Hi,
This is what Vizio has to say regarding the problem if it occurs on the internal speakers of the TV perhaps it may be applicable to the external audio speakers as well.
''Volume Fluctuates (background noises too loud, voices too quiet)
If your television is having issues with background noises being too loud, voices being too quiet, or fluctuating audio, the following steps may help to remedy the issue:
Turn the DTS TruSurround setting off in your Television
Press the menu button on your VIZIO remote; use the arrow keys and the Okay button to select the ‘Audio’ menu.
Arrow down to the ‘Surround Sound’ option and use the left and right arrow keys to change the setting to off.
If the issue is still occurring, try turning off DTS TruVolume.
Press the menu button on your VIZIO remote; use the arrow keys and the Okay button to select the ‘Audio’ menu.
Arrow down to the ‘Volume Leveling’ option and use the left and right arrow keys to change the setting to off. Note: If the setting was already set to off, you may be able to remedy the issue by turning it to ‘On’.''
If you have already seen this and tried it apologies.
5 Comments
All I have is the Sony TV - no gadgets or extra speakers. The surround sound is ‘OFF’ but the background and foreground noise on every program makes it impossible to hear the dialogue. TV makers must start producing TV’s that will not accept dubbed on noise, or else a class action should be taken against program producers for destroying the hearing of TV customers. You want to become a millionaire overnight? Invent a ‘dubbed sound muter’ !!!
Noise is a modern plague that will result in children of the future being born without ears
by Brian Harper
Since originally posting this issue back in 2016 I have replaced my Vizio VSB200 with an LG SH3K sound bar. It is far superior to the Vizio in all respects and was available at a great price during Best Buy’s 2017 Black Friday deals. Now I hardly ever have dialog drowning audio issues and could not be happier!
by Jan Hermanns
I've almost qivin up to even watching TV because the background music is so loud I can't hear the dialogue!!! A few years back I remember there being a product advertisement of something that you plug into the TV that lowered or took away the background sound. Does anyone else remember this? And is it still available? Gosh I sure hope so.
by Scotty Fields
Yes,we do too we have a Vizio,some shows if you can't read lips your out of luck .Someone said a sound bar ,we were told that don't work!!
by ldtw1947
I think the bulk of the issue is just with the content itself. If you watch older programs this is never an issue. Over the years the background sounds have been overtaking the dialog. I have some hearing issues related to particular tones, not volume and it does complicate the problem, but it is the content itself that is the major problem. Watch an old Alfred Hitchcock movie and it doesn't happen. Sure the sound devices can take some of that out, but I think the people who produce movies and tv shows think that if they make the background loud that we won't know that the content is crap. Football games can be unwatchable if you like to hear the announcers. I do set my matrix more for dialog than for Transformer movies.
by Joe Black, Sr.