Re: No audio in MONO but just fine in Stereo - WFXT Ch 25

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:49:22 -0800 (PST) John Bolduc <n1qgs@yahoo.com>
writes:
> While wathcing Channel 25 Boston around 1-2 am Sunday morning, I 
> noticed
> that in mono mode on my Sony TV all I was heard was the background 
> music
> and scene effects (such as foot steps). I had to turn the volume way 
> up to
> hear any spoken words. When I flipped to stereo or SAP modes the 
> audio was
> fine. I believe the program was Relic Hunter, or maybe it was Lost 
> World,
> I forget.
> Sounds like the mixing of left and right channels cancelled much of 
> each
> other out in the mono mode.
> 
> John
> N1QGS
> East Derry

I've had this problem when I've taped a show on VCR.  Sometimes,
fortunately not very often, when there is a scene that involves a low
frequency noise, like the engine rumble on a starship (okay, so I like
scifi) the low frequency noise completely blocks out the dialogue of the
show.
df