Hi

It used to be that the volume on my tv set would suddenly become quite
lower than normal. I usually would be able to correct it by gradually
increasing the setting until it reached a certain point (about 80%) and
then the correct volume would suddenly kick in and blast your eardrums.
However, over the past week I haven't been able to hear anything coming
from the speaker and have had to settle for reading captions. Any
suggestions on what the problem might be and how to correct it? (P.S.
The remote has brand new batteries and pressing & releasing the mute
button does nothing but add or remove the "muted" display on the
screen.) Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Major Tom