Bluetooth Headphones

[Stan Lugg]

I have tried to use my wireless headphones in conjunction with my external speakers so I can hear the sound at a different level to others.

I can get it to work but not properly because my soundbar is connected via HDMI simplink (Sonos Beam).

When I turn simplink off the Bluetooth speakers work great but no sound from TV Speakers or soundbar even if I pick multiple speakers the sound only comes out of the headphones.

Is there anyway around this?

[garypsu]

On 5/11/2024 at 9:09 AM, Stan Lugg said:

I have tried to use my wireless headphones in conjunction with my external speakers so I can hear the sound at a different level to others.

I can get it to work but not properly because my soundbar is connected via HDMI simplink ( Sonos Beam).

When I turn simplink off the Bluetooth speakers work great but no sound from TV Speakers or soundbar even if I pick multiple speakers the sound only comes out of the headphones.

Is there anyway around this?

This may not solve your problem depending on your TV source.  I connect an Aptx low latency Bluetooth transmitter (to avoid lag) to the audio out ports of my cable box and use appropriate Bluetooth earbuds.  The volume of the earbuds is independent of the TV speakers this way.

[Stan Lugg]

17 minutes ago, garypsu said:

This may not solve your problem depending on your TV source.  I connect an Aptx low latency Bluetooth transmitter (to avoid lag) to the audio out ports of my cable box and use appropriate Bluetooth earbuds.  The volume of the earbuds is independent of the TV speakers this way.

Thanks for your help but I don’t have an external box I am going to try using a 3.5mm jack plug to see if that works.

Have tried an external transmitter using optical cable but HDMI constantly overrules it.