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using wireless headphones w/ a TV
I wasn't if this was the right group for this question. If there's a
better one, please let me know. Is there a way to toggle between listening to TV using wireless headphones and using the TV's speakers? The problem is the TV outputs are inaccessible -- the TV is in a cabinet and output jacks are on the back -- so I can't just plug the wireless transmitter in when using it. TIA, --Charlene -- Our national anthem is a great song that has been seriously abused by all the little pop tarts who are invited to perform it at ball games. -- Garrison Keillor email perronnellec at earthlink . net -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"Charlene Charette" wrote ...
I wasn't if this was the right group for this question. If there's a better one, please let me know. Is there a way to toggle between listening to TV using wireless headphones and using the TV's speakers? The problem is the TV outputs are inaccessible -- the TV is in a cabinet and output jacks are on the back -- so I can't just plug the wireless transmitter in when using it. Doesn't seem very likely. Unfortunately, when you insert the connector into the TV's output jack, it breaks the internal connection to the speaker, and nothing can restore that connection short of physically pulling the plug out of the jack. :-( If you wanted to have the TV set modified, it could be done, but it is quite likely cost/benefit prohibitive. |
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On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:55:41 -0500, Charlene Charette
wrote: Is there a way to toggle between listening to TV using wireless headphones and using the TV's speakers? The problem is the TV outputs are inaccessible -- the TV is in a cabinet and output jacks are on the back -- so I can't just plug the wireless transmitter in when using it. I don't think there's an easy answer. The headphone jack doubtless acts as a switch, cutting out the internal speakers. So a simple extension cable won't work. If your hi-fi system is around the TV you could feed TV audio out to that, bypass the internal TV speakers completely and switch between hi-fi speakers and headphones. That'll teach you to confine your TV in a nasty cabinet! Apart from encouraging overheating and maybe messing up the sound, it stops you getting to outputs you NEED to get to. |
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using wireless headphones w/ a TV
How about using the line-level outputs for the transmitter? On most
TVs, you can control whether the built-in speakers are on/off from the remote even when the line outs are used. Kal On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:55:41 -0500, Charlene Charette wrote: I wasn't if this was the right group for this question. If there's a better one, please let me know. Is there a way to toggle between listening to TV using wireless headphones and using the TV's speakers? The problem is the TV outputs are inaccessible -- the TV is in a cabinet and output jacks are on the back -- so I can't just plug the wireless transmitter in when using it. TIA, --Charlene -- Our national anthem is a great song that has been seriously abused by all the little pop tarts who are invited to perform it at ball games. -- Garrison Keillor email perronnellec at earthlink . net |
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using wireless headphones w/ a TV
Charlene Charette wrote:
I wasn't if this was the right group for this question. If there's a better one, please let me know. Is there a way to toggle between listening to TV using wireless headphones and using the TV's speakers? The problem is the TV outputs are inaccessible -- the TV is in a cabinet and output jacks are on the back -- so I can't just plug the wireless transmitter in when using it. Get an extension cable that can come around the side to be accessable from the front. geoff |
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"Geoff" wrote in message ... Charlene Charette wrote: I wasn't if this was the right group for this question. If there's a better one, please let me know. Is there a way to toggle between listening to TV using wireless headphones and using the TV's speakers? The problem is the TV outputs are inaccessible -- the TV is in a cabinet and output jacks are on the back -- so I can't just plug the wireless transmitter in when using it. Get an extension cable that can come around the side to be accessable from the front. But as long as the extention cable is plugged in, it is likely that it will cut off the internal speaker(s). |
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Richard Crowley wrote:
Get an extension cable that can come around the side to be accessable from the front. But as long as the extention cable is plugged in, it is likely that it will cut off the internal speaker(s). I'm not sure that we established that a 'heaphone' (or switching) output was actually being being used... Headphone transmitters usually run out of an AV-out jack, which usually runs indepandantly of speaker volume/muting. geoff |
