'of old: Smart Sound, introduced by Magnavox in 1992 (This date seems wrong to us, we think it came out earlier and was implemented before 1992) on its television sets, is designed to reduce sudden extreme changes in volume, namely the sound of TV commercials relative to the sound of the TV shows they follow. Magnavox refers to Smart Sound as “automatic volume control” to describe the feature’s ability to monitor the sound level of TV shows and limit how much louder the subsequent commercials will play.'
Sounds like a good idea, but it didn't work very well. It has to be done through the TV. I'm not sure, and am sure that someone will know.
The trouble came in when it tried to recognize the different signals that shows and ads run on. Something of the time reminds me that the two were on different frequencies or something.
The TV had trouble picking out the two, but since we can now have a Fax and a Phone Line on the Same Line, I thought it would be a little easier now, you know, been there, done that?
sidenote: Even when it did work like it was suppose to, it still couldn't stop the beginning of the ad from being loud, which was the point.
Oh well...
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