Purchased this Sharp TV...Sound problems Playing the X - Box the TV gives off incredible sound. When playing a DVD and Direct TV the sound needs to be at top volume to hear anything good. Anybody know why this is? Purchased this Sharp TV...Sound problems Playing the X - Box the TV gives off incredible sound. When playing a DVD and Direct TV the sound needs to be at top volume to hear anything good. Anybody... » Read More Purchased this Sharp TV...Sound problems Playing the X - Box the TV gives off incredible sound. When playing a DVD and Direct TV the sound needs to be at top volume to hear anything good. Anybody know why this is? « Show Less
1007331
This TV was reported to have a weak sound system. You should read the reviews. I purchased it for the picture and hooked it up to a surround sound system. End of issue for me.
1007332
We purchased this TV from Amazon and it arrived this morning. The volume is insufficient. It can be set to about 40 whereas on our older 42 inch flat screen TV a 60 is possible and it takes about 50 to hear it well even in a moderately sized room. It will require external speakers to get the volume boosted to where it will be satisfactory. If I had known this before I would have factored in the extra cost before deciding to order it. I'm disappointed. Neither is the video as good as I expected. It is not bad, but I think for all the hype it could have been a bit sharper. Hank
1760797
The sound does not go extremely loud. You didn't do anything wrong installing it. I think that is the loudest that this model TV can go. I tried raising the sound with the cable system but that didn't do anything either. I think that it is at a comfortable setting but if you have a loud appliance you might have trouble hearing it over the noise. Quite happy with the tv.
1981283
As stated by the other responses, the sound is typical of TV's with built in speakers. No problems with the sound, but if you want surround or theater quality you'll have to add something for that. Ours is not used as our primary TV, so the speakers and sound are perfectly good.
1085391
The sound sound on the tv itself is definitely lacking in the audio department. I see why you ordered one, with that being said I have no idea if it will work or not, hell I didn't even know they had one.
1867585
Check your TV to see if it has optical output. If it does, then hook up the optical cable to it. Note: some of the sound will NOT process by this model (like XBOX games, or sounds has DTS). In that case you have to use RCA cable to hook up from your TV to this sound bar. I also found an issue with this model is that, when the sound bar is on, it will mess up my wireless connection to my laptop.
2017128
Great Granny,I would try to exchange or return the tv while you still can. Only a minority of Vizio's have picture problems and you are certain your tv has a sound issue. If you were to use external speakers you might still have a sound problem anyway. Good luck.
465035
Yup I HAD that problem as well when I was using RCA inputs but when I changed to Digital Optical, I found that the volume was way too loud and had to turn it down a lot just to fit viewing need. Well, the way I have my setup with the same HTIB(Home Theater in Box) is: PS3&gt;Reciever via Digital Optical for Audio PS3&gt;TV via Component(Plan to upgrade to HDMI once the cable comes) TV&gt;Reciever via RCA(Red and White plugs) For yours specifically Castellanos, I think we need a bit more info on the TV and the Toshiba, like what kind of Inputs and Outputs are on the back of both products or if not that way, give a link to see information on those items. Hopefully we can get this straighten out as with others in the same boat.
1996360
Make sure TV sound is disabled. All sound will come through SoundPlate. It has much better sound than the TV.
2175017
Be sure to follow Chompy's advice, turn the sharpness level to *zero*. That helps a lot. At first I was so disappointed with the performance of this tv for xbox one. After I turned the sharpness level to 0 everything changed. It's not blur anymore and the quality of the picture is amazing!
1062663
I have never had a problem like this before. I think very highly of this sound system. I'm thinking about buying another one of these sound systems for my other TV which has a worn out sound system. Hope this helps you out.
1247189
a separate post suggested turning tru-motion off... I just ordered my tv - hopefully it looks good. no suggestions on sound though
553801
We have this tv. The tv sound is not that great, we have our sound coming through our stereo dolby 7.1 , it sounds great! I guess buying a soundbar is another option.
959925
I play DVD's all the time on my TV and have never had an issue with the stock settings. Are you using appropriate HDMI cables for the connection to the TV? Sounds like you have a cable issue, not a TV issue.
971318
this is because something is going with cabling, high volume, speaker in process of going dead. I have one, and I have to tell you this is the worst receiver i have! My problem only happends viewing BD/DVD, mostly with Dolby Tru HD decoding and looking a very high frequencyt scenes liek the ones on Resident evil -extintion. I revise, reset, disconnect and do everything that the web site told me to. Also, I start testing each speaker, and disconnecting one speaker at a time and repeating the scene that is causing the protector to activate. I thaught I found the problematic speaker, but wrong, it happend again, same movie same scene... it is very frustrating My advice, return the unnit, get a Yamaha....
1758566
you can go into the Audio and check speaker volume, I turned down the front 2 speakers and the center channel and turned up the rear volume; also when you play dvd or blu ray make sure you have set for 5.1 channel. Not all are set this way automatically. hope that is of some help
1152731
I have the same problem. I assumed it was caused by running the sound through a receiver. Does it do it using the tv speakers? I would like know too.
605795
That same thing bugs me too during games so I switch the listening mode settings to "All Ch Stereo." I like the way it sounds a lot better. They're not filming the games in surround sound so it sounds better in stereo.