connected with 14 AWG wire and subwoofer has a THX Monster
subwoofer cable (LFE). The receiver calibrates its self and it sees the subwoofer, I can hear it (very low) wheat the receiver is testing connections but when is done there is no sound. When I play movies that have that THX setup screen it plays a sound on all speakers exempt the sub, its like I dont have one the sub even goes on stand-by after 15 minutes, the other thing is that I have to put the receiver at 70% volume and its not loud at all, its like normal like 40% of my tv volume. I'm going crazy, my connections are there, I re-connected twice already tried different settings, movies, tv shows and nothing no sub no volume. PLEASE HELP ME!!

 

[JohnA]

Without the specifics of how you have it hooked up it will be tough. OK...you should have the Audio from the DVD to the receiver connected with either a Toslink or Digital coax cable. Then make sure you have the proper audio input selected on the receiver (Toslink or coax, not analog). On the DVD player you should go into the menu and turn off the audio decoding, on the receiver make sure that it is set up to do the audio decoding. For the sub, make sure the crossover point is set correctly and also that the volume on the sub is up. Other than that I don't know.

 

[El_Rufino]

Thanks for the reply John,

I will try it when I get home tonight (I'm supposedly working right now)

 

[Blundaar]

I just bought the Pioneer myself and I love it, personally. I too was a little surprised when I hooked everything up and couldnt hear anything- only to discover the volume was way too low. Most of my movie watching with this receiver is between -20 and -10 decibels (when I'm by myself, at any rate). Since decibels are not a linear function, I would't be concerned about you having to turn up the "volume". Also, the receiver sets the sub crossover at 80htz by default, so adjust your sub or receiver accordingly. My setup is just as power hungry than yours (see my review ) so I don't know quite what to say in regards to your setup as yet.

 

[shokhead]

Without the specifics of how you have it hooked up it will be tough. OK...you should have the Audio from the DVD to the receiver connected with either a Toslink or Digital coax cable. Then make sure you have the proper audio input selected on the receiver (Toslink or coax, not analog). On the DVD player you should go into the menu and turn off the audio decoding, on the receiver make sure that it is set up to do the audio decoding. For the sub, make sure the crossover point is set correctly and also that the volume on the sub is up. Other than that I don't know.

Setrup the bass management.

 

[El_Rufino]

Hey guys thanks the for the tips.

Well after messing with the receiver I finallly figured it out!
The volume settings on the receiver where low I just had to adjust to my taste, I still have to find the perfect setting, on a nother thing I just bought a DVD player with HDMI outlet and man it is awsome, guys you should definitely have to check it out (assuming you dont already have one) thats the thing about being new I'm barely discovering all this, you guys probably already have it all.

I'll take some picks over the weekend and try to post them on monday, It will be great to see what you guys think.

For now I'm off to watch movies all weekend

 

[El_Rufino]

Blundaar

I read you're review, I'm glad to know that the receiver is worth the $$, It was hard to decide which to get but so far I'm very satified with this one (I've only had it hooked up for 3 days) but now that I got the sub working it is sweet. Any recommendations as to what would be a really good movie to test out the system and maybe impress my friends with it

Thanks for the info

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Blundaar

I read you're review, I'm glad to know that the receiver is worth the $$, It was hard to decide which to get but so far I'm very satified with this one (I've only had it hooked up for 3 days) but now that I got the sub working it is sweet. Any recommendations as to what would be a really good movie to test out the system and maybe impress my friends with it

Thanks for the info

That's an open ended question. Any of these. Make sure they are DTS ES Discrete when you rent/buy it.

Alone in the Dark
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Bad Taste
Beastmaster
Blade 2
Blade Trinity
Bones
Butterfly Effect, The
Can't Stop The Music
Chicken Run
Contamination
Day of the Dead
Dead & Buried
Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition
Evil Dead, The
Fast Company
Final Countdown, The
Final Destination 2
God Told Me To
Gladiator (2-disc only)
Haunting, The
Highlander
Highlander 2: The Quickening
Hills Have Eyes, The
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings, The: Extended Edition
Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King, The: Extended Edition
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The: Extended Edition
Man Who Fell to Earth, The
Maniac
Mask: SE, The
My Brilliant Career
Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion
Open Water
Opera
Q: The Winged Serpent
Running Man, The
Rush Hour 2
Saw
Seven: Platinum Series
S1mone
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Stargate: Ultimate Edition
Stir of Echoes: SE
Stunt Man, The
Suspiria
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The
Top Gun: Special Collector's Edition
Venom
Vigilante
Watcher in the Woods, The

 

[El_Rufino]

Thanks Buckeyefan 1,

I'll pick a couple for the weekend

 

[shokhead]

That's an open ended question. Any of these. Make sure they are DTS ES Discrete when you rent/buy it.

Alone in the Dark
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Bad Taste
Beastmaster
Blade 2
Blade Trinity
Bones
Butterfly Effect, The
Can't Stop The Music
Chicken Run
Contamination
Day of the Dead
Dead & Buried
Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition
Evil Dead, The
Fast Company
Final Countdown, The
Final Destination 2
God Told Me To
Gladiator (2-disc only)
Haunting, The
Highlander
Highlander 2: The Quickening
Hills Have Eyes, The
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings, The: Extended Edition
Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King, The: Extended Edition
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The: Extended Edition
Man Who Fell to Earth, The
Maniac
Mask: SE, The
My Brilliant Career
Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion
Open Water
Opera
Q: The Winged Serpent
Running Man, The
Rush Hour 2
Saw
Seven: Platinum Series
S1mone
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Stargate: Ultimate Edition
Stir of Echoes: SE
Stunt Man, The
Suspiria
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The
Top Gun: Special Collector's Edition
Venom
Vigilante
Watcher in the Woods, The

I always liked Beastmaster but i could care less if it was DTS if you know what i mean.