Info and forum posts by 'Chris Pratt'

RE: Akura ACHTS02

Well, sure enough, I`m taking mine back.

Couldn`t devote the time to looking at it, BUT on the weekend, the system just started making a really loud rasping sound which won`t go away - so it`s officially dead!!! so It`s going back.

Chris

RE: Akura ACHTS02

I would assume that you are correct and the decoding is done inside the unit. I had to remove the cover to get the tray to open on mine, and naturally there is very little in there, but the board feeding all the audio stuff looked very analogue, but I didn`t pay much attention at the time.

As soon as I have 5, I will get a scope out and look at the signals on the 5.1 output - if they are analogue, I may very well just do a little attenuation board to sit in there.

Seems like a lot of effort, but I have found the unit superb quality for the price, and the investigations will cost me nothing but time!!

In the meantime, I am going to hassle technical support every now and again to see if Akura have introduced a "software upgrade" as it says on the side of the box that this is something the unit is capable of.

Also, I have tried the multi region thing and certainly the hidden menu appears - but don`t have any region 1 discs at the moment, so can`t prove it - but it looks promising!!

Keep you informed.

Cheers

Chris

This item was edited on Monday, 29th December 2003, 09:44

RE: Akura ACHTS02

Hi again,

I have just spoken to Akura technical suport (01422 203676) and they are telling me that it is a problem, there are no current fixes planned for it!! He said that the unit they had there was doing the same thing and the only fix they found was to unplug and plug it back in and it went away !!! ???

Also I have found somebody who published a hack for it - haven`t had time to try it yet:

Press OPEN
Press SETUP and press right 3 times to PREFERENCES PAGE
Press PLAY twice and enter 49540
Select region by UP and DOWN key (0 = multi) then PLAY to commit
Press SETUP to exit

Will be trying that one later.

As for the volume thing - I managed to pay £69 for the unit, so I aint complaining - might take it apart and work out a solution to reduce overall volume - will let you know if I manage it.

Cheers

Chris

RE: Akura ACHTS02

Have you managed to get this to work, I am suffering with the same problem. The volume is way too high on vol 1, Unusable after dark in my house!!!

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Chris