Automatic TV Sound Regulator

I bought this sound regulator for my father who can't hear well. When he turns up the volume to hear dialog, the louder parts of the movie become far too loud. Wake up Hollywood! Not everyone wants knocked out of their chairs. This device works somewhat at leveling out the sound. It's not perfect, but we can definitely hear a difference. As others have noted, it makes an odd electrical arcing sound when it first comes on. That doesn't seem to hurt anything. We've been using it for over a year now and it still seems to work fine. ----------------- Well, it's been a couple years and the regulator is still working for my father's satellite TV setup. I recently bought a second one for his DVD player. My one gripe is the price increase of 67% within two years. I would have switched to another brand and almost did, but I was in a hurry at the time. I would not by another one at the current price.

This didn’t work for us. We sent it back, did some research and found something else that worked. It was by LEMONKTV I think is the brand name. Not sure if I got it right, but it worked for us. My husband had to work with it, but got it to work. I’m not knocking anyone’s hustle selling stuff on Amazon, but if something don’t work out, I’m gonna be honest about my experience.

Helps balance the sound from commercials. A little confusing on the wiring, but does work.

I rate the product a 2 star device because it only works properly about 1/3 of the time. On our local TV newscast it does not work at all. Approximately 2/3 of the time it helps some. Would I recommend it? probably not at $47 and change. Would I buy it again? It is better than nothing and is the only thing that works somewhat to level the annoying commercials that are twice as loud as the program I am viewing. Too bad it does not work at all on the local evening news. It is very easy to install.

Never got the one I received to work on 3 systems I tried it on, could have been defective, returned it with no problem from seller.

If you have looked for these products on the internet, you'll find many, selling for much more. This is a great value, and the one to buy, for these reasons. I first bought the Terk unit, and it had, as another person stated, some pops in the audio when volume level would change. So I returned that one and bought this one. The item works great. This may not be the same with other users, but when it is on without source audio, the volume level increases to the point where there's a hum. That shows it's working, and that hum goes away when you start viewing something. Also, as you are watching and listening, you will hear the volume increase in the quiet scenes, but then when there is loudness,it quickly reduces to the right volume. I was going nuts watching Netflix movies without this unit. Constantly increasing and decreasing volume, but since I installed this unit, I haven't had to adjust the sound even once. A good example is that annoyingly loud MGM lion roar, which is always louder than the movie. You can still set your initial volume level if need be, but it remembers whatever you have set. Also, keep in mind that you can use this item for more than one application, by using a video/audio splitter,so I have it working for my Roku Netflix, and then for my DVD machines, which are together hooked up to their own video audio splitter. I've had the unit for about a month now, so let's hope it gives me years of service. By the way, it doesn't have an on/off switch, so it wouldn't hurt to run it into a power strip where you can turn it off and on. It may not be necessary, but I always do it anyway.

I own an LG 50 inch plasma with Toslink digital out. I had to buy a DAC to use this for my ZVOX 550. When I would shut off the TV, this device got confused without a signal, and a loud hum/noise came from my ZVOX. It worked okay when the TV was on. I eventually bought the SRS HDMI sound leveler with much better results. This device is for older analog systems. It hasn't been updated for the new digital world.

I purchased this product from the manufacturer. The product works as advertised, but the customer support is terrible. It took over 2 weeks to receive it. I started calling and sending e-mails after a week. When you call you get a recording for all options, never did I talk to a real person. I called at various times of the day on numerous days and never talked to anyone. They would not return calls or answer e-mails. I based my review on the product and not the customer support.