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RE: [disklavier] Connect DKC 850 to my Home Theatre Speakers

2013-03-14 by Adrian Thomas

Whether it's Disklaviers or any other product, there a has always been an issue about signal levels when you mix 'professional' equipment with 'consumer' products. Yamaha even had to modify some early digital mixers for a TV company in the UK because the various broadcasters couldn't agree on a nominal output level.

Adrian Thomas

On Mar 14 2013, Phil Becker wrote:

>This is indeed a "feature" of the DKC-850, the audio outputs are about half
>the level they were on older contollers.
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>A booster does fix the issue.
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>From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
>Behalf Of Donal Galvin
>Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:43 AM
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] Connect DKC 850 to my Home Theatre Speakers
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>I am using a cable. I just can't believe the phono outputs are that low on
>the dkc 850. I am going to look at a stereo line booster which may do the
>job.
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>Regards
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>Donal
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>On 14 Mar 2013, at 16:39, Adrian Thomas wrote:
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>Hi,
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>if you're using a WiFi adaptor connected to the LAN port on the piano, the
>problem is likely to be with the WiFi system. If you're connecting via
>cable, check the volume/balance settings on the piano. If all that is OK,
>you might have to try a different connection on your AV Receiver or use a
>Mic pre-amp before going into the receiver.
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>Adrian Thomas
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>On Mar 14 2013, discodonal wrote:
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>>I want to use my surround sound speakers via my Onkyo Av Receiever so I
>took the audio output from the DKC and sent it to an input on the Onkyo but
>the volume is so low I have to max out the Onkyo to hear it. The signal
>strength is very weak. Am I doing something wrong ?
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