I have not tried to watch a DVD in the bedroom yet; but I am able to watch TV as you state without the Stereo. That will be a bummer for me if that is the reality; I wonder if you just turn up the stereo with all the speaker zones off; if that increases the sound sent to the TV so it's more audible and not muffled.
My larger complaint is that I have a HD TV; that is not able to do present HD from the DVD Player. Not even 16:9; only 4:3. What a complete oversight. If you put a widescreen HDTV in the unit Keystone; you should have accomodated it with an ample DVD Player capable of connecting to the TV in HD.
Jensen is 'JUST' coming out with the HD model that is a direct replacement.
http://www.jensenrvdirect.com/jensen...eo-output.html