I have a Panasonic Tv. the background noise, music etc. is drowning out the audio. How do I fix this?

Sound equalizer adjust &restart to set

Yes, for most movies the surround speakers are for music and background. Unless the person speaking is supposed to be behind you, the voice will not come from there.

Your audio is probably set incorrectly. Do you have external speakers, or, are you using the TV speaker?

If the sound was disconnected, you would hear absolutely nothing at all. There is a problem with the sound signal itself, so connecting external speakers probably would not help at all. Electronic components have failed, which caused the sound problem issue.

If you have just bought these, take them or send them back.

It's because the TV's audio is stereo and the dialogue is mono split between two channels. When dialogue hits your headphones the majority of the mono signal gets cancelled. Try a different set of headphones or watch true stereo channels... IE movie channels

Looks like you have inadvertently enabled some sound effect, usually these effects can be enabled/ disabled form sounds menu. They will have names like surround, movie hall, concert etc. Go to the sound settings and disable any activated audio effects.

well it culd be an equaliser setting problem

go to the equaliser section and select any preset one like rock, pop etc...

c if it works fine then...

if you are using a surround sound receiver for your audio, you need to change the surround mode. i like mine set up for dolby pro logic. there are many different settings on the new recievers so experiment until you find one that you like.
if your sound comes only through the tv, use the audio menu and set it to stereo, although with some brands "surround" will get rid of this problem

Thank you, everyone! I thought maybe I was losing my mind. I can hardly watch a lot of the TV shows anymore due to the inappropriate use of music -- either it's too loud or there's just too darned much of it. Come on, TV producers! You are supposed to get better with time, not worse! Thank goodness I'm not alone.