I have the Sansui HDLCDVD325B. I can't stand the sound system on this TV. The background music is almost always louder than the voices. So the music is blaring and I can barely hear what is said. I have turned off the surround sound feature and that did NOT help. What can I do????

Not aware of any way to do that. If your TV allows adjustment of different frequencies (equalizer) or if you can route the audio to a sound system you can boost the frequencies that correspond to voice. or try cutting some of the others.

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Either the player or the set it is hooked to may have in the audio settings a "Hall" or similar setting--background will be louder than people speaking---its a setting.

What is brand of TV? (Toshiba?)

get the graphical user interface up on the TV,and adjust your sound levels.some amps also have supplied microphones for setting up their sound levels.you want about +8 DB on centre channel

Is this a new problem or always like this? <<<<<<<<

What is your speaker complement? The center usually carries the dialog.

Are the receiver and its speaker systems set up per the manual? Make it so.

How is the TV-related (Cable) audio entering your receiver? It SHOULD be from the cable box, digitally if available, NOT the TV. You don't need a Low-Fi middleman handling your audio.

press the MODE button until you see MATRIX

it has something to do with the audio setting of the unit

press the MODE button on the remote until you see MATRIX

it has something to do with the audio settings

try resetting the equalizer in your wm player...

in the menu there should be some type of set up for this, it will most times show you on your screen a room with all the speakers in it and ask you to hit test then it will shoot a white noise type of sound around to each speaker and ask if you heard it, there are then adjustments you can make for the front, rear, and side sperkers independent of one another.

Thank you, everyone! I thought maybe I was losing my mind. I can hardly watch a lot of the TV shows anymore due to the inappropriate use of music -- either it's too loud or there's just too darned much of it. Come on, TV producers! You are supposed to get better with time, not worse! Thank goodness I'm not alone.

Greetings surfjax,

If you will allow me to make an assumption, you do not have a 5.1 surround system connected to your DVD player. This is a common experience with users of a standard TV or stereo receiver if a movie is being presented in 5.1.

In a surround sound system the center channel speaker provides almost all the vocal tracks while the side channels will provide music and some background noises. You'll still be able to hear the voices in your side speakers, but it will be muted and over powered by music or sound effects.

Some DVD players allow you to "Downmix" the surround signal to stereo. You might want to look around your sound setup on the DVD player or check your owners manual.

Hope this helps.
Jon
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