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    From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 8 11:26:23 2023
    I notice that my Samsung, which has a terrible voice called Pico, is much louder on Alexa than on its own voice. Indeed, you press the button on the remote and say enable mushroom fm skill, and it plays it at twice the volume
    of the TV audio. I have had to fit a knob on the feed to stop it overloading the amp. If it seems to have no overload issues on its optical out and the cheap analogue converter I use, then that is fine, but your ears are not.
    Also the turning on and off sound is loud as well. Surely the software of
    alexa should have a separate internal volume or be made the same as the rest
    of the tv? The start up and exit sounds are so loud they nearly do your
    brain in!

    Incidentally, any skill you use on a Samsung tv with alexa, only remains
    active while the TV is on. Next time you start it you have to enable it again.And no the alexa volume down does nothing on the software version.
    Brian

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  • From Abdul Sidu Ben Useless@21:1/5 to Brian Gaff on Wed Nov 15 14:27:01 2023
    On Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:26:23 +0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

    I notice that my Samsung, which has a terrible voice called Pico, is
    much louder on Alexa than on its own voice. Indeed, you press the button
    on the remote and say enable mushroom fm skill, and it plays it at twice
    the volume of the TV audio. I have had to fit a knob on the feed to stop
    it overloading the amp. If it seems to have no overload issues on its
    optical out and the cheap analogue converter I use, then that is fine,
    but your ears are not. Also the turning on and off sound is loud as
    well. Surely the software of alexa should have a separate internal
    volume or be made the same as the rest of the tv? The start up and exit sounds are so loud they nearly do your brain in!

    Incidentally, any skill you use on a Samsung tv with alexa, only remains active while the TV is on. Next time you start it you have to enable it again.And no the alexa volume down does nothing on the software version.
    Brian

    yeah, they dont seem to know about 0dB RMS (1mW in 600 Ohms) anymore.

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to Abdul Sidu Ben Useless on Wed Nov 15 17:22:45 2023
    Yes the probability is that on an optical connection it has no meaning
    maybe.
    Brian

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    On Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:26:23 +0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

    I notice that my Samsung, which has a terrible voice called Pico, is
    much louder on Alexa than on its own voice. Indeed, you press the button
    on the remote and say enable mushroom fm skill, and it plays it at twice
    the volume of the TV audio. I have had to fit a knob on the feed to stop
    it overloading the amp. If it seems to have no overload issues on its
    optical out and the cheap analogue converter I use, then that is fine,
    but your ears are not. Also the turning on and off sound is loud as
    well. Surely the software of alexa should have a separate internal
    volume or be made the same as the rest of the tv? The start up and exit
    sounds are so loud they nearly do your brain in!

    Incidentally, any skill you use on a Samsung tv with alexa, only remains
    active while the TV is on. Next time you start it you have to enable it
    again.And no the alexa volume down does nothing on the software version.
    Brian

    yeah, they dont seem to know about 0dB RMS (1mW in 600 Ohms) anymore.

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