I'm still learning so please explain this......

Legacy_user

I am still in the learning stage, so please would someone explain this. We have a small hi-fi system with speakers. There are sockets in the rear for the speakers and one socket in the front for headphones. recently we replaced our speakers and utilised computer speakers as they were more compact, but in doing so, we've had to use the headphone socket on the front. That's fine.

Now, my wife has asked if she could have a set of wireless headphones, so that she can listen to things I don't like when I'm tapping away on the computer.

But, how do they work?. I can only assume something has to be inserted in the headphone socket with somehow sends the signal to the headphones?.

Maybe someone would either explain/confirm or provide a link please.

She also like to watch the dreadful ozy soaps, would she be able to use the headphones for them?

missile

I suggest you look on line google = http://www.iheadphones.co.uk/sennheiser/26/Wireless+Headphones+for+TV.htm
go into a good HiFi shop they will explain all the options available and give you a demo

wakandem

it seems you have 2 options. I am assuming you are using the h/phone socket as the pc speakers had the connector already fitted.
The wireless transmitter normally connects to the h/phone socket as wel
You can buy splitters from maplins or similar but that may not be good for the amp as h/phones & speakers have a different impedence.
You can cut the connector off the speakers and connect them to the back speaker connections, probably the best if you can do it.
Your wife could watch the soaps with no sound and subtitles which to me seems a perfect solution but I'm sure your wife may have something to say about that.

System

I'll tell you what wakandem, you tell her, I daren't!.

Donnie

I'm a bit concerned about the power output of the amplifier and the computer speakers. :eek:

Just buy a pair of compact speakers from Richer Sounds for a tenner: http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=BUSH-SPK2025 and free up the headphone socket for the headphones.

http://www.richersounds.com/productlist.php?cda=productlist&sgroup=STAND-MOUNT


Just waiting for MK now......

System

Now you listen to me, "Mr sitting on the beach on the other side of the world", whilst I and everyone else respects your knowledge and input, what I prefer not to see/read, is another saga of words which although well chosen and clearly valuable, doesn't develop into another tirade of unpleasantness.

Each of you have made a valuable contribution to the countless number of questions that folk like me pose and hopefully this will continue.

I am sure I'm not alone in hoping that you, and MK will not be simply waiting with baited breadth for the opportunity for the other to either make an error or have a difference of opinion. Yes, I know in a perfect world it's called a healthy debate, but the last one descended into a little more than that, (in my opinion) so much so that I'm beginning to regret ever posting the question and that shouldn't happen. Lord knows how many people might have been discouraged from posting now.

Can I respectfully request that you consider giving MK a wide berth as I'm sure he will do you. Agree to disagree maybe, but for heavens sake, we need a break from all this.

missile

That seems a bit harsh to me. May I suggest if you have a message for a.n.other poster it might be better to send him/her a private message?

System

Maybe, maybe not. Just in case you haven't seen it, I posted a simple question ie "Decisions to be made" and thus far, it has 92 replies. Many of which could have been quite unnecessary, if there had been a bit more give and take. Because it looked like starting up all over again on yet another of the threads I had started, I considered it to be right. You might also be interested to learn that PM's have indeed been back and forth.

Little_John

hmmmm an interesting post.

So you decided to connect some PC speakers to a hifi becasue they are more compact? you do realise that you now have 2 things connected to the mains now just to listen to your hifi? and connecting your pc speakers to the back of the hifi isnt an option. the pc speakers will have an amplifier in them, the hifi also has an amp in there. the signal sent to the headphoens socket is unamplified, which is fine as the speakers do the amplification. but wire them to the back where the signal is amplified and then amplified again by the speakers then you will have problems.

Put your hifi speakers back on the hifi, plug the pc speakers back in the pc and buy the headphones for your missus so you don't have to put up with listening to take that. The headphones will connect to any headphone socket, there are 2 sizes of headphones socket the most common in hifi is 6.3mm where portable devices use 3.5mm dont worry you can buy convertors between the 2. I would buy somthing that uses 3.5 and if you need convert it to 6.3 as if your using a portable device you dont want to be useing a convertor. so yes she can just disconnect the transmiter from the hifi and connect it to the TV or to her ipod or you could connect them to your pc.

Donnie

islandman wrote: »

Now you listen to me, "Mr sitting on the beach on the other side of the world"

That's mildly amusing coming from an islandman.

Don't worry, it's all light hearted banter. No one came to blows. No bad language. Life is too short to become apoplectic over an antivirus product.

By the way, if my post was useful to you, it's good form to say thank you.

I'm sure that, at your age, you are well aware of that fact of life.

Don't forget your manners in the rush to be the elder statesman.

Donnie

islandman wrote: »

You might also be interested to learn that PM's have indeed been back and forth.

You didn't send one to me.
Let's not be misleading the other members; lest you be responsible for beginning another 'debate'.