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Using TV Ears with Playbar

  • October 20, 2020
  • 8 replies
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Has anyone figured out a way to use TV Ears (or something similar) with a playbar?

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Airgetlam
  • 44721 replies
  • October 21, 2020

Not sure I understand. TV (rabbit) ears, in my parlance, are used as antennas, to receive a signal. The PLAYBAR is a speaker, which plays the sound coming out of the optical port on your TV set. Can you give more detail to your question?


  • 19684 replies
  • October 21, 2020

The curse of autocorrect in an attempt to type ‘eARC’?. If so, then there is no way to use eARC with the Playbar.


ratty
  • 31405 replies
  • October 21, 2020

Google is your friend.

https://www.tvears.com/

 

It looks like one would need a digital version, and use an optical splitter (ideally an active one) to send the signal to both the Playbar and the basestation simultaneously.

One would assume the TV would have to be set to PCM Stereo output.


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  • Trending Lyricist I
  • 68 replies
  • October 21, 2020

High John B, god I’ve missed you big fella 


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  • Trending Lyricist I
  • 68 replies
  • October 21, 2020

Well done ratty, rather than assume everyone else is wrong or not as smart as you, you took a breath, paused and fraught the urge to be the first smarty pants to respond. 


melvimbe
  • 9965 replies
  • October 21, 2020

Both @John B and @Airgetlam’s posts have  question asking for clarification of what the OP was getting at, and stated directly or implied that they did not understand the question. Pretty clear their comments were dependent on the answer to clarifying questions.   Characterizing that as ‘smarty pants’ makes no sense whatsoever.


ratty
  • 31405 replies
  • October 21, 2020

DFTT


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  • October 21, 2020

TV Ears are a device for amplifying TV audio for folks with hearing issues. This is just one brand--there are several others available. They also allow the wearer to mute the TV audio for everyone except the one wearing the device.