Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is the perfect way for my dad (who refuses to use his smart phone) to listen to his favorite CDs and radio stations through his Bluetooth headphones. He has poor hearing, so this allows him to work in his shop while he listens to music, and it was easy to set up

As a receiver this works just fine. I have used in my car to stream XM, Youtube audio or podcasts with no issue. I do need to turn the volume up for both BT on the phone and the radio itself. As a transmitter, this was a pain in the keister for me. I could not get my headset to pair, but every BT speaker in the neighborhood seemed to pair to it. After finally getting one of my headsets to pair, I could not get the volume to a level that was adequate. The volume on my headset would only go to barely above a whisper and the volume on the different devices I tried did not change the level appreciatively. I tried this with two TVs and a tablet. The tablet has BT, but I wanted to see if it had the same issues as the TVs did with adequate volume levels. It had the same results but showed my what was happening. It seems like the transmitter is blocking the volume change from the headset. The volume bar would go up on the tablet then immediately drop to the lowest audible level. On one TV I had the volume, that is normally at 12, up to 24 and the output did not change from where it was when I plugged the device in. I was really hopeful this would allow me to listen to sports in bed without annoying my wife with the sound. I will keep playing with this and see if other headphones work better. Oddly it works perfectly fine with my PC, so it is a decent solution to use BT headsets with my computer rather than install a BT card.

I’m a fan of older speaker sets, like the ones from the long gone Cambridge Soundworks. I have a Model 12 Portable speaker set that I just love but the amp that comes with it is super old and doesn’t have any wireless tech included with it… well thanks to this Bluetooth audio transmitter (and a 3.5 TRS to 1/4” stereo TRS converter), I can have Bluetooth audio connected on my old Hi-Fi! This also works similar to other Bluetooth transmitters where you plug into a 3.5 audio device and can broadcast to two sets of headphones using the newest version of Bluetooth 5. I tested this with an iPad which had a Google audio jack adapter to 3.5 on it (known as being one of the best DACs). It worked fine and had a pretty good range. I’m glad the battery on the Insignia is fairly strong because although it didn’t do the full 33ft range within our many walled house… when I was upstairs or in the basement while this was on the first floor of our house, I didn’t really have audio interruptions. I think the level is a tad weak in the ADC so you might need to boost the volume manually from the device you are transmitting. There is a delay too, so it's probably not great for certain types of games without synchronization. If you watch movies you might want to test a few minutes to see if there’s lag and adjust using your devices Bluetooth audio delay adjustment. But yeah… my absolute favorite use of this item is the receiver. It was easy to set up and gave reasonable sound quality for the convenience. There are a bunch of now inexpensive portable audio systems out there like the SoundWorks and Model 12 that would be great to use with a device like this! I honestly plan to buy another… or a second version that has more amplitude if one comes out.

Upon seeing the Insignia™ Bluetooth Wireless Transmitter/Receiver I thought this is something I could use! I have wanted to get those headphones for the TV so that I could hear the TV more clearly while not having everyone else be blown away by my volume. I thought this would do the trick and didn’t carry that hefty price tag. It took me a minute, but I was able to pair my earbuds with the transmitter/receiver. Not having a visual made it a tad trickier for me. Eventually it did pair up and it has remained paired. I plugged it into the headphone jack of my TV and unfortunately, it wasn’t up to my expectations. I could barely hear the TV at all no matter how high I set the volume on my earbuds. I was using it as a transmitter and check, it was set on transmitter. I moved the level switch as indicated by the instructions, but that basically made no difference at all. Instructions also suggest raising the volume on my TV. 2 problems there - 1st it defeats the purpose of my using the transmitter and 2nd it only raised the volume of my earbuds a tiny bit. The volume was still way too low. I decided to try the computer - it doesn’t have speakers so I thought that would work. I plugged it in, opened pandora and chose a song. Again, I could hear the music and I was hopeful, but again, the volume was way too low! As far as the transmitter, I am quite disappointed with this. I know this can be used as a receiver also, but I don’t have a need for that, and that’s not why I got it. For me, this is a no go. It did work for me, but not very well at all, so 2 stars.

Will only support receiving units that are not supported by a different bluetooth system for a different purpose. Both my wife and I have hearing aides that a connected to our cell phones by bluetooth. This product cannot send the TV sound to our hearing aides under these conditions!

So far this item has been working really well. I use it in conferences to shoot Bluetooth to my speakers from my laptop

Question? Will this unit function in a 70’s model stereo reciever???

Small and reliable. Good purchase, would buy again.

This is a great product. Works just how I need it to. It has great sound quality. Pairs easily with all phones.

Garbage won't connect with anything. I tried everything no good ....... .