The volume on my TV runs on a scale of 0-100. When I watch cable, I set the TV at 50 and all is well. If I turn on my Wii, I have to turn the TV down to 10 or less before the Wii Menu’s chimes begin their droning and alarm the neighbors. My […]
The volume on my TV runs on a scale of 0-100. When I watch cable, I set the TV at 50 and all is well. If I turn on my Wii, I have to turn the TV down to 10 or less before the Wii Menu’s chimes begin their droning and alarm the neighbors. My GameCube was similar, but Wii seems to be even louder.
Is it just me, or is the audio on Wii just too loud?
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I've got the same problem
My experience is that the Wii is a near silent machine. Whenever I play a game, there is only a slight sound from the fan and drive. If I am just surfing the web or similar, the machine makes no noise at all.
I totally agree. I have to have my tv on 1 or 2 or it wakes up my wife and son. It beats the alternative I guess. I can't hear my XBOX unless the sound is cranked. Maybe someone will post a fix or Nintendo will give us some volume controls in a firmware release. I don't believe the volume controls on my Wiimote control this, but now that I'm thinking about it I don't know that I tried.
I agree, I have the same issue. So I just don't watch TV, just play Nintendo 🙂
Agreed… I am always scrambling for the remote to press the volume down before that wii Menu chime comes roaring in. Seems like a simple firmware update would do the trick.
your a retard using a post just to "complain" about the sound of your Wii!!! This is sad
Hum, he is not retarted and he is no making a "complain," which would technically be a complaint, for it's not the Verb that you are using, but the Noun… Who's a Tard now?So, this is not a "complaint" (please, thank you) but a simple report…I have the same thing heppening with my Wii, I usually put it to 5, when I usually put my TV to 15 and my DVDs to 30 (I know, I like it loud).
I have the same problem, I usually watch tv with a 30 volume. I end up scrambling for the remote after pressing A to skip the warning screen, then turn it down to 12 or less.A firmware update to change the volume would be nice
He's not a retard — you just can't read!I have the same problem. I'm always racing to my receiver after turning on the Wii. So much louder than my TV or my DVD player.
Yep, I have the same situation at home: of all the consoles I have connected to my surround sound device, Wii is the loudest. My Wii is just a little louder than my Xbox, which is connected to my speaker system via an optical cable, and much louder than my DVD player, which is connected to the same sound system via a digital connection.No complaints here!
Yup, me too – with the Wii the volume is set to 10 – watching TV is usually about 28-30.
no firmware update is needed, does xbox have volume control for its control panel?even if it does, some people already admit that all devices have there different volume levelsmy experience: with my car audio player, i can listen to the cd player well at 12, but i have to turn it to 22-28 to hear the radio(AM), i dont know why, but i actually like that my cd player needs a lower volume, and i think the problem is with the louder system. but either way its no trouble to change volume before switching over.and whats with this scrambling for the volume all the time. are you all so forgetful that you cant remember that the wii is loud and change the volume before turning it on? or are people just getting that lazy that using your tv remote is a bother?the best thing about the wii being so loud is for energy conscious people, lower volume is lower energy usage 🙂 works perfect with the low power of the wii.and energy conscious is about alot more then money, but also environment, and simply that energy usage in the US grows so fast we are having to build new plants each year, in texas was gonna be built 17 coal plants, negotiated down to 4 which if we all saw the big picture we may not need any of those, or alot less anyways.
I have the same problem with all of my systems, to watch a movie I have to have the volume on 40 or so, and for games it rarely gets above 10.
Same thing. Someone messed up. I leave the TV at about 40% to watch television, but when I turn on the wii, EVERY SINGLE TIME, I forget to turn it down and it scares the crap out of me, my fiance, and anyone else in the relative vicinity.I do hope they fix this. It's a small thing, but when I am trying to sneak a game of Godfather in to strangle some bitches, I don't want to accidentally wake my fiance up!
I have to turn my stereo up, when I change the input to the Wii. Same goes for DVD's. But TV is too loud then.
Maybe your cable box is too quiet? Huh? Think about that.
It is definitely too loud. Regularly I have my volume at about 25 and have to reduce it to 10 to use the Wii.
I love it at whatever volume I leave it on. I love listening to the music and sounds from video games. The louder it is, the more immesered I get in.Super Paper Mario's outer space level on blasting is amazing.
I think the Wii just uses the full Line-Level.Most TV shows aren't using the available range in their normal programme, a fact that can be heard when the Ads start blaring in what seems to me like double volume to reach you even on the potty.A solution: If you use Cinch-Audio connection there are cinch dampening pieces available, simply a resistor (usually -3dB, -6dB…) inside a male-female-cinch-adapter that lowers the transmitted volume (bought those in a HiFi-Shop for a different device a while ago)Paddyboy
ya, i usually have the volume on 14 when watching tv but for wii i put it down to 6 but i do it before i turn it on 😛
The volume on the Wii is way, way too loud. I have to turn the TV way down when I switch from television to game playing. If I don't, I get blasted by the Wii.
Well, if it goes all the way up to 11…
yep mine too :0 🙂
I have the PAL version of Wii with the same problem. 🙁 I use SCART.
To those that complain 'just turn it down you whiners!' …
I am often in bed while someone who is Deaf turns on the wii unit. It is fine to them, so they do not realise it just woke me up.