am i doing something wrong, its always been like this no matter what tv or dvd i use

 

when i watch a dvd (i now use my ps3) i have to have the sound right up to hear what they are saying, but when a car goes past in the background or a gun goes off or some action with music is going on it is so loud that i have to turn it down, then when they are speaking i have to turn it back up to hear them, is there anything i can do to change this or do i have to put up with it

i had this when i didnt have my surround sound set up properly cant remember what i done to fix it but im sure some tech buff will be along shortly to help, im sure i just changed a setting or something

do you have a surround set up,,or just using tv speakers?

just tv speakers

i think the problem is the dvd is playing 5.1 sound through stereo speakers....i used to have this problem when i was just using tv speakers.....your dvd player setup may have some sound settings,,i know my sony had a setting for nighttime use when all the voices and background sound were set the same.....its awful at night when youve got tv really loud to hear the speech,and then there's a barrage of gunfire!!!!

thats what im getting, will it be my tv or the playstation, my tv is a kd28dl11u

playstation i reckon....can you change the playstation sound settings to just stereo?....

on the ps3 from the main settings menu, go to the "audio output settings" press right a few times select manual, then choose a 2 channel option, mine has pcm 44khz and pcm 48 selected.

on seconds thoughts if your not connected via hdmi you probably wont have these options, there is a dynamic range control in the BD/DVD video settings try setting that to ON

Has the ps3 got a 'normalise' option I think every manufacturer calls it something different? but this makes the sound range a lot narrower. Press the Triangle button with a dvd playing and see whats there, I can't say Ive noticed myself but I ain't been looking.

cheers guys, will chek it out