Bluetooth Transmitter questions
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Bluetooth Transmitter questions
My family room TV hangs in an open room with bedrooms above, so when everyone else is sleeping, I have to keep volume super low and I'm sick of it. TV doesn't have built in wifi, so I'm looking into a plug-in wifi transmitter. Anyone have experience with these? It seems many have lag issues where sound is behind the image, which would get annoying. Also various types of hookups, and I can't easily access my ports, as they are flush against the wall. I have an optical digital audio port, and that seems the way to go. Also need to figure out if I can keep the transmitter hidden behind the TV and also plugged into a power source with no wires showing. Way too many options. Also not sure if I need to get better headphones to avoid lag issues, or if that is a transmitter issue.
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Not a direct answer to your question but I've been using RF headphones for over a decade trying to solve a similar issue to yours (wife says TV is always too loud) and they work great. The base plugs into that digital audio port you mentioned.
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Amazing app, assuming it works. I can't create a login, getting an SSL error message. After resetting my phone and having to reenter all my wifi passwords, still getting an error. Looks like the problem is with the app. I see people complaining for months that they can't log in due to SSL errors. Got the same message when I turned off wifi and tried my son's phone.
I see this only works for live TV, which is less than 1% of my TV time, so not going to do me much good, but for live TV this could be great. I don't quite understand, but if you scan a tv broadcasting a channel live, it somehow broadcasts audio through your phone. There is a free version and a Pro version for a fee.
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All I got personal experience with is that my roku remote has a headphone jack
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I have Bluetooth speakers that I have "attached" to the receiver so I have speakers on the back wall (also open-air room) I've not listened on headphones as my late-night viewing is in the basement, but I've never experienced lag on those speakers.
I can't recommend a transmitter as mine plugs into a speaker jack, but as long as you don't go super cheap you should be ok.
I can't recommend a transmitter as mine plugs into a speaker jack, but as long as you don't go super cheap you should be ok.
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I had some many years ago to connect the kids gaming chairs with built in speakers to an old tv. It's been 5+ years and I don't seem them on monoprice anymore. They were cheap. Maybe $20 and worked well. If I was doing it again and with a wall mount. I'd get something like this. It would connect to the L/R audio from your TV and seems to have the adapters you need. You also need to get it power. Range is 33 ft?
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From what I've read, digital optical output works better, so I'm going with an option for digital optical. I noticed several models require you control volume on the transmitter itself, which would really suck. I ended up going with one that comes with headphones with a volume control on them so I know that'll work. Thanks for the advice.testuser2 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:18 am I had some many years ago to connect the kids gaming chairs with built in speakers to an old tv. It's been 5+ years and I don't seem them on monoprice anymore. They were cheap. Maybe $20 and worked well. If I was doing it again and with a wall mount. I'd get something like this. It would connect to the L/R audio from your TV and seems to have the adapters you need. You also need to get it power. Range is 33 ft?
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Just get your TV the same vaccine you got and it should work just fine.
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Related question - why can I sometimes listen to Spotify through Bluetooth when scrolling through Twitter and other times, the videos/ads will override Spotify?
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Somewhat related question - has anybody used a wireless transmitter on a powered (and wired) subwoofer? I want to put mine clear across the room and I don't really feel like opening up a ton of drywall to run a cord like 30 ft.
Something like this for reference:
This one is half the price and I'm tempted to go cheap wit' it:
This would only be for the subwoofer, speakers arranged so that the wire runs are inconspicuous and even if I wanted to do something else down the line with them they aren't powered so it wouldn't matter.
Something like this for reference:
This one is half the price and I'm tempted to go cheap wit' it:
This would only be for the subwoofer, speakers arranged so that the wire runs are inconspicuous and even if I wanted to do something else down the line with them they aren't powered so it wouldn't matter.
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