[mythtv-users] PVR-150(non-mce) Sound Quality

[Brian Wood]

On May 30, 2006, at 8:05 AM, cweisiger at i-55.com wrote:

> I have a pvr-150(non-mce) and a pvr-350 in my system.
>
> The sound quality is wonderful on my pvr-350, of which I
> have the coax cable hooked directly to it.
>
> The pvr-150(non-mce) has my cable box hooked to it using
> the composite(yellow, red, white). The picture quality is
> great but the sound is scratchy, with a slight hissing sound.
> Could this be that the sound is going from the red, white jacks
> to the single sound input of the pvr-150.

What is the sound like coming directly from the cable box? If that's  
bad the card will not fix it. The "single sound input" of the PVR-150  
is just the two channels in one connector, the connector type will  
not directly cause the sound to be poor.

Many cable boxes have a sound level control, usually set with the  
remote. Be sure that you have set that to a reasonable setting,  
probably near the middle of the range or a bit higher.

I have a satellite receiver going directly into a PVR-150 and it  
sounds as good as the audio output of the receiver is to start with.

As was mentioned, be sure you are using decent cables.

>
> Would the sound quality be better with a pvr-150 MCE version?

No. Although the MCE uses two RCA connectors instead of the one 1/8"  
jack of the non-MCE version, audio quality should be the same as far  
as a human ear can determine.