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"Geoff" wrote ... Richard Crowley wrote: Get an extension cable that can come around the side to be accessable from the front. But as long as the extention cable is plugged in, it is likely that it will cut off the internal speaker(s). I'm not sure that we established that a 'heaphone' (or switching) output was actually being being used... Headphone transmitters usually run out of an AV-out jack, which usually runs indepandantly of speaker volume/muting. True, but then you don't necessarily have control over the built-in TV speaker(s). To the OP: As you can see, this doesn't hold up very well as a generic question. It depends A LOT on the specific make/model and what features it has. |
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Richard Crowley wrote:
True, but then you don't necessarily have control over the built-in TV speaker(s). Mute button and volume control ? These don't usually affect "Monitor Outs" or whatever.... To the OP: As you can see, this doesn't hold up very well as a generic question. It depends A LOT on the specific make/model and what features it has. Yes, more info needed. geoff |
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using wireless headphones w/ a TV
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:33:49 -0700, Richard Crowley wrote:
"Geoff" wrote in message m... Charlene Charette wrote: I wasn't if this was the right group for this question. If there's a better one, please let me know. Is there a way to toggle between listening to TV using wireless headphones and using the TV's speakers? The problem is the TV outputs are inaccessible -- the TV is in a cabinet and output jacks are on the back -- so I can't just plug the wireless transmitter in when using it. Get an extension cable that can come around the side to be accessable from the front. But as long as the extention cable is plugged in, it is likely that it will cut off the internal speaker(s). That's a good thing. What is the point of using headphones if you also going to use the speakers? |
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AZ Nomad wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:33:49 -0700, Richard Crowley wrote: "Geoff" wrote in message om... Charlene Charette wrote: I wasn't if this was the right group for this question. If there's a better one, please let me know. Is there a way to toggle between listening to TV using wireless headphones and using the TV's speakers? The problem is the TV outputs are inaccessible -- the TV is in a cabinet and output jacks are on the back -- so I can't just plug the wireless transmitter in when using it. Get an extension cable that can come around the side to be accessable from the front. But as long as the extention cable is plugged in, it is likely that it will cut off the internal speaker(s). That's a good thing. What is the point of using headphones if you also going to use the speakers? You might want to do this if someone in your household is hearing impaired and needs headphones to turn up the volume while the rest of the family listens to the TV at a normal volume. --Charlene -- Our national anthem is a great song that has been seriously abused by all the little pop tarts who are invited to perform it at ball games. -- Garrison Keillor email perronnellec at earthlink . net -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Richard Crowley wrote:
To the OP: As you can see, this doesn't hold up very well as a generic question. It depends A LOT on the specific make/model and what features it has. I'm pretty good at troubleshooting computers and can ask the right questions, but when it comes to A/V I'm not so good. So if this doesn't give what you need, let me know. The TV is a Symphonic ST427FF (the manual is online at http://www.symphonic.us/pdf/om/ST427FF.pdf , but when I just tried to open it Adobe balked). The only outputs are the two RCA (R & L) jacks. The only audio menu options a Main | Mono | SAP. The TV and the stereo equipment are at opposite ends of the room, so going through the stereo isn't really an option (and there's so many components hooked up there, I'm not sure there are any jacks left, anyways). As for the cabinet, the TV is in a corner so even if it weren't in a cabinet I wouldn't be able to easily get to the back of it to plug in and unplug the headphones. Unless there is a better solution, I'm leaning towards getting a set of speakers just for the TV. If the speakers have a headphone jack I can plug into that other; otherwise I'll need some sort of multi-speaker switch. Thanks for your help, --Charlene -- Our national anthem is a great song that has been seriously abused by all the little pop tarts who are invited to perform it at ball games. -- Garrison Keillor email perronnellec at earthlink . net -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:12:10 -0500, Charlene Charette
wrote: That's a good thing. What is the point of using headphones if you also going to use the speakers? You might want to do this if someone in your household is hearing impaired and needs headphones to turn up the volume while the rest of the family listens to the TV at a normal volume. Very inventive. IS this the case here? |
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"Charlene Charette" wrote ...
