Just got an 800 MKII.
One thing that immediately caught my eye:
I can not find a settings for fixed audio output under SETUP. The player comes with a volume output level of 20 out of 100 out of the box. You can adjust this with the remote, but unlike with the MKI or the Oppo 203 and 103, I do not see an actual option to change this or make itthe default option in the menus.
Hello
There are no Magnetar products which have switchable fixed/variable outputs.
Thanks
Thanks for the quick reply. Any particular reason for that? I could swear the MKI has this option, but I am likely confusing things with the Oppo 103 and 203. Problem is... one could easily change the volume setting on the remote by accident. Could this be revised in a future update?
Hello
The MKI does not have this option.
We will note your feedback.
Thanks
I just checked on the menu of my UDP800 and there are no volume settings in 'settings'.
There are volume up and down on the remote. Playing a movie over hdmi to my processor there is no difference in volume between 1-100. It seems to be fixed at those levels. At '0' it mutes volume out from the player.
Testing with analog audio out from the balanced connections it does change volume according to the setting with mute at '0'. I did not test the spdif connections (coax and optical outs). since I don't use them.
The volume buttons may also affect headphone volume on the 900.
In my 900 player:
I found the above in the HDMI output behavior via trial & error.
@Thomas Mathes A bitstream does not have a “volume” that can be fixed or varied. In bitstream mode, the player outputs the encoded audio data unchanged. At that stage it is not audio, but data; there is no signal level, gain, or attenuation for the player to adjust because decoding hadnt occurred.
Accordingly, the player does not and cannot alter the bitstream in any way.
PCM, by contrast, is player-decoded audio. Once decoded into PCM samples, the signal has an actual level, and its volume can therefore be adjusted by the player.
@Thomas Mathes I didn't test pcm- thanks for testing that.
