loud background noise.

[rsvp]

On certain programmes, mainly documentries, I have great difficulty hearing the presenter as there is very loud background music. Other programmes are absolutely fine so don't think it's all 'me'. Is there any way of adjusting this without calling an engineer? Have Sky HD and am not very technically minded.. Many thanks

[HowardKennitby]

Nope, not even if you do call anyone can you alter this.

[rsvp]

oh, that's not good news HK but thank you for the reply

[HowardKennitby]

Unfortunately we are all burdened with silly music etc on programmes. Having thought about it a bit more, and depending on what sort of background noise it was, it might be possible to improve things by passing the audio signal through a very good graphic equaliser.

[gingejbee]

You could go into the Sound Menu (on TV) and try different settings. Is it optimised for "Speech" and have you any pseudo-surround- sound activated? This can affect how clearly you hear the spoken word.

[sunny-dave]

Not strictly true HK.

If you take the Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound feed from your HD box into a home cinema system, then very often the dialogue will be in separate channel(s) from the background music/noise. A bit of tweaking with settings can then boost the dialogue above the background. Works well on many programmes - particularly sport where the commentator can be boosted/buried in the crowd noise according to your preference.

[MASS1961]

Sound OFF Subtitles ON !!

[rsvp]

sounds quite complicated if there is something to be done - think my best bet is to wait until my brother in law visits, he's a computer buff, also very good with TVs. Thank you all for the answers