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Cordless headphones without bluetooth


youmightlikethis Avatar
20 Dec 2018 6:07PM
can you still get cordless headphones for use with old telly[ no bluetooth]
KevinEllison Avatar
20 Dec 2018 10:18PM
How does “cordless” work without being bluetooth...?

My ignorance probably..Blush
chris.maddock Avatar
chris.maddock 22 3.7k United Kingdom
21 Dec 2018 6:58AM

Quote:How does “cordless” work without being bluetooth...?
My ignorance probably..Blush



Infrared, or non-bluetooth radio were common.
I've had both in the past. IR ones are still available but most seem to be for car audio systems with a built-in IR transmitter, though. The Brazilian river company has some with a transmitter included but they're a heck of a price - £261 !!!

I use a bluetooth set with their own transmitter, that just plugs into an audio jack - but they don't appear to be being made/sold any more :-(
Cephus Avatar
Cephus 18 2.7k England
21 Dec 2018 8:54AM
saltireblue Avatar
saltireblue Plus
13 14.5k 88 Norway
21 Dec 2018 9:01AM
The ones Cephus link too are very good. My wife has poor hearing and uses these to listen to the tv independently of the volume I have the tv set to for my normal hearing. Simply plugs into the sound source you are using.
youmightlikethis Avatar
21 Dec 2018 9:11AM
Thanks for replies
GeorgeP Avatar
GeorgeP 16 62 26 United States
23 Dec 2018 1:53AM
My wife uses a pair made by Sony but they are several years old. Looking around for possible replacements that technology seems to be rare these days - everything is Bluetooth. We have another TV and for this I purchased an analogue-in/Bluetooth out box and she uses that with a set of Bluetooth ear-buds. She finds those work well, are lighter and cooler in summer.
Paul Morgan Avatar
Paul Morgan 22 19.9k 6 England
23 Dec 2018 2:22AM

Quote:can you still get cordless headphones for use with old telly[ no bluetooth]


Your probably better off with a simple blue tooth transmitter that you can plug into the old tv, these things can be cheap, then add to this a pair of blue tooth headphones/ear buds.

All in less than 50 quid.

Loads like this

GeorgeP Avatar
GeorgeP 16 62 26 United States
24 Dec 2018 2:53AM

Quote:
Quote:can you still get cordless headphones for use with old telly[ no bluetooth]


Your probably better off with a simple blue tooth transmitter that you can plug into the old tv, these things can be cheap, then add to this a pair of blue tooth headphones/ear buds.

All in less than 50 quid.



Just make sure that the transmitter has the capacity to keep up. I understand that some of the cheaper ones can't !! [As always, there's no free lunch.]
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philtaylorphoto 22 334 2
30 Dec 2018 8:33PM
Chris_L Avatar
Chris_L 9 5.5k United Kingdom
30 Dec 2018 11:07PM
I'd avoid Bluetooth if you can due to the lag, annoying when lipsync is out too much and unavoidable with Bluetooth.

Just get RF like these. or these
Paul Morgan Avatar
Paul Morgan 22 19.9k 6 England
30 Dec 2018 11:24PM
Jeez Chris those Sony one`s look nice.

I picked up one of those blue tooth speakers to put on the bedside table so I could run the Tinnitus Therapy pro app through it lol, the lag was a bit of a problem because every time this happened the speaker would call out in a load voice connection lost every time, lol adding to this the flashing led`s on the speaker it turned the bedroom into a kind of weird disco, summer nights with the sounds of crickets become really quite romantic (not) Smile Smile

Lol you got to here it
To really see how funny it all was Smile

Lilbil Avatar
Lilbil 12 2 United Kingdom
31 Dec 2018 12:19PM
Hi,
I purchased the Sony C700n wireless noise cancelling headphones and they're superb (no lag) and quite a reasonable price for what you get (£70 on offer...try Amazon or Currys). A bluetooth transmittor (cheap as chips) should work from an old TV.

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