Richard Crowley wrote: To the OP: As you can see, this doesn't hold up very well as a generic question. It depends A LOT on the specific make/model and what features it has. I'm pretty good at troubleshooting computers and can ask the right questions, but when it comes to A/V I'm not so good. So if this doesn't give what you need, let me know. The TV is a Symphonic ST427FF (the manual is online at http://www.symphonic.us/pdf/om/ST427FF.pdf , but when I just tried to open it Adobe balked). The only outputs are the two RCA (R & L) jacks. The only audio menu options a Main | Mono | SAP. The TV and the stereo equipment are at opposite ends of the room, so going through the stereo isn't really an option (and there's so many components hooked up there, I'm not sure there are any jacks left, anyways). As for the cabinet, the TV is in a corner so even if it weren't in a cabinet I wouldn't be able to easily get to the back of it to plug in and unplug the headphones. Unless there is a better solution, I'm leaning towards getting a set of speakers just for the TV. If the speakers have a headphone jack I can plug into that other; otherwise I'll need some sort of multi-speaker switch. Good. I think you're on the right track here. You apparently have only line-level outputs, and there is no "mute" function on your remote. That means you will need to take the line-level out of the TV and feed it into both the wireless headphone transmitter, and an amplifer (or a pair of amplified speakers) for the TV sound. Routing the line-level output to two different places (the transmitter and the speaker amplifer) should be no problem, you can likely just use a simple "Y- adapter" and have them both connected all the time. OTOH, you could just connect the transmitter to the line-level outputs from the TV and use the built-in speakers, assuming the TV volume control does NOT control the line-level outputs, but only the speakers. |
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"Charlene Charette" wrote in message ... Richard Crowley wrote: To the OP: As you can see, this doesn't hold up very well as a generic question. It depends A LOT on the specific make/model and what features it has. I'm pretty good at troubleshooting computers and can ask the right questions, but when it comes to A/V I'm not so good. So if this doesn't give what you need, let me know. The TV is a Symphonic ST427FF (the manual is online at http://www.symphonic.us/pdf/om/ST427FF.pdf , but when I just tried to open it Adobe balked). It opened just fine for me using Adobe Reader 7.0. The only outputs are the two RCA (R & L) jacks. The only audio menu options a Main | Mono | SAP. The manual doesn't say, but I'm guessing that using the Audio Output jacks on the back of the TV automatically turns off output to the TV's speakers. Also, I'm guessing that the Audio Output jacks will have variable output (i.e. the volume control on the remote will control the volume level out of these jacks). The TV and the stereo equipment are at opposite ends of the room, so going through the stereo isn't really an option (and there's so many components hooked up there, I'm not sure there are any jacks left, anyways). As for the cabinet, the TV is in a corner so even if it weren't in a cabinet I wouldn't be able to easily get to the back of it to plug in and unplug the headphones. Unless there is a better solution, I'm leaning towards getting a set of speakers just for the TV. If the speakers have a headphone jack I can plug into that other; otherwise I'll need some sort of multi-speaker switch. If my assumptions above are correct, this seems like a good solution. You'd want amplified speakers, like the ones commonly sold as PC speakers, since the audio output on the TV will surely be line level. If you still want to use the wireless headphones without plugging and unplugging connections, you could easily attach two Y RCA cables (one for left and one for right) to the TV's outputs and run one to the amplified speaker input and one to the wireless headphone input. Without messing with cables, you could then you could use either speakers or headphones or you could run both the speakers and headphones at the same time. You simply turn on or off the amplified speakers and headphones as desired. Depending on the quality you want (I'm assuming casual TV listening), a set of amplified PC speakers can be had as cheaply as $10 to $30. It doesn't take much to surpass the quality of the speakers built into a typical TV. Jeff -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - B. Franklin, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919) |
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Headphone transmitters usually run out of an AV-out jack, which usually runs indepandantly of speaker volume/muting. This is the case with mine; the headphone jack on my receiver does not automatically cut off the speakers. Which is preferable, as I could simply leave them plugged in, and use them whenever I wanted; if only I could remotely drop off the A/B speaker channels on my amp; I don't think it's doable by remote. I'm such a lazy bugger. |
