What solution for having 2 pairs of wireless headphones connected to a Fire TV?

gilbutre

I plan to purchase an Amazon Fire TV and connect 2 pairs of wireless (bluetooth/IR/radio/whatever) high quality headphones so two people can listen simultaneously. Not sure how to achieve that though or if it's even possible.

Any product/setup suggestion?

Oakdene

Could you use a bluetooth receiver that gets plugged into the headphone jack on the tv?

gilbutre

Oakdene wrote: »

Could you use a bluetooth receiver that gets plugged into the headphone jack on the tv?

What about the 2 pairs of headphones, would they work on the same Bluetooth receiver?

Oakdene

gilbutre wrote: »

What about the 2 pairs of headphones, would they work on the same Bluetooth receiver?

No I think Bluetooth is 1 to 1 in terms of receiver, the additional receiver in the jack would be for the 2nd pair.

gilbutre

Oakdene wrote: »

No I think Bluetooth is 1 to 1 in terms of receiver, the additional receiver in the jack would be for the 2nd pair.

OK, but is it possible that one pair of headphones "takes over" the other pair rather than working along with it? I mean, could the Fire TV deliver sound to only one of the pairs, say the jack-connected ones, "over" the USB-Bluetooth ones, or vice versa? Anybody every tried something like this who could confirm whether that's the case?

RobTang

Not the cheapest option but the Sennheiser RS series allows 2 headsets to a single transmitter


http://en-uk.sennheiser.com/rs-165
http://en-uk.sennheiser.com/rs-175
etc


You can buy one headset on its own in addition to the regular pack.


OR


you could get some regular wireless headphones and split the output into the 2 transmitters

gilbutre

RobTang wrote: »

you could get some regular wireless headphones and split the output into the 2 transmitters

You mean using something like this? Can't there be interferences between the 2 pairs of headphones? Should they be different brands/models?

(thanks for the reference too!)

kwikbreaks

I tried google for dual wireless headphones and the only things appearing were IR based so that suggests to be that all the radio types are strictly 1:1

IR strikes me as being line of sight which may not work well but seems to be the only wireless option.

Station

Something like a Samsung Level Link will transmit bluetooth audio to 2 devices simultaneously (there are probably other similar options but I own one of these)

Then you have the flexibility to pair that with 2 different BT headphones/earbuds/whatever depending on your prefences

RobTang

gilbutre wrote: »

You mean using something like this? Can't there be interferences between the 2 pairs of headphones? Should they be different brands/models?

(thanks for the reference too!)

I'm thinking more like a basic headphone splitter
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-3-5mm-Headphone-Splitter-White/dp/B0000UV2AW
or an optical splitter which the more fancy wireless headsets accept
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Home-Audio-Video-Accessories/Digital-Toslink-Optical-Fiber-Cable-Adapter-Splitter/B00QK5EBHW/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1498751597&sr=1-3&keywords=optical+splitter

I'm not sure if the Fire TV supports usb audio (its best to assume it does not) and I would also say bluetooth is not an option because for HQ audio it has a large delay

Radio wireless headsets use similar tech to WiFi once they are paired with their transmitter you can use different ones simultaneously, I dont know about IR ones but I would expect them to have channel encoding so you can use a few at a time.

gilbutre

RobTang wrote: »

I'm thinking more like a basic headphone splitter
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-3-5mm-Headphone-Splitter-White/dp/B0000UV2AW
or an optical splitter which the more fancy wireless headsets accept
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Home-Audio-Video-Accessories/Digital-Toslink-Optical-Fiber-Cable-Adapter-Splitter/B00QK5EBHW/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1498751597&sr=1-3&keywords=optical+splitter

I'm not sure if the Fire TV supports usb audio (its best to assume it does not) and I would also say bluetooth is not an option because for HQ audio it has a large delay

Radio wireless headsets use similar tech to WiFi once they are paired with their transmitter you can use different ones simultaneously, I dont know about IR ones but I would expect them to have channel encoding so you can use a few at a time.

Ahem, there's no jack slot on the Fire TV. Only one USB.