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>I bought a Artec DR-RE 12A DVD Recorder w/Progressive Scan & Dolby 5.1 and
>I hooked up the 5.1 speakers from my old DVD/5.1 player. The speakers
>aren't powered and I can barely hear the sounds on the DVD's. Do I need an
>amplifier or just some 120 volt powered speakers ? If I record a movie on
>the Artec I can hear the sound ok on my PC.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Pete

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> "Pete" <kgolden43nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm hardly an expert, so I hope somebody else chimes in if I've got things
> wrong. You don't have an amplifier nor a receiver? If you don't, then
> how have you hooked up the recorder to the speakers? If you've used the 6
> analog audio outs to go directly to each of your speakers and subwoofer
> (if you've done this, I'm curious as to how), the player/recorder doesn't
> have enough juice to give them an adequate signal.
>
> Keep your speakers. I think a home theatre receiver is in order. You can
> send the audio from the player/recorder to the receiver using an optical
> cable, or better still, a digital coaxial cable. And from there, speaker
> wire to each of your speakers. The receiver will give the signal far more
> power than a DVD player/recorder could. And then you can actually use the
> Dolby Digital 5.1 and the DTS.
>
> Hope I've helped!
>
> cheers,
> vij
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> Thanks ! you've helped a lot.. And no I don't have a receiver, the
> speakers hook directly to the DVD player. It has 6 RCA connectors for the
> 5/1. The Artec was kinda cheap ($89) so i'm guessing it couldn't power my
> (cheap)(un-powered) speakers very well either..
> I'm heading to electronic express now to look at their receivers.
>
> Pete
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> "vij" <vijmSPAMISSUCKY@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Glad to know I was able to help a bit! Do some research to determine
> exactly what features you need and what you don't need (my receiver has
> features I will probably never use), always bearing in mind what your
> budget is. Good luck with the purchase!
> vij
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> "Pete" <kgolden43nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks ! you've helped a lot.. And no I don't have a receiver, the
> speakers hook directly to the DVD player. It has 6 RCA connectors for
> the 5/1. The Artec was kinda cheap ($89) so i'm guessing it couldn't
> power my (cheap)(un-powered) speakers very well either..
> I'm heading to electronic express now to look at their receivers.