Is there a way to turn off the picture and only hear the sound?
289921
When it is unplugged from the AC adapter, it automatically goes into a power save mode (after about 5 minutes), in which the video is off, but you can still hear the sound. Pushing any button will turn the video back on for another 5 minutes.
289922
When the parent monitor is not plugged in, the picture automatically goes black after a few minutes to save the battery (just push any button and the picture will come back on). If you have the volume up, then you will still be able to hear and the volume indicator lights on the top will still light up. When the monitor is plugged in, the picture stays on.
2267692
What you are hearing is the PlasmaWave. Hold down the power button for 3-5 seconds and it will turn off the PlasmaWave feature (and the sound goes away).
1945839
Yes there is an option to turn video off by putting the contrast down and still be able to hearAlso the video can be shut down after being idle for certain amount of minutes
1313542
Yes, you have the option on your TV to "turn off " the speakers....you can also mute the tv...or you can mute the sound bar....I do both in "fiddling" with them to see what the best sound is for what I am watching...I watched Burlesque last night with some great music and singing....I can't imagine a better sound....I am tending to use both tv speakers and soundbar... 4 is better than 2 kind of thinking...
922244
There's no option to turn off the sound. The noise you hear is the sound of the machine parts working and some chirping sounds, but no annoying music.
95433
Turn the volume down all the way. There is no switch to turn off the sound. Hope this helps.
1258101
Yes, but it depends on your TV. Most TV's have a way to turn off the TV speakers if you chose to.
955861
Yes you can turn off the TV Ear and still hear the TV. This speaker is really a great product!
129765
Yes, you can hear either. You just have to mute the TV speakers if you don't want to hear them.
320171
No. There are options for:Lights and music,just music, lights and white noise, just white noise
63699
NOPE! There is no way to turn it off! Our grandson has one that is quiet. Grandma thought she found the same thing. Not!
1212391
Yes, you can turn the sound off. Just hit the sound button once to turn off, then again to turn it back on. Don't feel bad, I can't see the screen on mine unless I slant it in a downward position away from me and that is very awkward, so I don't play with it anymore. I chalk it up to experience!
1240772
There is nothing in the instructions that indicate you can turn off the sound.
314646
NO! There is no such function with this TV that allows it to output any audio with the screen off. You will have image burn issues, which Panasonic will do nothing about. (Spoken from experience with burn from Pandora and thoroughly discussing the matter with Panasonic)
2227196
What you're probably hearing is the in-body image stabilization (IS) in action. If you turn that off in the menu, does the sound go away?
261897
Yes. This is expected according to manual. Shutting off display avoid any noise interference cause by display. since user want pure direct sound not colored by receiver.
1349507
Yes - the video is still visible. You can also turn the screen off and just listen to audio. This is a great baby monitor - I would buy it again. Addendum: we ended up buying another one of these monitors and after just a few months use neither unit works anymore. The product I bought on Amazon has no audio - we had to buy an audio monitor to substitute for the malfunctioning unit. The warranty process to return the defective unit is incredibly tidious and with significant delay. After spending more money to buy a audio monitor and paying for shipping this unit back to the manufacturer I no longer recommend this monitor - all in all its not worth the money or time