New G74SX-A1 very LOW volume when playing movies

Hi all,

I tried searching for a fix but did not find anything in the forum or the sticky page... Just got my G74 yesterday and finished the updates to Win 7, got my printers installed and have been checking it out... So far she seems to be great, I do not have any keyboard or trackpad issues at all and she looks GREAT! ...

I just have an issue with the sound (or lack there of) this puts out when I put a Blu Ray in... The sound is not that bad really when listening to radio on line or watching YouTube but when I put a movie in with that ROXIO CinePlayer I can barely hear it, I mean you almost have to strain to hear it it's so low... Is that normal for this or should I get more sound out of it when playing a movie?? I have all the volumes set at 100% max on both the player and the computer and it's about equivillant to the volume of my HP dv7 at approx 25% - 30%

Is there a fix for this anywhere or is this just normal for these with that ROXIO software? I get more volume when I play that wildlife thing in Win Media even... If movies played at that level I would not have an issue at all but they just don't seem to want to no matter how much I fiddle with it.

Just picked this G74SX-A1 up on a black friday deal for $1,479 shipped so I think I got a good deal on her, just want to try to get a little more volume at acceptable levels when playing moves. I knew going into it that the sound system was not stellar and I have a pair of speakers on the way but you shold not have to plug speakers in everytime you want to watch a movie at an accepable volume IMO.

Is there a fix for this that anyone knows of? Is it an issue with that ROXIO software since the volume is 'ok' in other areas?

Thanks! ... Any input is much appreciated!

 

Ok so I went in and did a "gheto" fix... I went into the THX app and set it for 'external speakers' and pushed the slide bar to the max and that seems to get me more volume out of the internal speakers actually...

If you have any issues with your sound give that a try, it seems to bump it up about 10% - 15% at least.

 

That's about all you can really do. DVD's had this same issue with the movie volume being lower then other audio sources, its the same with blu ray.