Using headphones with TV Headphone Splitter on TV? 23 November 2022 at 5:54PM in Techie Stuff 6 replies 95 views

blackstar

Hello all I just bought a 

Hisense 40A4BGTUK (40 Inch) HD Smart TV

and a 

UGREEN Headphone Splitter 2 Way Y 3.5mm Jack Aux Adapter Dual Earphone Headset Splitter Male to 2 Female Hi-Fi Stereo Audio Extension 

so my missus and I can watch TV with us both using wired headphones. However, neither headphones worked when using the splitter. Only worked when using the headphones singly plugged directly into the headphone socket on the TV? why is that? 

So I thought well I will buy two bluetooth headphones and stick in a Bluetooth transmitter into the TV and connect both headphones to the blue tooth transmitter, but only one set of headphones worked. Maybe if I buy another bluetooth transmitter and plug that into the other spare USB port then both bluetooth headphones will work is that right?

Ideally Id rather just use the wired headphones as so much easier, is there no way of using two wired headphones with my TV?

ANy help appreciated. 

facade

blackstar said:

However, neither headphones worked when using the splitter. Only worked when using the headphones singly plugged directly into the headphone socket on the TV? why is that? 

The splitter is just a plug that has two sockets wired to it in parallel, so if it doesn't work with one headphone plugged in either socket I'd say it is faulty. Try using it with a radio or something that has a headphone output.

You need a dual bluetooth transmitter to use with 2 headphones at once, (this is not the same as a multipoint adapter, which is to do with receiving from more than one phone). Dual bluetooth came in with bluetooth v5.0, but check the specifications of any supposed bluetooth v5.0 device to check that it supports dualstream Tx.

I read somewhere that the headphones should ideally be different makes, as 2 identical ones confuse the bluetooth, but this ought to be a myth as they should each have a unique ID.

blackstar

I got the two bluetooth headphones working using 2 WONSUN Bluetooth 5.0 Transmitter Receiver, 2 in 1 Adapter Mini Portable 3.5mm Jack, one in each USB port on the TV.

I plugged the Wired Headphones into the Headphones port on the TV and they work great. But when I plug two wired headphones into the splitter and plug the splitter into the TV headphones port NEITHER headphones work? Why, how do I get the wired headphones to work?

Thanks

facade

blackstar said:

I plugged the Wired Headphones into the Headphones port on the TV and they work great. But when I plug two wired headphones into the splitter and plug the splitter into the TV headphones port NEITHER headphones work? Why, how do I get the wired headphones to work?

try plugging the splitter into something else with a headphone socket to test it, I think it is faulty.

km1500

or use one wired headphone and one blutooth

Heedtheadvice

As Facade wrote the splitter should work with just one headphone connected to it on one connector or the other connector or both headphones connected at the same time.

If one headphone connected by itself does not work in both outputs, or the other headphone acts similarly then the  splitter is either faulty or just not compatible.

If they all work in those connections but do not work when both headphones plugged in then it is likely that the tv output is not capable of driving those two headphones together either because the signal output is too low a level, is too high an output impedence to drive two headphones at once or struggles and has an automatic switch off to protect itself.

You do not mention which headphones you have but if low impedence types then ordinary headphone outputs can struggle to power one let alone two (ref the above paragraph)

So if neither phones work singly splitter issue. For a cheap option try a https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363848121326?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=8dltrk1otua&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=x0E-jks0S26&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY or similar

If each work singly but not together then likely tv struggling.

You can buy headphone amplifiers that you can feed from a working splitter or have dual (and isolated!) Outputs.

Something like this could be fine https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325319589337?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=zZjxWvPnTcO&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=x0E-jks0S26&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY though not a recommendation just from a search plus you would also need an external power supply for this. There may be better options

googler

Does the TV have any audio out apart from the headphone?  An optical output? SCART? Twin phono? 

EDIT - found it. It has optical audio out, which will be at fixed level, regardless of volume setting on the TV. 

Get an optical Toslink cable long enough to go across or round the room, and a headphone amplifier with optical input, two headphone output, and volume control. 

I'm sure there'll be one on Amazon