Rookie AV Receiver Questions

[DiscoKandy]

Hi,

I have an old LED TV, a couple of sets of mission speakers and a sub kicking around, thought I might as well turn our loft room in to a bit of a movie room. I bought a second hand Yamaha RX-V477 av receiver today but had a couple of questions I was hoping to get some help with, as the last AV setup I had was a Panasonic VHS player and Pro Logic AV amp, its fair to say I'm well out of touch.

Firstly, how do I know which codec the amp is using to play whatever input I'm putting through it, in other words how do I know its not using Pro Logic when it could be using Dolby Digital or something ?

Secondly, the volume on the amp is turned up to 50 (out of 98 I think) but produces a fairly low volume, is that normal ? I'm used to Hi Fi amps that barely need cranking past quarter of the way to produce a decent amount of volume.

Appreciate the help

Thanks

 

[DiscoKandy]

That's what I thought, this one only shows CinenmaDSP when you flick it on to movie mode - but I gather that's more of a Yamaha EQ Setting, all very confusing.