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David Crookes

How to fix muffled TV dialogue — 3 settings that make speech clearer

Woman watching TV.

When watching an absorbing drama or movie, you might struggle to hear the dialogue. The natural solution is to turn up the volume — but this creates a new problem. When an action scene arrives, the audio becomes painfully loud, forcing you to turn it back down.

This back-and-forth has become more common over the years and isn't helped by actors who mumble their way through scenes. But while you could turn on closed captions for clearer dialogue or solve the problem of small TV speakers by investing in a soundbar, you may want to try your TV's built-in audio settings first.

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