I have a tv with a built in dvd player. I want to watch a movie and listen through my sony headphone and also let my wife hear it thru the tv?
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some of the newer TV's have an audio setup option that allows both internal and external speakers to be used at the same time. that would allow you to use use headphone and provide the speakers for your wife. This would require however that you use the AV connection on the TV for the headphone receiver. If you use the headphone plug on TV I think you will find that it will shut off any internal or external sound except through the headphone unit. I hope this ifrmation will help you.
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headphones plugged into audio output on TV, so I wear headphones because I have hearing loss and wife adjust TV volume to suit her. Both work at the same time.
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Yes IF. On my 1 years old 55" Sony smart TV other listeners can not hear the TV speakers if I plug the head phones into the audio out on the TV. Perhaps some TVs will allow listeners to hear when headphones are plugged into TV Audio out jack. I'm on cable and therefore have a cable box ahead of my TV. By plugging the headphones into the cable box audio out sound is available to both headphones and other listeners hear the TV speakers.
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yes because we watch our dvds and we do not plug it into the dvd player. my husband is very hard of hearing and with these he loves them. this is our second pair I have my own it's great i turn my sound off on the tv when everyone is sleeping there great .they are the best investments I made for wireless. I hope this was helpfull? B
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As long as your TV has the appropriate inputs, you should be fine. Check the back of your TV and look for either a composite video input (yellow jack) or a component video input (red, blue, and green jacks). With each of those there will also be an audio input (red and white jacks). The player will come with the composite cable and audio cables. Use the component input if you have it (you'll need to buy the cables separately) for better picture quality. If you only have composite just use the cables that come with the player. Once you're all hooked up, just use the input button on your TV's remote to select the one that your player is hooked up to. One nice thing about this Sony player is that it also has an input button on its remote as well as volume buttons, and once you set it up to work with your TV, you won't even need the TV remote when you want to watch a DVD. If you only have a coax connection on your TV though, you will need to purchase an RF modulator, which will convert the DVD connections to a coax connection. Just be aware that picture quality will go down and you will get mono sound. Maybe not a big deal if you're just using it with a basic TV in the spare room. Hope this helps - good luck with your DVD player!
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I just got this email your answer is any headphones will work but you have to connect through a device that you can control the output sound level as there is no control on the tv to do that.
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I wanted to do the same. bought the headphones because I misunderstood this answer. called tech help. you can't do this if you have a newer model digital TV like I do. there is no audio output on the TV and my TV receiver system is wireless which also doesn't have an audio out. so I have to plug the receiver into my TV headphone outlet which means there is no sound other than what is coming from the headphone. so every time I watch the TV with my husband in bed and he falls asleep, I must get out of bed and plug in my headphones. (My TV has a DIGITAL audio out (USB port) which is NOT compatible with this headphone). also the cable is too short to put the receiver on my nightstand (need to purchase an extension)(still have to get in/out of bed to plug/unplug the audio cable) true in the morning too if you both want to wake up and both watch TV in the morning in bed
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yes. Just hook up on the audio output of the tv. My wife doesn't like it loud so she turns the tv down too low for me. That's ok, I have a better sound than she does anyway with the headphones.
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You do need to use headphones. That is the only way our DVD player has been used. Have never tried any kind of speaker system so can't really respond regarding that way of listening.
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Yes, my DVD player is built in the TV ... I have been using something like this since I purchased the TV 12 years ago. Very happy with it, except that voiceover on this one is really loud - i just mute it now
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You should be able to if the tv has output RCA jacks coming from the tv or dvd player. I believe most still do.
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Yes, just connect a common audio cable to the "Audio Out" on your TV and to the headphone base. The cable comes with the headphones. Its very easy to install and works great! You can turn the volume all the way down on the TV and use the volume control on the headphones. The sound is far superior to "TV Ears".
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Yes, You can both listen to the same program and have different volumes, the headphones have a separate volume control on them, if your wife doesn,t want to listen to the show, you can turn the TV volume down and still use your volume control on your headphones
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I had not used that option but have now tested. Headphones work fine and the output to the RCA jacks is not interrupted when the 3.5 mm jack is in use. Something to keep in mind -- there is no volume control on the decoder. The SPDIF output from the TV is probably not controlled either. Unless your headphone has an integrated volume control the result may be uncomfortable. I checked off air vs. DVD on my TV. Off air came out with a moderate volume on my headphones where as DVD was pretty loud during some passages. Depending on your personal preferences it is possible that some audio could actually be too low in volume. I had not used that option but have now tested. Headphones work fine and the output to the RCA jacks is not interrupted when the 3.5 mm jack is in use. Something to keep in mind -- there is no volume control on the decoder. The SPDIF output from the TV is probably not controlled either. Unless your headphone has an integrated volume control the result may be uncomfortable. I checked off air vs. DVD on my TV. Off air came out with a moderate volume on my headphones where as DVD was pretty loud during some passages. Depending on your personal preferences it is possible that some audio could... » Read More I had not used that option but have now tested. Headphones work fine and the output to the RCA jacks is not interrupted when the 3.5 mm jack is in use. Something to keep in mind -- there is no volume control on the decoder. The SPDIF output from the TV is probably not controlled either. Unless your headphone has an integrated volume control the result may be uncomfortable. I checked off air vs. DVD on my TV. Off air came out with a moderate volume on my headphones where as DVD was pretty loud during some passages. Depending on your personal preferences it is possible that some audio could actually be too low in volume. « Show Less
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Yes. I connected the RCA jacks of the TV listener directly to my DVD player's audio output. Now the sound I get is completely independent of the volume I set on my TV as long as I'm watching through my DVD player.
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I use a Monoprice cable RCA to 3.5 mm male headphone size connector. With that cable, I hooked up an old dvd player with RCA output to my cmoy headphone amp, then plug the speakers' 3.5 mm connector into the output of the headphone amp. I think you would need to use a headphone amp or reciever to control the output, because it would be too much power from the device to plug it into the auxillary connection on the speakers. It works great with the amp, I use the dvd player to play cd's.
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Can one have sound from the tv and the headphones at the same time. My husband likes more volume than I do and I am hoping this will work. If not can I wear another set of headphones that will pick up the signal?
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The dvd players have the 3.5mm audio jacks. I guess you could connect a bluetooth transmitter into the audio jack and then pair your wireless headset to the transmitter.