Blutooth coverter -will it turn on with TV speaker

DEBTMONKEY1A

Hi! Thick question. TV in awkward position in bedroom so hard.to access sockets at back. Presently have a regza Toshiba 1080p, 42 inch. Not Bluetooth enabled as far as I know. TV is around 8 yes old and works fab. .

Presently own cheapo ASDS infra red head sets....not comfortable really but sound OK. BUT.....involves a lot of twisting around to access back & its a pain.. Whilst infra red 'base' is plugged in, even if head set off, no sound from tv speakers.

I wondered if a lightweight blutooth speaker and a Blutooth converter either plugged to mains or into spare audio 3.5 jack would a) be more comfortable, b)...stay plugged into tv and tv normal speaker works, even if Bluetooth converter left on?

Any product cheap reccomendations eBay/amazon?

Main reason for this is that neighbours have a new born and don't want to wake them with me lumping around!

Thanks if you can advise!:money::beer:

flashg67

I have a bluetooth converter for my tv which works well but I have to switch it on and pair everytime (to my bluetooth headphones). The limitations are the converters battery life (mines about 5 hrs). It can be left on charge, but it doesn't pair/work when on charge. (I've not found one yet that works while charging - I've tried 3!)
I think you'd also still need to select between headphone & TV speaker too (via tv menu), or unplug the converter to allow the tv speaker to work, as you've found.
Is the current cable a 3.5mm one? You could extend the current headset cable to make it easier to access & unplug when needed, or is the tv speaker automatically switched off when any lead is plugged in to the tv??

DEBTMONKEY1A

:)Yes, 3.5mm. Am I being thick, but if I I detach the extension lead the other half of the 3.5mm cable will still be connected. ...so surely the lead still being connected directly to the tv, hence no sound from tv speakers?

0r....as the cable is NOT going directly to IR Transmitter base unit....will tv main sound automatically come back on at tv main speakers...hence avoiding the noise and hassle of moving tv?

Sorry to be dumb (!).

Jaymie_kate

Go to ebay or amazon as there are several bluetooth speakers and adapters you can use for your tv. The only thing you have to be sure of is the compatibility of your tv to the blutetooth adapter.

DEBTMONKEY1A

Sainlogic 2 in 1 transmitter & receiver on ebay,flashg67, something like this would turn my non Bluetooth TV to on where I can listen to the TV? Been reading up and not sure if TV has option to switch on remote between Bluetooth/TV speakers or I'd need to lump TV about hence making a noise-defeats object of ordinal post!

Saw a 3.3mm adaptor in Wilco today for 1-75, will try and connect tomorrow and see if once transmitter off the TV speakers work again? That sounds easier than mucking about with pairing up/charging, etc.

BTW...eBay have cheaper 3.5 mm units in transmit/receive only (the product above is for BOTH) functions. Which one would index to receive the TV sound (bearing its non Bluetooth), receive or transmit? Sorry to be thick !

Thanks!

EDIT....No setting on TV to change between Bluetooth & TV speakers. Also tried leaving a 3.5 cable from IR transmitter with headphones/transmitter off & another spare lead....no TV speaker sound.

Norman_Castle

Does the tv have phono or scart outputs? Does your current headset have independent volume control?

DEBTMONKEY1A

Has a phono socket which present IR unit uses and 2 scarts.

Norman_Castle

DEBTMONKEY1A wrote: »

Has a phono socket which present IR unit uses and 2 scarts.

Phono sockets don't switch the sound off, presumably you are referring to the 3.5mm jack plug socket.

Do the headphones have independent volume control?

DEBTMONKEY1A

Yes. ...it has individual volume on IR headphones and yes you are correct regarding 3.5 jack socket. On awkward hard to reach panel on back of television the socket that plugs in has a little 'headset' icon next to the socket. :beer:

Norman_Castle

https://www.amazon.co.uk/scart-3-5mm-socket-adaptor-audio/dp/B00136X340

Or if it has phono audio out, https://www.amazon.co.uk/kenable-3-5mm-Stereo-Socket-Adapter-Black/dp/B003OSPTVU/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_107_lp_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=6ZXC681CYKGKHV5ESHC5

You might find them cheaper if you look around.

psychic_teabag

Had a quick look at a manual which might match your TV (you don't give an exact model). It labels the phono sockets as input-only, so that wouldn't work to get the sound from the TV. I think it is typical that the headphone socket is wired such that plugging anything in will disconnect the TV speakers, so yes, even an extension cable which had nothing at the other end would disable the TV speaker.

The SCART sockets are labelled as input/output, so that might be one way to get the audio from the TV without disabling the TV speakers. (I used to use a cable from SCART output on VHS recorder to stereo to get sound, when the TV's sound broke.) However, would you then have the opposite problem - how do you turn off the TV speakers and listen to the sound through bluetooth (or whatever) only ? Mute would (presumably) mute all sound.

Perhaps one option is to get some external speakers for the TV - and old set of PC speakers from a charity shop would do. Then you *always* have something plugged into the headphone socket, so that TV speakers are disabled. You can use a cable splitter to feed two devices from the audio - the external speakers and your current IR headphones or a bluetooth transmitter. Then you turn on the external speakers if you want to fill the room with noise, or leave them off to listen only remotely.