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Jeff Findley wrote:
The manual doesn't say, but I'm guessing that using the Audio Output jacks on the back of the TV automatically turns off output to the TV's speakers. Also, I'm guessing that the Audio Output jacks will have variable output (i.e. the volume control on the remote will control the volume level out of these jacks). I say you are most likely wrong on both counts. Those jacks are primarily for recording broadcast TV to a VCR. geoff |
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Laurence Payne wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:12:10 -0500, Charlene Charette wrote: That's a good thing. What is the point of using headphones if you also going to use the speakers? You might want to do this if someone in your household is hearing impaired and needs headphones to turn up the volume while the rest of the family listens to the TV at a normal volume. Very inventive. IS this the case here? Not the problem in my case; I found this scenario when trying to Google a solution for my situation. My main problem is someone watching TV in living room interfering with someone sleeping in the adjoinging bedroom. I figure an audio solution is bound to be cheaper and easier than ripping out drywall and insulating/soundproofing the wall. :-) --Charlene -- Our national anthem is a great song that has been seriously abused by all the little pop tarts who are invited to perform it at ball games. -- Garrison Keillor email perronnellec at earthlink . net -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in message ... You might want to do this if someone in your household is hearing impaired and needs headphones to turn up the volume while the rest of the family listens to the TV at a normal volume. Very inventive. Not really. Pretty much standard practice for many people. Headphones give better sound quality than using a hearing aid, but do have the disadvantage (or advantage?) that they can't hear any conversation going on in the room. MrT. |
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"Geoff" wrote in message ... Jeff Findley wrote: The manual doesn't say, but I'm guessing that using the Audio Output jacks on the back of the TV automatically turns off output to the TV's speakers. Also, I'm guessing that the Audio Output jacks will have variable output (i.e. the volume control on the remote will control the volume level out of these jacks). I say you are most likely wrong on both counts. Those jacks are primarily for recording broadcast TV to a VCR. If you're right, then the original poster ought to be able to attach the wireless headphones to those jacks without any other equipment. The volume control on the TV will still operate the TV's speakers, while the volume for the wireless headphones will have to be adjusted using its volume control (hopefully they have one). Jeff -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - B. Franklin, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919) |
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"Kalman Rubinson" wrote in message
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:55:41 -0500, Charlene Charette wrote: I wasn't if this was the right group for this question. If there's a better one, please let me know. Is there a way to toggle between listening to TV using wireless headphones and using the TV's speakers? The problem is the TV outputs are inaccessible -- the TV is in a cabinet and output jacks are on the back -- so I can't just plug the wireless transmitter in when using it. How about using the line-level outputs for the transmitter? On most TVs, you can control whether the built-in speakers are on/off from the remote even when the line outs are used. That's similar to the solution I hit on for a similar problem. Instead of trying to use the amplifier and speakers in the TV set which are usually crap, I use a cheap stereo receiver and some bookshelf speakers that I had around the house. The reciever (Sherwood 2-channel) cost less than $100 and has remote control for just about all of its functions, including both speaker outputs. I just run the receiver from the line-level outputs of the TV and setup the TV to disable its internal speakers and power amps. The receiver has the outputs and controls required to interface with most kinds of audio gear including a headphone jack and tape outputs. |
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"Jeff Findley" wrote in message ... while the volume for the wireless headphones will have to be adjusted using its volume control (hopefully they have one). I can't imagine any wireless headphones that don't. For wired types you can use an inline headphone attenuator, readily available at low cost. MrT. |
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