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| Topic Started: Jun 21 2016, 11:44 PM (418 Views) | |
| haili | Jun 21 2016, 11:44 PM Post #1 |
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The difference in TV sound volume is uncomfortable lately, especially on British PBS dramas and CTV commercials. I have the sound set so I can hear the dialogue on PBS but then background music blasts my eardrums and i have to mute or turn it down, losing dialogue. CTV raises the volume during commercials and I have to mute them and I thought that wasn't supposed to be allowed. Does anyone else have this problem? |
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| Trotsky | Jun 22 2016, 12:13 AM Post #2 |
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Slightly similar: with a perfect volume for streaming Netflix and I go to regular cable TV programming I get blown out of my chair with the volume. I can live with it but I don't want neighbors complaining. For most TV we use Closed Captioning thus a low spoken volume with a loud background is not much of a problem. In the States, Jimmy Carter's FCC issued strict regulations that TV volume cannot be unduly raised during commercials. One of Ronald Reagans first actions was to free advertisers from this "undue burden" and then the commercials began to blare again. |
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| FuzzyO | Jun 22 2016, 12:17 AM Post #3 |
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I would complain to CTV Haili. I'm already furious with them over the cancellation of Canda AM without notifying viewers. |
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| yaya | Jun 22 2016, 01:21 AM Post #4 |
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I also have this problem Haili. |
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| Dialtone | Jun 22 2016, 02:01 AM Post #5 |
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On many TVs, there is a setting for sound levelling. We have a LG as our main TV, and find levelling helps to keep the loud channels down and the quiet channels up, all stay at the same volume for the most part. |
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| campy | Jun 22 2016, 02:24 AM Post #6 |
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It's easy for me. I just turn the volume low and use closed captioning. Best of both worlds. |
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| Darcie | Jun 22 2016, 02:27 AM Post #7 |
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Wow, I thought it was my hearing problem that made it like this for me. I have a very nice cordless headset that works magic but when I wear them all I hear is the TV, not the door or the phone. I often wear my hearing aids, helps but I do get headaches if I wear them for too long. I think British shows have different sound technology than we do hence the muffled hearing. |
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| Trotsky | Jun 22 2016, 03:05 AM Post #8 |
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Or the accents? |
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| margrace | Jun 22 2016, 04:33 AM Post #9 |
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I too find Bell tv and ctv commercials far to loud. |
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| blizzard | Jun 22 2016, 04:49 AM Post #10 |
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Television commercials are commonly louder, they want to sell their products and pay large sums of dollars for airtime. |
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| Darcie | Jun 22 2016, 05:09 AM Post #11 |
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Accents are fine with me, I was married to one for many years. Some say I have acquired a slight one, who knows. |
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| haili | Jun 22 2016, 05:19 AM Post #12 |
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Dialtone: do you mean the sound setting between bass and treble on the TV? If it's the TV sound it's set right in the middle. I think some of the problem is with the sound bar. The warranty is up of course and I can't seem to make it stay on any of the settings eg. movie, sports, news etc. It always reverts to the other (can't remember what it's called). I've tried to get cc but can't seem to get it to work either. If I'm talking to one of my grandsons maybe they'd know but everyone else is as tech. challenged as I am. Darcie: maybe I'll look into those head phones; they might help. |
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| haili | Jun 22 2016, 05:34 AM Post #13 |
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I just emailed those two channels and hope it does some good, though probably not. I feel better now. |
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| Dialtone | Jun 22 2016, 09:43 AM Post #14 |
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Hi Haili, this is what I mean. http://www.manualslib.com/manual/516540/Lg-Tv.html?page=173 Our TV has settings for auto volume and clear voice. It takes a bit of adjusting to find the optimum settings for our ears, after that we never touch it again. |
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| haili | Jun 22 2016, 01:57 PM Post #15 |
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Dialtone: thanks but I don't think I have those settings on my TV which is a Toshiba. It's not really the volume between channels that bothers me; it's the sudden increases in volume of the background music or sound effects in the middle of programs, and the commercials on CTV. I'll have another look at the TV manual. |
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