when you plug these in does it mute your tv?
199443
No it does not mute the TV automatically. You have to turn the TV to mute. This is because some people with hearing issues use them and they want others to be able to hear the TV.
199444
No, they do not mute your TV. You have to turn the volume completely down on your TV and adjust the volume in the headphones to suit you. Works like a charm and makes my husband happy when he wants to go to bed early and I want to continue watching TV. ;-)
199445
when connected to a flatscreen it did not. when connected to an older tv with external headphone jack it did.
562820
I think it depends on your TV. My TV is a LG panel ---- and it has only one sound out, so when using this speaker, the TV is silent - the sound output uses an optical cable. We did try to split the sound (using a 'thinga ma job') and when that didn't work gave up trying.
1034552
Did you lower the TV volume to the point of almost mute and then u increase the volume on the TV ears? If not, U can call the TV Ears Customer Service, they will guide you through it.
2227084
Yes, at least the way it is setup on my system. I hooked them up to the TV sound output jacks on the back of the TV (assuming flat screen TV) It doesn't effect the way the sound comes out of the TV. You can turn the TV to mute or vol all the way down if you don't want to bother others. You set the volume on the headphones on the headphone.
229467
It may depend of whether you are using the TV connected to a Cable box or broadcast antenna and whether the TV has an audio output. If the TV is connected to a cable box, it usually has an separate audio connection which can connect directly to the headphone sender audio connection. Then the TV sound is unaffected. If you want the room silent you can turn the TV down or use the mute button.
1328086
Yes. Nice feature. You can mute the TV and not bother anyone else, or have your own volume.
1764894
Most if not all TVs made in the last decade or so do not have headphone outputs (like on a stereo reciever which will mute the speakers). Instead they have line outputs which you would use with this unit and are independant of the speakers. You can still mute the speakers while listening to the headphones but it's not automatic: you just need to hit the mute button on your TV remote.
301717
This has nothing to do with the headphone, but rather the TV. In my case, my TV has a LINE OUT that I use to connect to the headphone, so the TV volume control, speaker, and mute functions all work as normal. But if you plug the headphone base into the "headphone" jack of the TV, the TV's speaker is almost always muted.Bottom line--check it with any pair of wired headphones/earphones you may have laying around....
2004356
If your TV has a 3.5mm headphone jack on it. Most bigger TV's don't have them, but smaller TV usually do.
1025178
No - you must use your TV's headphone jack. Connecting this sound bar won't automatically turn off TV's sound (so you'd have to turn off TV's speakers from its menu), so the headphone jack on TV should also be alive. Just don't turn on the sound bar and use your headphone directly on your TV.
2269827
YES! if you hook connections at tv and not cable or satellite box. mute sound with remote and good to go....
1938844
Yes if your TV has a headphone jack they can plug right up into the headphone jack. That's how I use mine.
375084
It probably depends on the TV. I use mine with my DirecTV and the volume is not cut off. I need to turn down the TV volune to stop hearing it. You can tell just by plugging in standard head phones or earbuds. These headphones will work the same.
1363450
Yes, you can either mute the tv or turn the volume all the way down (that way you dont see the mute symbol) and control the volume on the head phones.
1665963
I assume that when you plug in some headphones into that analog/headphone jack, the TV's speakers go mute automatically; so when you plug in a pair of special RCA cables that have RCA on one end of which you plug into your AMP and that mini pin on the other end of which you would plug into the TV's headphone jack, the same thing will happen, i.e. muted TV speakers. But instead of having headphones, you will have amplified speakers. Then you could set your AMP's volume level to something rather high, and control the volume of the TV through the TV itself using its remote.
1476870
Yes, I always lower the TV sound when I use TV Ears and you can even mute the TV and still listen to TV Ears.
129480
The speakers connect to a powered amplifier, which is connected to the TV "line out" or "audio out" jack. The amplifier has the receiver for the little remote control that comes with it, for volume and muting. The built-in TV speakers should be muted or switched off, if that is possible with TV settings.