Converting standard TV to Bluetooth aduio

[dstill]

Hi, I have a Samsung TV and want to use my Bluetooth headphones with it. Would the following item simply plug into the back of my tv and then I can connect my Bluetooth headphones to this device?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292956408771?ul_noapp=true

 

[Tigercubrider]

No
That is a receiver (converts your car to receive audio from a phone)
You need a transmitter.

Be aware that some may have a delay in conversion, which would render the audio out of synchs with the picture. Some TVs may have a system to synch the audio via headphones but not sure

 

[dstill]

Ahh, thank you for that.

Do you happen to know what device I need then?

 

[ToastyToes]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...uetooth.TRS0&_nkw=3.5mm+to+bluetooth&_sacat=0

 

[dstill]

Thanks, is it the one at the top of the page?

 

[Lucid]

Hi, I have a Samsung TV and want to use my Bluetooth headphones with it. Would the following item simply plug into the back of my tv and then I can connect my Bluetooth headphones to this device?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292956408771?ul_noapp=true

After a very brief glance at the Ebay page, I too was going to dismiss your first find as the wrong thing. On first impressions, and given the price, I thought the device would need a host PC to do anything useful.

A bit more reading though seems to suggest that it simply takes power via USB. It looks like the signal is carried by an jack cable. What's more, the device can be set as either a transmitter (TX), or as a receiver (RX).

"Can you plug it in to the back of your TV and expect it just to work with some Bluetooth headphones? "

The honest answer is I don't know, but my gut feeling is no. I think it unlikely that the TV would recognise a BT transmitter, download the required drivers, and then set itself up to send TV audio via the USB socket. That's just too many asks.

I think what you would do is plug-in the BT adapter so it has power, then hook up the supplied jack cable to the TV's headphone jack. That way you'll have control of the volume via the TV remote. Naturally though, this requires that the TV has a headphone socket. Does your TV have that?

At three-and-a-half quid including postage it's hardly going to break the bank to try this. I'd give it a whirl if the TV does have the required headphone socket for this adapter to hook up to.

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[Lucid]

Thanks, is it the one at the top of the page?

Any device designated as a 'Bluetooth receiver' only is the wrong thing to buy. You already own a Bluetooth receiver: It's your headphones. What you need is a Bluetooth transmitter.

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[Mottie]

I can connect my Bluetooth headphones to my Amazon Fire tv. Apparently you can do it with the fire stick too.

 

[ToastyToes]

Thanks, is it the one at the top of the page?

Yes. You want a bluetooth device that plugs into the headphone jack and turns that into bluetooth which can be connected to bluetooth headphones or speakers.

 

[rsgaz]

Thanks, is it the one at the top of the page?

Yes.

NO!! Toasty, you linked to an eBay search, rather than an individual item. This will come up differently on different peoples computers, depending on whether they are already logged in to eBay and what settings they have for sorting the results.

I have no idea which exact item you mean, nor any idea which item the OP sees as the "one at the top".

 

[ToastyToes]

NO!! Toasty, you linked to an eBay search, rather than an individual item. This will come up differently on different peoples computers, depending on whether they are already logged in to eBay and what settings they have for sorting the results.

I have no idea which exact item you mean, nor any idea which item the OP sees as the "one at the top".

Their all the same items.....

That's why I described what he should be looking for too.. calm it love

 

[opps]

Their all the same items.....

That's why I described what he should be looking for too.. calm it love

Erm, when I go to that page this is first result.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless...h=item58b406e66a:g:LG0AAOSwRLZT~Fj1:rk:1:pf:0

The bluetooth client plugs into the AUX input, allowing people to stream music from their phone to the car stereo. That is the opposite of what the OP wants to do.

 

[opps]

Hi, I have a Samsung TV and want to use my Bluetooth headphones with it. Would the following item simply plug into the back of my tv and then I can connect my Bluetooth headphones to this device?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292956408771?ul_noapp=true

I guess that should work via the TV headphone socket but if your TV doesn't have a USB port to power it, you will need to purchase a USB charger with a female port.

(Potentially) the biggest downside with those types of products is that you will need to physically unplug the 3.5mm jack each time you want to listen to the telly via the speakers.

You might be better off paying more for a soundbar (or similar) that has a remote control.