Tv audio and b/t audio at the same time

worlds goodest teecher

I have a Samsung smart TV with a Majority Sowndon II soundbar connected. The problem is that I have hearing issues and for me to hear the TV in the evening it is too loud for my wife and it wakes the kids.

Is there a device that would allow the use of b/t headphones and the TV audio at the same time?

_CreeD_

Some TVs allow this directly, if yours does not then I think you will have to use an audio extractor placed inline between the TV and soundbar, like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extractor-Splitter-Optical-Converter-Amplifier-4K60Hz-444-18G-4KCVH2H/dp/B07GZGDYQX/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=hdmi+audio+extractor+4k+60hz+bluetooth&qid=1617119631&s=electronics&sr=1-6 . I only had a quick look but couldn't find any that also do Bluetooth out so the most likely is that you need to add bluetooth adapter with SPDIF/Toslink input as an output.
Main things to watch for are making sure the extractor passes through the right video signal (HDR, 4k@60/120 etc.) and the Bluetooth adapter has Aptx-Low Latency (as should your headphones).

worlds goodest teecher

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

I have a Samsung smart TV with a Majority Sowndon II soundbar connected. The problem is that I have hearing issues and for me to hear the TV in the evening it is too loud for my wife and it wakes the kids.

Is there a device that would allow the use of b/t headphones and the TV audio at the same time?

I couldn't locate anything on the instructions. It a Samsung UE50RU7020.

_CreeD_

This might work, https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/tv/multi-audio-output-not-available/td-p/460901 . I don't have a samsung tv so can't be more accurate, if you don't see the described option for multi-out then it's not supported and you'll need to go the HDMI splitter + bluetooth adapter route.

worlds goodest teecher

Update: got it shorted. Only annoying thing is that the TV sound is one second ahead of bt headphones.

Bluefoam

I have this function on my LG TV. It also has settings to deal with the latency issue... Also sennheiser Momentum headphones also have a codec that reduces the latency between the headphones and the TV (specifically for that task)