When using this device, will sound still emit from the TV for my family to hear?
1112011
Yes it will. You can turn it up or down. My setup is a little different, I have a Sony sound bar & no way of connecting the TV link, so I have a "Y" connector going to both the TV & BD player. The TV link broadcasts to my compilot(necessary for TV Link), & the others can listen to it the regular way. The nice part is that if someones not watching you can turn the TV down so you don't disturb them & still listen to the program through your aids. Don't forget you have to have the compilot for this to work.
1112012
Yes they can with the tv turned up sometimes with the tv up higher it sounds like background noise to me I like it best with tv low
1112013
Yes, they can control the volume for their listening pleasure. The sound you will hear will be through the com pilot so you will not hear coming out of TV speakers . I would have wished I'd ordered the model up from this one as it connects to television with an optical cable instead of av cable. I guess I'm just wondering if that would improve sound quality?
1112014
Yes it does. This device hooks up to sound out on your TV, OR, the way I hooked it up, I got a splitter for the sound out from my cable box, ran one set of cables to the TV and one set to the Phonak unit. Then, you can have your own sound control level with you Phonak ComPilot (NOTE: You MUST have a ComPilot, not included with this particular unit - to use this). If you don't already have the ComPilot, you should buy the combo version. This one was a second unit for a TV in another room.
1112015
Yes, but you must have an audio out connection on your TV to plug in to. The device comes with analog connectors so if your TV has only digital audio out you may have to get an adapter. You cannot use a headphone jack because that typically will shut off the TV sound.
1112016
You can do it either way, you can mute the tv so that the family doesn't have to hear it, or you can still have the sound on the tv and still use the device with hearing aids. It is wonderful.
1112017
On my Samsung TV I have mine plugged into the "Audio Out" outlet and others can hear the sound as well as the sound going through my BaseStation. On my other TV I have a BaseStation plugged into the sound system device and it blocks the sound for others in the room. So it's a matter of experimenting which plug works.
1541365
Hi Gail, no we haven't experienced any interference from other devices. We got it for my mother and it is working really well...she can finally hear the dialogue of the TV programs! The sound is quite clear...
1150105
There is a volume control on the headset turn that up. You are not suppose to hear the tv when you have them on.
1258101
Yes, but it depends on your TV. Most TV's have a way to turn off the TV speakers if you chose to.
2118231
The device will most of the time decrease the volume. It won't be desirable for senior who needs TV to be louder.
2052285
No. It is designed to plug into the TV by optical cable so anything that plays on the TV the sound comes out the system. It's actually quite nice. Good luck.
419004
Audio should be no problem soon as you connect it to HDMI on your tv but the one i purchased didn't work at all but i guess thts why its cheap...so good luck!
1780848
You can hear the TV ok but it's sort of like having a 16 inch fan blowing next to you. So you would have to turn the TV up a little. My advice is to run it when you're not there and turn it off when you are there. We love this unit.
301718
Not unless your TV has a bypass option for the headphone jack. Most TVs cut the speaker sound automatically when a headphone jack is plugged in.
150651
I'm not sure I understand the question. I can watch tv and hear OK when it's running. Not terribly noisy. Hope this helps. Kathy
181903
I plugged in a Roku streaming stick and it works if that helps. Sound on device is okay for quiet situations. I have mine on a home theater system.
2250337
If you can push sound out of your Apple TV there would be no reason your speaker wouldn't recieve it but I am not sure an Apple TV can push though. I have my Apple TV wired to a receiver so there has never been a reason to try. Mine is for daily music background not theater sound. Ryan
472480
No. I always leave mine on. It has enough HDMI inputs to plug in everything and I always use the receiver sound and disabled the TV sound. You can use the opticle out from your TV to input sound for your cable TV/Wii. I assigned opticle to AV1 on the remote.
1739303
Typically no, this is not usually how the sound is arranged on most TVs. Most of the time if you use one of the connection methods for an external speaker device, the TV will not also activate the TV speakers. That is a feature / function of the TV though, not this or any other external sound device.
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If you connect the TVLink to your cablebox audio out then the TV does not even have to be on. That is how we do it - works very well. My wife listens through her TVLink/Com Pilot with TV sound turned down. She can adjust volume she hears in her hearing aids with her Com Pilot. If I want to hear the TV, I turn the TV volume up. If I want to talk to her while she is listening through the TVLink, I signal for her to push the big button on the Com Pilot to momentarily mute the TV audio going into her hearing aids. If you connect the TVLink to the TV audio out, it might not work with the sound turned down (depends on your TV). If you connect the TVLink to your cablebox audio out then the TV does not even have to be on. That is how we do it - works very well. My wife listens through her TVLink/Com Pilot with TV sound turned down. She can adjust volume she hears in her hearing aids with her Com Pilot. If I want to hear the TV, I turn the TV volume up. If I want to talk to her while she is listening through the TVLink, I signal for her to push the big button on the Com Pilot to momentarily mute the TV audio going into her hearing aids. If you connect the TVLink to the TV audio out, it might not work with the sound... » Read More If you connect the TVLink to your cablebox audio out then the TV does not even have to be on. That is how we do it - works very well. My wife listens through her TVLink/Com Pilot with TV sound turned down. She can adjust volume she hears in her hearing aids with her Com Pilot. If I want to hear the TV, I turn the TV volume up. If I want to talk to her while she is listening through the TVLink, I signal for her to push the big button on the Com Pilot to momentarily mute the TV audio going into her hearing aids. If you connect the TVLink to the TV audio out, it might not work with the sound turned down (depends on your TV). « Show Less
1432738
Yes,you need to toggle the audio output in the software for either the computer or TV.
2269827
YES! if you hook connections at tv and not cable or satellite box. mute sound with remote and good to go....