Hearing Impaired My grandpa is hearing impaired and I was wondering if you could still listen to the tv while he has the headphones on? Otherwise the tv can is so loud without using some type of comfortable headphones. Hearing Impaired My grandpa is hearing impaired and I was wondering if you could still listen to the tv while he has the headphones on? Otherwise the tv can is so loud without using some type of... » Read More Hearing Impaired My grandpa is hearing impaired and I was wondering if you could still listen to the tv while he has the headphones on? Otherwise the tv can is so loud without using some type of comfortable headphones. « Show Less
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Hey I went to sony.com with my questions and clicked on customer support and chat I had a live chat and got my questions answered within minutes. I just copied & pasted the model # on from this site to theirs. Best Wishes.
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You can also do it the other way around. You can listen to TV as normal and hook the wireless transmitter to the receiver using the rear audio out jacks and let your husband adjust his signal strength with its volume control. This is what I do with a Sony TV since Sony's do not have a constant output jack in the rear and the rear output power is too low to drive the transmitter directly.
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If you have an audio out jack usually on the rear of any newer tv's the sound on the headphones and on the tv are independent. That means you can separately control the tv volume and the headphone volume so you can sit and listen to the tv at normal levels while the headphones can be cranked up as needed.If you use the tv's regular headphone jack you cannot independently control the volume. I have these hooked up as stated above for my 92 yr old mom and they work fine even if you mute the tv.
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It would be great if someone could reply to the 2 other posts on this question. Does anybody have the answer?
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I have the same question as the first 3people. In my case I can no longer watch tv with others unless I use subtitles because I need the tv so loud to hear it. I have great plug in headphones for when I am alone, but if I want to enhance the volume while others watch at a lower volume I want a wireless set. Is there such a thing? I have tried TV Ears but they they no longer work, they seem short lived.
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I am interested in knowing the same thing. My father wears hearing aids and still the tv is so loud you can't hear yourself think. I would like to know if I can sit in a room and watch the same program with him, have the tv at a normal level and have him be able to turn his headphones up so he can hear or does the tv itself have to be muted? No one mentions this information in the reviews.
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I also have the same question as the first couple of posts. My husband is hearing impaired and it is hard to watch TV with him having the volume so loud. So, if we have our TV hooked up to a reciever and get him a wireless head set and hook the head set up to the TV will we both be able to watch TV and each be able to control the volume to suit each of us?
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I wear a hearing aid, but when I use the headphones I don't. When my Sony TV is muted I can still hear it through the headphones, they have their own volume control. The only con is that the ear ushions don't last long.
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Yes this works much better then hearing aids, there is no background noise. Both my mother and my husband have one and they can actually follow debates on tv.
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If you have an old amplifier laying around gathering some dust, you might hook your TV sound up to that then put on the headphones. Then you would have adjustable highs and lows for your sound. Since it's usually the highs that go first with problem hearing, you can adjust the treble to where you hear dialog best. I have done this for my own hearing difficulty (caused by listening to headphones in college with the volume cranked to 9), particularly when watching Downton Abbey. Them Brits can be hard to comprehend even with best of hearing. You might want to add a couple of speakers if your significant other prefers listening to TV rather than reading lips. Easy to do. If you have an old amplifier laying around gathering some dust, you might hook your TV sound up to that then put on the headphones. Then you would have adjustable highs and lows for your sound. Since it's usually the highs that go first with problem hearing, you can adjust the treble to where you hear dialog best. I have done this for my own hearing difficulty (caused by listening to headphones in college with the volume cranked to 9), particularly when watching Downton Abbey. Them Brits can be hard to comprehend even with best of hearing. You might want to add a couple of speakers if your... » Read More If you have an old amplifier laying around gathering some dust, you might hook your TV sound up to that then put on the headphones. Then you would have adjustable highs and lows for your sound. Since it's usually the highs that go first with problem hearing, you can adjust the treble to where you hear dialog best. I have done this for my own hearing difficulty (caused by listening to headphones in college with the volume cranked to 9), particularly when watching Downton Abbey. Them Brits can be hard to comprehend even with best of hearing. You might want to add a couple of speakers if your significant other prefers listening to TV rather than reading lips. Easy to do. « Show Less
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I believe you can. I have a slightly different model (not infra red--I'm able to leave the area and still hear thru the headphones). Others watching television with me can use the customary volume setup that exists with the tv. Hope this helps!
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Yes you can. Hubby listens through the headphones at a volume he is comfortable with and I use the remote to turn the volume to a level comfortable to me. He does not get 'feedback' from the volume I set and listen to with the settings on his earphones. We are both happy!!
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My parents are in their 80's and they hear quite well on the phones, but they do not have severe hearing loss. I bought the pair of phones so when I make my weekly call I can talk to Mom on the sofa and Dad in the big chair and hear them clearly myself. When they use them, I can hear them quite well, but they keep reverting to the old speaker phone on the other side of the room they are hard to hear.
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It doesn't sound loud to me.But if what you are cutting gets in a bind it might get loud.I think you should be able to watch TV OR have a conversation.I don't have a TV in my shop so I can't say for sure.If your hearing is better than mine it could be annoying.Won't hurt to try.
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As I only bought the Magni I can only speak for it. I connected it through the 1/8th inch headphone jack on my grandmother's TV. She can hardly hear, now she can hear the news again. she absolutely loves it. ( I also purchased the Sennheiser HD598 headphones with it. )
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If you are alone, you can listen with your. Earphones with the TV on mute. If there are other people that would also like to listen, then just turn up the volume like normal and they can listen like normal. You do not have to make any changes. The volume of the earphones is independent of that of the TV. The quality of the sound with the earphones is unbelievable.
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They are comfortable, I purchased a set for an elderly man and the headphones worked great. even without his hearing aids. I bought a second set and use them to listen to the tv when on the tread mill. Are you sure you are using the head set correctly? the top band is more of a handle. The second band turns the unit on and off .should turn on with little pressure
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Mixed answers here about sound on the TV. I want something lightweight to listen to the TV while hubby sleeps. Can the TV volume be off while I listen to it thru headphones???
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Sorry, I am unable to respond to your question due to the fact that I no longer have the item in question in my possession. As stated earlier, It was not for myself but for my inlaws. (trying to help with their hearing issues). Hearing loss can be a big issue with the elderly.
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I bought the speakers for my mother-in-law (who's losing her hearing). I believe she uses the remote that comes with soundbar to control the volume. However, this is an analog device that plugs into the audio-output jack on the back of the TV, which you might use to listen with headphones. Therefore, the audio output from the jack should be controllable with the TV remote. How else would you control the headphone volume? Hope this helps.
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My mother came to live with me and she couldn't hear the tv without it being so loud it would run me out of the room. I bought her sennheiser wireless headphones that hook up to the tv and has a recharging cradle for the headphones. She loves them so much and can hear every detail as loud as she likes, while I watch the same program at a tv volume I enjoy! Check them out! Cost me about a hundred bucks!
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I wear hearing aids. When the sound on my TV is too low I check to see if my hearing aid batteries need replacing. Have you had your hearing checked?
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Yes, you can listen while your husband has the headphones on. The volume is not affected by the headphones.
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Yes. You are able to use the headphones and still control the TV volume so that someone else in the same room can hear the TV, too.