TV and Headphones

grumbler

McKneff wrote: »

Sorry for the late Reply, I bought them a number of years ago I bought them, Philips, I think they were about £49 but they are really super and easy to use.

Just google cordless headphones and choose a decent make.

Good luck

You completely missed the point.
All headphones are the same in this respect.
It's TVs that differ. Most switch the speakers off when the headphones get connected to the headphones socket.

The OP and islandman want a TV that keeps the speakers on so that you could keep headphones connected permanently and use either speakers or headphones or both.

flashg67

My year old LG mutes the speakers when headphones are plugged in

googler

The solution I would suggest is not to use the headphone socket, but connect a fixed-level output to the wireless sender, and control the volume at the wireless receiver end.

baz8790

Why dont you take a pair of cheap in ear headphones with you and visit some shops that have TVs on display and see if plugging in the headphones mutes the TV.

you can also check if different options can be selected within the menu for the headphone socket.

Cardew

grumbler wrote: »

You completely missed the point.
All headphones are the same in this respect.
It's TVs that differ. Most switch the speakers off when the headphones get connected to the headphones socket.

The OP and islandman want a TV that keeps the speakers on so that you could keep headphones connected permanently and use either speakers or headphones or both.

Thank you. Thank You.


I thought I had made it perfectly clear that I have Sennheiser headphones(which are brilliant)(two sets) and they work as I require on my Sony and Panasonic. The headphone transmitter is permanently connected to the 3.5mm jack and the sound and tone levels on these headphones are adjusted on the headphones themselves. Adjustment of the sound level on the TV does not affect the headphones.


My query was if anyone knew if John Lewis TVs(which are LG) and Samsung mute their speakers when headphones are plugged in the 3.5mm socket.


Before anyone states the obvious and tells me to buy a Sony or Panasonic - I don't want to! Almost without exception Samsung gets the best reports and LG close behind. My newish Sony has one major drawback. The picture is brilliant if you sit directly in front of the TV, but view it from an angle(say 30 degrees) and the picture quality deteriorates.

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Cardew wrote: »

My newish Sony has one major drawback. The picture is brilliant if you sit directly in front of the TV, but view it from an angle(say 30 degrees) and the picture quality deteriorates.

Never heard of this being an issue with any modern TV.

Regardless, why are you watching at an angle of 30 degrees?

Norman_Castle

My 2/3 year old Samsung mutes the speakers when headphones are plugged in. From memory I've searched and cannot switch the speakers on as well as the headphones. The headphone socket is also located almost centrally on the back of the tv making it in-accessible if wall mounted. Unfortunately it also lacks audio phono outputs which would have been very useful. Apart from this its a very good tv with a great picture and sound.

I'm not sure but I suspect all tvs using similar technology may have the same narrow viewing field. Do curved tvs have the same problem?
If possible visit John Lewis or Richer Sounds with headphones and ask if the tvs do what you want.

dcouponzzzz

I have a 10+ year old samsung that automatically mutes the TV speakers routing sound to an iPod dock via jack>jack (TV has a speaker out jack port, no converter required). You could take your headphones in to a shop and test it any time you like.

Cardew

Originally Posted by Cardew View Post

My newish Sony has one major drawback. The picture is brilliant if you sit directly in front of the TV, but view it from an angle(say 30 degrees) and the picture quality deteriorates.

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Never heard of this being an issue with any modern TV.

Regardless, why are you watching at an angle of 30 degrees?

WHICH point out this issue, in their Reviews, with several of the latest TVs and especially Sony.


Also note the comment in post #18;

I'm not sure but I suspect all tvs using similar technology may have the same narrow viewing field.

I sit directly in front of the TV, but if several other people in the room are watching, they can't all sit on my lap;)