Which answer is correct regarding someone else being able to hear TV while a hearing impaired person uses the headphones? How do I do this? null

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SteveW · Accepted Answer

Don't mute the TV or turn down the volume, that way both would be able to hear (You can hear through the headphones and the non-headphone user can hear the normal volume of the TV)

howard67 · Answer

The answer is: IT DEPENDS on your TV and/or how you've connected the headphones. Some TVs automatically mute/disable the external speakers when an auxiliary output (i.e., a "headphone jack") is used, some don't auto mute. Some people don't/can't connect the headphones to the TV because their set has no external outputs, instead they connect them to the back of the cable box; doing it this way may effect how the volume is controlled. We purchased a pair of these headphones for my deaf father-in-law and I connected them to his Insignia TV using the "RCA plugs" (aka, red and white plugs, again, different models of TVs do different things, his TV has no headphone jack and does not auto mute). I went to the audio menu settings and disabled the speakers, so no one else in the room has to listen to what he's watching. In this case, if someone wants to listen to the show he's watching, they would have to turn the speakers back on, but with this configuration, the volume of the speakers may effect the volume of the connected headphones. So once again, the answer to your question is: IT DEPENDS.

Answered by howard67 9 years ago

Ligili · Answer

If you connect the RCA cables of the Headphone base to the back "Audio Out" of the Cable TV box, that sound will transmit to the headphones independently from the TV speakers. The person with the headphones can control the volume using the volume button on the headphones and the other can control the volume coming from the TV speakers with the TV's remote control.

Answered by Ligili 10 years ago

GlennStras · Answer

While someone is using the headphones, you can use the volume controls on the remote as you usually do.

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