Stereo Hookup Help

[FractalFiend]

Hi Everybody,

 

I've been lurking for weeks just to get a feel for things. I was planning on lurking for a little while longer (actually until complete a paper) but stereo problems have forced me out of seclusion to consult this collective for information.

 

I just spent half the day setting up and reading the user's manual for my new (used) stereo and everything seemed to be okay until I tried to listen to news broadcasts. Everybody sounds like a chipmunk! Is there some sort of high frequency switch? If anybody has a good link to home audio FAQ/problem solving stuff I would appreciate that as well. Thanks for your time and any help.

[insane_alien]

has the stereo got an equalizer on it? if it does try turning the sliders at the left side up and the sliders at the right side down.

[Royston]

Everybody sounds like a chipmunk!

 

When you say everyone sounds like a 'chipmunk' do you mean the pitch of the voices is high (as though they've been sucking helium) or as Insane Alien has suggested, that it's just lacking bass.

[insane_alien]

i wonder what chipmunks on helium would sound like... goes of to find a chimpmunk/squirrel.

[5614]

lol, please tell us what you find!

 

Did the previous owner have this problem?

 

I assume it is just this stereo and other radios in your house work properly.

 

Was this more than one channel? Could have been a one off for one station.

 

Does moving the areial help?

 

Try searching for your model online to see if this is a known problem that someone else has had.

 

Is it just the voices which are weird? Does music play fine?