Audio distortion Recording

[reels]

Does anyone have any idea why the sound on recordings is distorted? recording on a formatted Fat32 1TB WD hard drive.Tried switching from Dolby Digital to PCM with no change in sound playback.Any help would be greatly appreciated

[swan]

I would say the sound is from your sonicview and not the HHD , have you tried another HHD ?

[The Noof]

I would say the sound is from your sonicview and not the HHD , have you tried another HHD ?

It's worth a shot.I would just use a usb thumb drive,32gb or less for test purposes.Format it using the format utility on the SV.If it doesn't recognized the thumb drive, format in windows to fat32/default allocation size.

[Terryl]

A hard drive or thumb drive will only record the digital information sent to it from the receiver, if the program audio is distorted going into the receivers A to D or digital encoder, or somehow distorted by the internal recording software, then the playback audio will be distorted coming out.

The hard drive/thumb drive its self can't distort the audio as it's encoded in binary, does this happen on all recorded programs or just one or two? If all then I would say it's something in the receivers recording software, a bug maybe.

[reels]

Thanks for the feedback's swan and Terryl.Have 2 working HD Sonicviews with same results has reacured on multable channel recordings and 2 different 1TB HD's.Is it possable it could be my Sony Digital Receiver ?

[Terryl]

How are you feeding the audio to the Sony? Optical, coaxial, HDMI or L/R analog?

What is the model number of the Sony?

[The Noof]

Thanks for the feedback's swan and Terryl.Have 2 working HD Sonicviews with same results has reacured on multable channel recordings and 2 different 1TB HD's.Is it possable it could be my Sony Digital Receiver ?

HIGHLY unlikely both hdds & stbs are having the same issue.Look at the common denominators now, such as the home theater receiver.Make sure the input is set to auto, or ac3.

[auggie]

While recording, any glitch in the whole system from IP, server, weather, HDDs etc. will put things out a wack (recording issues etc.)
That's why I never bothered with recording anything, to many screw-ups.

[skywalker999]

maybe the input audio level is to hight that will distort

[reels]

Thanks for your imput guys.receiver is a Sony FM Stereo FM-AM Receiver Model STR-DE935.First chance will checkout the Auto or AC 3
inputs if changeable in the receiver's manual, also reducing the input volume while recording to see if's thats the key.

[reels]

Terryl the audio feed to the receiver is a Optical cable,

[Terryl]

You may have a second optical input on that receiver, try that one and see if it's also distorted, if so then you may need a new Sony.

I would get one (if you do) with HDMI switching inputs.

[reels]

Will try a second input,its a old receiver but Sony's are'nt cheap (smile) again much thanks.

[raveid]

Quick fix for audio distortion this worked for me for recording hd channels. Go to A/V settings and change the HD OSD Type to normal. Then save. Also for hd channels choppy picture. Go to A/V Settings and change HDMI Video back and forth 1080i tp 720p until it is clear. Hope this helps. Works for me

[Terryl]

Please check the dates on the posts before you post, as this one is over two years old.