KotF wrote:

I recently bought a Daewoo 9000S5 DVD player - had some good reviews and
was cheap! Two days later my Phillips CD player (bought in 1987) died - so
I tried to hook up the DVD in its place. (Simple L/R Stereo out to the
amp). The sound quality is awful! I've played around with the menus -
setting SPDIF (?) to off or PCM (?) improves things but it still sounds
bad.

I assume the L/R connection you made is analogue. In which case changing
SPDIF config should make no difference.

It sounds like the signal to the amp is too strong - is this likely, or is
a cheap DVD player simply not up to the job? I don't notice the same
distortion on CD sound from the TV (via SCART lead), but then the TV is
not exactly hi-fi. The amp is quite old (Dual something or other - not
expensive but has been fine for everything I've needed up to now...)


Check the spec for the output of the player and compare with the spec for
the input you are using on the amp.

Ian