I just bought an Apple TV today and when I got home and started using it the volume is too loud. I can have the volume of the TV down to 2 out of 100 and it is still pretty loud. I called Apple and they think that more than likely it is the TV. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a way to lower the sound coming from the Apple TV to the TV. Could it be the HDMI cable even though I just bought a new one to go along with the Apple TV today?
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Apple TV Volume too loud
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I tried a different HDMI cable and it made a little difference and was a little bit quieter but I don't think that it was too noticeable though. I have no idea what the issue could be if it is the Apple TV, HDMI cable, or TV.
I have switched the ports and I have also switched the hdmi cables between the Apple TV and the bluray player. Switching them didn't make any difference. I have also air played from my iPhone some music and it is also really loud. My tv goes from 1 to 100 with volume and music and YouTube videos are really loud at 3 and continue to get louder if you turn the volume up. Watching netflix is pretty loud around 10. It just seems really weird that it is so much louder.
Later I am going to test it on another TV. Overall, is the Apple TV loud like that or not?
Is it different from app to app? That's the problem I have. Crossy Roads is so loud it will blow out the windows, but HBO Now is quiet as a stalking cat. Switching between the two is always an exercise of massive volume changes.
I can't believe I just admitted to playing Crossy Roads.
Have you also noticed that YouTube also is really really loud? Compared to Netflix, Youtube is probably 3 times as load as Netflix on the same volume.
Haven't tried YouTube.
The difference between HBO and Crossy Road is about 22dB, based on how much I have to change the volume that's displayed on my receiver. Every 10dB is twice as loud, so CR is more than 4x louder than HBO for example. Netflix and Hulu are somewhere in the middle, but more toward HBO than CR.
I guess my point is, it's not necessarily the ATV4 itself that's too loud, it could be an application dependent problem.
Is there audio settings you can change on the Apple TV? I've noticed too that some apps on the Apple TV are a lot louder than others. Netflix I can have the volume up to 15-20 out of 100 for normal watching and YouTube only between 5-10 and 10 is pretty loud. Crossy road is also really loud at 10 and so is the music app at around 8.
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Does that normalize volume across all apps and games?
You would have to review the settings to determine that. I feel like it may be listed generically under system audio, but I don't know how it applies itself across applications.
There are no TV settings that I can change. I think that with the age of the TV, it doesn't have too many settings to change on it. The only sound settings that I can change is to change it between standard, music, etc. and I currently have the sound set on standard.