Apple TV Volume is way too high.. Is there any way to turn it down..?

I have this same problem too. It manifests itself by making it very difficult to control the volume of music coming through my receiver. Because the input levels are so high, a micro adjustment on my receiver's volume makes the volume on music too loud, so I find it extremely difficult to get the proper volume. Thinking about it this way, on a volume knob from 1-10, if I go from 1 to 2, it goes from being too soft to too loud.

I suppose there are some receivers that can address this problem, but mine can't. Any thoughts?

I tried this and it didn't work. Frankly, I think that Apple should allow for an output volume switch inside of the firmware or general settings.

Thanks for the suggestions.

This is just a thought, but wouldn't it be resolved by just going to iTunes, selecting all under Edit, right-click on selected tracks, select Get Info, then answer yes to Edit information for multiple items, then just use the volume slider to adjust the audio db output for all of the tracks in your iTunes library. Maybe I'm wrong here, but I'm thinking that when you then sync your aTV from that iTunes that the db output for all those tracks will carry over.

Experts? Am I onto something here or just peeling a waxed banana instead?

(Of course the downside to this would be that this same decrease in volume level would carry over to everything else that syncs to the iTunes.)

AppleTV has no volume control.. you use the TV/amp to change the volume.

I would try resetting your Apple TV: Settings->General->Reset Settings

There is a also a Sound Check feature that you might try: Settings->Audio->Sound Check->On

Good Luck.

I tried this as well, but then when I play songs in iTunes, I have to keep volume way up (and it affects other stuff like volume for other programs).

Thanks for the suggestions.