Boosting sound for outdoor use: Does anyone have a suggestion for how to improve the sound quality of the Moviemate 72 for use outdoors?
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Could you use the AV Cables that are in the back to hook it up to a portable sound dock? I just purchased one of these off ebay and was either going to get a Red/White Audio spitter to a 3.5mm Coaxial that way I can run it through my portable Bose Sound Dock to enhance the sound (http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-Stereo-3-5mm-AUD-1200-25/dp/B0016LTZFI/ref=sr_1_11?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1306514406&sr=1-11) or if that audio channel is dedicated to the Svideo Input, You could buy a Digital to analog converter (http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Audio-Analog-Converter/dp/B0013LWK3A/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1306514478&sr=1-1) and then use a Toslink cable from the MM72 to the Converter and then the RCA cables to whatever you choose. lol Sorry its what I am going to do.
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Sorry, I can't help. I only used the Sony for playing movies in mp4 format on my HD TV. The sound was very good though.
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I have never tried that but I would question why? I am running two K14-KB , RFT Accoustics 100W speakers and the sound is extemely clean. Outdoors the projection is very good to 200 feet. I am amazed at the amount of power that comes out of such a small unit. If you do try to bridge the speaker outputs be careful to phase correctly and use no less than 8 ohm versions. There is no option to do this in the specifications.
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Dear Zachary, I just tested this on the projector I have for sale. I hooked plugged in the HDMI cable and I hooked up the audio to Bose speakers through the audio out port. The video was on screen and the sound came out of my speakers. It works great! I still have my speaker available and I hope you consider me as a seller when buying on Amazon! Thanks! - Jake Zerner
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I was told to send it to the manufacturer. My sound stopped working. I was using an HDMI connection to my projector from my surround sound. I think the hdmi board fizzled out on me.
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There is no dialog enhancement feature, which would effectively be a center channel boost, its a 2.1 not a 5.1. You can set the treble higher, and it really has no problem reproducing voices clearly. It would be a mistake to think that these kinds of soundbars can be set to produce rumbling bass for movies, you just can't do that without it sounding awful in the first place. Its to replace your TV's sound with a fuller sound, not home theater sound.
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hi there - did you also apply the firmware upgrade? wondering if that helps the noise further. thanks- andrew
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The feature to enhance voice is called "Night" mode. The reason its termed that is because the speaker reduced the bass output as well as boosting the dialog of movies. It works pretty well. There are often times when the speaker is in "Normal" mode that I miss some softly spoken words so I turn on the "Night" mode (which is conveniently placed on the remote), and rewind the movie a bit & I can clearly hear the words what I originally missed.
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Hi! Shure, in my case i am using these seakers like reguar speaker. I have conected the speakers with my blu ray onkyo and a subwofer velodyne. The sound is incredible, i can hear music and i can hear the sound of the movies with a high quaity of sound. I recomend these for you....
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Sorry, Mark, but I have not tried either. My perception is that you need an AMPLIFIED source of audio such as audio out from an amplifier or TV, but it's possible that your DVD player and/or Dish will have sufficient amplification to work fine. My recommendation is to call the manufacturer's support line and ask. The documentation is so good that I'll be surprised if they cannot give you a quick and authoritative answer--they really seem focused on keeping the user happy. I continue to be very, very pleased with my ZVOX 555. My wife and I love that we can actually hear and understand virtually 100% of the dialog from the satellite, local channels, and DVD, sooooo much better than playing it through our stereo amplifier/receiver. My only wish is for a little more bass. We're leaving in a few days for summer away from our home here in Florida, but when we return in the fall I plan to look into adding a subwoofer to the system to provide more bass. The ZVOX 555 has a subwoofer output and there are plenty of small subwoofers available, so I don't think getting a little more bass be an issue. Wish I had a more complete answer for you!
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It is LOUD. A bit unflexible as it will be where your electric jack is, unless you use an extension cord. And have some latency but for movies you can delay the video to fix it.
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I'm sorry, I haven't had a chance to calibrate my speaker system yet. I cannot provide anything of substance at this time. I have only watched one DVD "Eagles Melbourne Tour" Sound was great and the picture on my Panny 50 in HDTV was very good. Sorry I cannot offer anything else.
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This may not answer your question but I bought the boostaroo so I could hear movies on my tablet when I was flying which I couldn't with just earbuds. It works great but I also stopped using earbuds and got a cheap pair of headphones ($12.99) that helped cancel out the outside/engine noise. So it definitely boosts the sound quite a bit and better earphones will help even more.
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Yes, we purchased this last year and it still performs well. We use it to watch movies outdoors and the picture is very clear and very large.The volume is not great but you can add a speaker system to it if you want better sound. It's very easy to use and we've enjoyed it.
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I use my speakers from my computer. I bought a set with a sub woofer. Then plug into the front of the movie mate. And then you can turn up the sound on the speakers as well as the moviemate
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John, I was so disappointed w mine I quickly returned it. I could not get it to work properly with almost any of my stereo including the video connect.Sorry I didn't have a better report.
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Sorry, I do not know. The sound quality on ours has been excellent from Day 1. I would hope you can find some simple setting to change.