I have been using the Unite Mini Microphone ($179 Costco) as a TV streamer to my KS5s (Resound Verso 9) and could not be more pleased. My TV word recognition is nearly 100%. It has a standard stereo audio socket that you can plug in to your headphone jack for TV streaming and is simple to unplug for use as a mic in a noisy restaurant.
I finally got the Streamer 2 connected, using the Optical cable. It’s terrific. I don’t quite understand the volume display that now has four adjustments. Surround sound?
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I didn’t use the optical to connect. I connected with the RCA plugs left and right. I let my wife adjust the TV volume to her desired level. I then adjust the Streamer 2 volume. Not sure about optical but with RCA plug connection volume on TV also effects volume on Streamer 2 to my HAs.
I think the cables don’t matter, but do you now show four volume controls?
My TV lets me control whether the audio out is fixed or adjustable, I leave it as adjustable, but have the TV speakers disabled because it’s just me listening. I don’t know how a fixed audio out setting would impact the ability to adjust the volume going to the TV speakers.
No, just one control on the Streamer 2 and volume control on TV. After reading the previous post I changed my outputs to Fixed from variable. Like it better since wife does like to change the volume.
I have tested the the Phone Clip + and the Microphone unit.
The Phone Clip and Microphone unit needs the HA in streaming mode.
Streaming is consuming a lot of the battery power. About 7-8 times more than normal HA operation.
The Phone Clip is also using a bluetooth connection with the phone. That causes also battery drain on the phone.
The Microphone can be placed near the loudspeaker of the TV. It is streaming the TV-sound to the HA.
So it is an alternative for the TV streamer.
I placed the Microphone unit at the back of the TV near the speaker.
The power connector (mini USB) is connected to one of the USB ports of the TV (Samsung)
When I need the Microphone unit on another device/place I disconnect it from the USB.
As i wrote. Disadvantage is the streaming mode that causes battery drain of the HA.
But I think it is an alternative for the TV-streamer. The Microphone unit is smaller and is more portable than the TV-streamer.
(Using Resound verso vo562, with volume/profile controlbutton on the HA)
batteries are dirt cheap compared to any of the streamers… if you have a streamer use it as it was designed and enjoy. connected directly to an audio out on the TV is going to get you much better sound then a microphone laying behind the TV.
You are right. The point is not the price of the batteries, but the hours of battery live.
I was looking for an audio-out port on the TV, but there is only a headphone connector. Tried that and works great.
The only problem is that headphone connector switched off the the speaker output.
So I am using the microphone option. Less quality but still acceptable.
The headphone jack on my TV switches off the speaker sound. So other people in the room can’t hear the TV sound.
Check the back of the set for an auxiliary audio output connector. Many sets have them for driving external amplifiers / speakers. If not, new TVs are a lot cheaper than hearing aids… 
but the hours of battery live huh?
I was looking for an audio-out port on the TV, but there is only a headphone connector. no audio out? you must have a real old tv
Sorry for the mega-bump
New to this Streamer 2 device, so I’m just learning how to work with it
I just received this device today (with my resound hearing aids) and while the audiologist explained how it works with a stereo/TV, we couldn’t get it to work with my smartphone
So I’m kinda of asking, has anyone tried using it with a laptop/desktop or a smartphone?
Are y’all connecting to a TV or an AV receiver?
I connect my Resound streamer to my Comcast cable box via RCA cables to the box RCA audio outputs (red and yellow). I have another streamer connected to my computer in my home office to listen to the music from the internet or CDs. I also use RCA cable connection to the computer.
Because the streamer connects directly to the HAs by wireless signal, it has a bigger bandwidth than Bluetooth. Consequently, you’ll get CD/hi-fi quality sound (as noted on Resound data specs), which is very helpful to listen to soft/whisper tone dialogue in movies and TV shows. Also, the streaming data goes directly to the processor, bypassing the external mics, so there’s never any issue with feedback or noise suppression that often lessen the quality of music. You also don’t get any artifacts/distortion from TV speakers as well as reverberations in the room. I wear a half-shell ITE style, which keeps the receiver output in the canal, helping to keep the bass at a reasonable level. That’s often an issue for the open fit wearers, which is often resolved by switching to denser domes.
The TV transmitter streams from the TV directly to your hearing aids. You don’t use it with your phone. You could use it with your laptop or desktop, if you didn’t have the Resound Phone Clip+. If you have the PhoneClip+ you would use that with your bluetooth devices (phone, laptop, desktop). I highly recommend the Resound TV transmitter/streamer and the Resound PhoneClip+.
The TV transmitter works very well and is easy and quick to start or stop. I use the Phoneclip+ to connect to my cell phone, office phone and office desktop computer, and my laptop and tablet.
Both devices have rock solid connections.
That was what I was trying to do, connect the streamer to my laptop (Sorry if I wasn’t clear about it). I already use the phoneclip for my phone (calls and media)
I tried to connect it today and it worked (for some reason it didn’t yesterday), anyway all I have to do now is buy a mini-jack
Thanks
With the streamer are you able to hear other sounds through the HA? When I stream music from my phone I can still hear other sounds with the music in the background. But when I connect to my TV’s using BT I cannot hear anything but the TV.
Also can I have two different types of connections to the streamer and switch between them?
I connect everything to the Surround Sound system. The only thing going to the TV is the HDMI cable.
You can have your pro set it up either way, mics fully on when streaming, reduced a little, or off. I have mine on, reduced a little.
Hmm, good question. If only one device was powered up at a time, you could connect with splitters (or the two different connectors on the TV transmitter 2) and would not need a switch. If they are all powered up, I don’t know. Might need a hard switch, like an ABC switch, and make sure you go into the transmitter with one connection only.