Sound on Sony BD Player Question

[LTCSZ]

Hi: Recently purchased a new Sony Blu-Ray theater system...Plays great, beautiful picture, but I have a sound question...When watching a movie, the voices are difficult to pick out from the background...In other words, the music that is playing seems to be at exactly the same volume as the speaking, making it hard to differentiate the voices...I have tried various audio settings, but nothing seems to help...Can anyone advise me with some suggestions for settings that might help? Thanks,

Steve

[Baldrick]

Have you tried adjust just the center speaker volume? Check the manual.

[turk690]

Hi: Recently purchased a new Sony Blu-Ray theater system...Plays great, beautiful picture, but I have a sound question...When watching a movie, the voices are difficult to pick out from the background...In other words, the music that is playing seems to be at exactly the same volume as the speaking, making it hard to differentiate the voices...I have tried various audio settings, but nothing seems to help...Can anyone advise me with some suggestions for settings that might help? Thanks,

Steve

Make very sure the speakers are properly connected (+ goes to +, - goes to -, etc). Wrong polarity connections can muddy the sound.
Put the speakers roughly where they are intended (left, center, right, etc). I've seen some people with all-in-one theater systems who just stack all the five speakers together near the TV and can't be bothered to place them properly around the room. Putting the five speakers together can create curious (sometimes nasty) phase effects.
With the speakers properly placed, dig through the system menu and activate speaker placement test. This consists of either a tone or a burst of white noise or announcements, which is very useful in confirming the correct placement and while at it, the volume level of each speaker relative to one another.
Try different sources: different BDs/DVDs, different broadcasts, etc. Center channel level can differ wildly, more so for sources that are only 2-ch (originally Dolby Surround-encoded, for example).
Of course, it doesn't hurt, as Baldrick tersely puts it, to check the wretched manual.