Just started doing the same thing on mine too last week!! So its not just my tv which is only 1 1/2 years years old!
Awesome fix just hit the * go to audio change sound to off and its fixed
When it happens to my 49inch TCL. I push the reset button located at the top of my hdmi area.
Jerry
My TCL 423 50" has this issue. 10 months old. Bought October 2019. Sounded almost like a blown speaker- a squealing distorted sound. It happened on internet TV (Roku) and also on the cable box from Comcast so it was not related to the input. I have wireless headphones connected to one output and the same squealing sound issue coming out of the headphones. So, the issue is clearly within the TV - not the TV speakers or the input source.
This forum helped resolve the issue. Unplugging the TV for a minute (not just turning it off) was needed. The problem is fixed. It was a strange problem...
Thanks for the directions! It works! I tried restarting everything and our modem! ❤️
That worked. Thanks foodguy
Turning volume node off worked for me. Thanks.
Thanks! I can validate this also worked for me!
Volume “mode”. Set it to “off”.
When watching a program