24 Hours In A&E

[smurfchops]

I used to watch this a lot, and decided to watch it again tonight. But the annoying loud background music was getting on my nerves, so I switched off and won’t be watching it again. Was there always background music on this programme? I never noticed it before.

[Buenchico]

You've almost certainly got the audio settings on your TV wrong for your room and/or your personal preferences. (It's amazing how many people just leave them set to the default levels, rather than adjusting them as soon as they get the TV). Even my ultra-cheapo Polaroid TV, from Asda, has a decent range of audio settings. More expensive models tend to have even more options.

So press that 'Menu' button and navigate to the audio settings. You'll almost certainly be able to improve things a great deal.

[Smowball]

I used to always watch this too, but no I never noticed it before either.

[roopower]

I was watching last night and hadn't noticed, it certainly didn't bother me.

[smurfchops]

It was in the first section, before the adverts. Then I switched over. Chris, would the audio setting affect the sound of the actual programme or just the background music??

[Buenchico]

The settings affect everything but if you choose, say, a 'Speech' or 'Drama' setting over, say, a 'Concert' or 'Theatre' setting, it will accentuate the higher frequencies, making speech stand out more from background music. (That assumes that your TV set uses 'named' settings. If you've just got bass and treble controls, try reducing the bass and increasing the treble).

[smurfchops]

Thanks Chris, I reduced bass and increased treble. Will be interested to see the results!