Bit the bullet

[Eddie Horton]

Rat Shack SPL meter and some time plugging and unplugging speakers while playing music.

[curtis]

ahhhh...OK....so not test tones from a DVD-A or SACD disc?

I don't think it is the player playing -15dB LFE, I think it is the lack of bass management. Have you compared the bass when speakers are set to small compared to large?

-curtis

[Eddie Horton]

Yes, it's the same. I've also seen on other forums where people have said the same thing about the bass being -15.

[curtis]

OK.

You might want to think about doing what Quinn did....got a 563a from eBay for $50.

-curtis

[Mag_Neato]

Curtis,

ya missed my question earlier in this thread, so I'll ask it again[]

Do you know what the country codes are for regarding the 563a? The manual has a long list of them and allows you to change the setting...is this to allow playing of different region DVDs?

Thanks!

Ed

[curtis]

Hmmmm.....I don't know. That would be a GREAT feature though.

-curtis

[Quinn]

I'm looking at the Pioneer 563a manual page 74 and it says, "Your DVD player also has a region mark, which you can find on the rear panel."

Unless you bought a region free DVD player I'm betting it is region 1.

[Eddie Horton]

Comp USA still had a 563 when I was in there last week. Of course, they wanted more than $50 for it. I'm just gonna wait and see what happens with releases and maybe add an ICBM some day.

[Mag_Neato]

Then what the heck do the country codes change? The language on the menus? Can't be, there is a language option in the setup menu. The manual is very vague concerning it's function. I don't want to change something I cannot change back!

Ed

[curtis]

Take one for the team and try it. []

-curtis