Humax Foxsat volume control useless on HD channels

Maurice Batey

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Jul 19, 2010, 7:26:45 AM7/19/10

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Using a Humax Foxsat HDR with a Sony Bravia, it seems the Humax's
remote volume control cannot control the volume of an HD broadcast.

Apart from using the Humax's 'TV' button to change the TV's volume (a
nuisance haveing to flip from PVR to TV every time), is there another
solution?

(I saw mention of a TV's "Auto Volume" control, but can't find
mention of this in the Bravia manual.)

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Peter Duncanson

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Jul 19, 2010, 8:01:46 AM7/19/10

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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:26:45 +0100, Maurice Batey
<mau...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

>Using a Humax Foxsat HDR with a Sony Bravia, it seems the Humax's
>remote volume control cannot control the volume of an HD broadcast.
>
>Apart from using the Humax's 'TV' button to change the TV's volume (a
>nuisance haveing to flip from PVR to TV every time), is there another
>solution?
>
>(I saw mention of a TV's "Auto Volume" control, but can't find
>mention of this in the Bravia manual.)

Strange. I have a Humax Foxsat HDR connected to a Samsung HD TV by an
HDMI cable. The volume control on the Humax works fine on HD broadcasts.
I have just tried it on BBC HD and on Luxe TV HD (in non-Freesat mode).

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Maurice Batey

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Jul 19, 2010, 11:26:19 AM7/19/10

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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:01:46 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote:

> The volume control on the Humax works fine on HD broadcasts.

Well, Googling the problem indicated that I am not on my own!
Seemed to be generally agreed that there is no way the Humax can
control the HD Dolby volume, so it has to be done by the TV on
whatever audio the Humax passes to it.

But perhaps they haven't found whatever setting you are using that
makes the difference.

What audio settings do you have on Humax and TV, Peter?

Tim Jones

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Jul 19, 2010, 12:30:23 PM7/19/10

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I have a Humax Foxsat HDR connected to a Sonia Bravia TV by an HDMI
cable, and the volume control on the Humax works just the same for HD
broadcast as with SD broadcasts, ie it can only reduce the sound level
that was chosen using the TV remote.

Mark Opolo

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Jul 19, 2010, 12:32:51 PM7/19/10

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"Maurice Batey" <mau...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
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OK here with HDR and Toshiba Regza

Peter Duncanson

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Jul 19, 2010, 12:48:54 PM7/19/10

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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:26:19 +0100, Maurice Batey
<mau...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

>On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:01:46 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote:
>
>> The volume control on the Humax works fine on HD broadcasts.
>
>Well, Googling the problem indicated that I am not on my own!
> Seemed to be generally agreed that there is no way the Humax can
>control the HD Dolby volume, so it has to be done by the TV on
>whatever audio the Humax passes to it.
>

Aha. You didn't mention Dolby in your original post. I am not currently
using the Dolby output from my TV.

>But perhaps they haven't found whatever setting you are using that
>makes the difference.
>
>What audio settings do you have on Humax and TV, Peter?

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Maurice Batey

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Jul 19, 2010, 12:58:42 PM7/19/10

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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:23 +0100, Tim Jones wrote:

> volume control on the Humax works just the same for HD
> broadcast as with SD broadcasts, ie it can only reduce the sound level
> that was chosen using the TV remote.

That's odd. With my setup, the Humax can control volume on an SD
channel, but not HD...

Maurice Batey

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Jul 19, 2010, 1:00:02 PM7/19/10

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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:48:54 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote:

> You didn't mention Dolby in your original post

Seems I need to find a way to stop the TV using Dolby.

fred

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Jul 20, 2010, 6:40:11 AM7/20/10

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In article <pan.2010.07.19....@nomail.afraid.org>, Maurice
Batey <mau...@nomail.afraid.org> writes

>On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:23 +0100, Tim Jones wrote:
>
>> volume control on the Humax works just the same for HD
>> broadcast as with SD broadcasts, ie it can only reduce the sound level
>> that was chosen using the TV remote.
>
>That's odd. With my setup, the Humax can control volume on an SD
>channel, but not HD...

Long shot, on the Humax, try Menu > TV Settings > Dolby Digital > Off
and see if it makes a difference.
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Maurice Batey

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Jul 20, 2010, 12:02:16 PM7/20/10

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On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:40:11 +0100, fred wrote:

> Long shot, on the Humax, try Menu > TV Settings > Dolby Digital > Off
> and see if it makes a difference.

I was full of hope with that, but - sadly - it made no difference.
Humax volume control still useless on HD channel.

I guess that means the problem does not lie with Dolby...

richar...@gmail.com

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Jan 20, 2016, 3:57:27 AM1/20/16

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Just switched off Dolby - it works. All volume now controlled from Human box

Richard

Brian Gaff

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Jan 20, 2016, 5:35:35 AM1/20/16

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I noticed this on a computer recently delving into the windows drivers gave
me various settings for the sub woofer signal, but I'm still playing with
it, and none of the options seems totally believable when all you want is a
normal stereo signal and what is all these move image toward centre. In my
day this was called crosstalk..:-)
Brian

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> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:57:25 -0800 (PST), richar...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Just switched off Dolby - it works. All volume now controlled from Human
>>box
>

> I have the same problem. How do I switch off Dolby?
> Is all Freesat HD transmitted with Dolby 5.1? I have a Philips sound bar
> that
> does Dolby 2.1. The sound on HD has far too much base, even with the base
> setting at minimum. Is there some way of fixing this?
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Ian

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Jan 21, 2016, 11:47:39 AM1/21/16

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In message <ejju9bt7c4e8qutd0...@4ax.com>, Martin
<m...@address.invalid> writes

>On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:57:25 -0800 (PST), richar...@gmail.com wrote:
>

>>Just switched off Dolby - it works. All volume now controlled from Human box
>

>I have the same problem. How do I switch off Dolby?
>Is all Freesat HD transmitted with Dolby 5.1? I have a Philips sound bar that
>does Dolby 2.1. The sound on HD has far too much base, even with the base
>setting at minimum. Is there some way of fixing this?

Try lowering the "bass" setting to minimum instead.

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Maurice

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Jan 22, 2016, 7:49:31 AM1/22/16

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On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:57:25 -0800, richard17920 wrote:

> ust switched off Dolby - it works. All volume now controlled from Human
> box

Many thanks for the tip!
At last I can control HD volume from the Humax remote...