That sure would be nice. I actually watch little TV normally - just college football and the very occasional movie. I’m a book person mostly.
If you will access the “Settings” menu (indicated by the gear wheel icon on your remote) scroll down to the audio section and you can select which audio outputs you wish to have active and which to mute.
I solved the TV problem by installing a loop in each of my living rooms using Echo Megaloop DAC. This has the option of an optical input which is great because even with the TV on mute I can still hear perfectly.
JordanK, got all the bits now, the main thing was getting a powered TOS-lrink splitter which I put in place of the non-powered one I was using. Got it from Amazon for about $22. It works. The layout schematic shows the circuit being completed, and staying complete (no red errors). And the streamed sound to my HA earpieces sounds great.
To all those who might want to make this change but are shying away because of the $400 price of the ReSound streamer, do a search on ebay, there are plenty available and for less than $100.
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It’s identical. I have both.
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You’ll never look back! Incidentally, I find the ‘Bass Boost’ in the App impressive. Easier listening
With my new Phonak aids, I got the TV connector device. Same awesome results. British accents so much easier to understand (not all). And, the music when I stream Pandora to the TV… just about equal to listening in the Bose store with the most expensive speakers.
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So I have been using the Resound Unite TV Stream 2 for a week or so and have finally started enjoying TV again for the first time in a while. It’s not that I don’t like watching TV shows and movies. I just found missing 20-30% of the speech to be frustrating and I ultimately ended up focusing more on other activities like reading, etc.
Couple of observations. The Unite TV stream is excellent. Signal strength is so solid that I haven’t had a single drop off or glitch since I started using it. The controls within the iPhone app are really useful. I like the way a second volume sliding bar control is added to the app so that you can independently adjust the sound coming from the TV and the sound levels from the microphones of the hearing aids. This lets you adjust the TV to comfortable listening level but you can still (separately) turn down the microphones on the hearing aids (or turn them off completely) if there are other people in the next room making noise. It’s also nice to be able to adjust the bass/mid/treble frequencies within the Sound Enhancer in addition to the Bass Boost and Treble Boost buttons.
My only complaint is that you can get a very slight echo if you leave the TV volume on and have the hearing aid microphones on while listening through the streamer. This is caused by a very tiny (milliseconds) delay between the sound from the TV speakers and the sound from the Resound Unite TV Streamer. The user guide for the streamer explains how to adjust this but the sound is perfectly synced with the lips of the people speaking on the screen so I think the delay must be very tiny and not worth adjusting. It’s easier to just turn off the hearing aid microphones.
The one funny thing I will mention is that my wife and I haven’t watched TV in ages so there is literally years of Netflix and PrimeTV shows to catch up on during the pandemic. Some of our friends keep complaining that there is nothing to watch. Not the case in our house…haha. Stay safe everyone!
Jordan
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That’s actually caused by the sound hitting your ears faster via the device than the actual sound wave arriving from the speaker. It’s a function of how far you are away and the comparative level plus the processing delay through the aid from the mics.
I agree. It’s not really an echo. It actually sounds almost like the reverb you get from a sound system in a large banquet hall, etc.
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Thanks so much for this recommendation. I was a bit uncertain about spending $350 for this device, so bought a used one for $60 on eBay. Didn’t have the audio cable but that was not an issue (and if I didn’t have any they are about $10 on Amazon). But this really really makes watching TV so much better. Suddenly we don’t have to jack up the sound, and even those great British shows on PBS are easy to understand. I highly recommend these, especially since very functional used ones are so inexpensive!
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Totally agree. The nicest thing about this solution is that you can be watching TV through the streamer with your hearing aid microphones muted and other people in the room can be listening normally through the TV speakers. I can even get up to get snacks (or use the men’s room) without missing anything. Worth the investment. Especially during these ongoing pandemic lockdowns.
Jordan
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The loop delivers sound in mono. I wouldn’t miss the spatial perception of stereo sound from the MultiMic or TV Streamer.
and Phonak and all modern hearing aids do not require wearing anything around the neck. Sir mentioned i-com which was used long ago when it was not common to have a bluetooth chip in a hearing aid.
I am looking forward to the future when we will not have the need to buy these devices that connect to the TV, but the TV will have it integrated with bluetooth 5.2 which will be compatible with hearing aids. Our only concern is to buy a TV that supports this option.
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OK you Streamer 2 people. Just set mine up today using optical audio feed from the TV. Pairing successful. The TV Streamer program now appears in the Resound [Jabra] GN phone app.
Selecting the streamer program plays the streamer tones in both HAs, but the streamer bars in the app show in red, and both streamer lines drop off the program screen in 10 seconds or so.
PIC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GkBrfl-q2qdRzP_KSFug3TzHWb2Lt_v1/view?usp=sharing
Anyone have insight into this behaviour?
IIRC, I had to make a change to the settings in my Samsung TV. Dolby or surround sound or some such. Sorry, I can’t remember, it was 3 years ago.
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I use the ReSound 2 streamer, and I just got some Jabra aids (I had ReSound before) and when I use the streamer app with the TV, I get an echo. I haven’t been able to get rid of it. Any suggestions? I like the aids, but the TV streamer isn’t doing the job it used to.
Yeah that sounds strange, exact same set up as before, just the brand has changed? What is the TV streamer App?or do you mean using the tv streamer settings within the App, a delay like this is usually the way the TV streamer is connected, RCA or Toslink (Optical)
I’m having a problem with my Resound 2 streamer. I also have two pairs of Resound aids. Resound One and my old Resound Linx.
My problem is I started getting low popping sound in my right side. It does it with both sets of aids. I don’t know if it could be the TV or the Streamer the left side works great. And ideas on what it could be?
Hi unfortunately I don’t, I’d try another tv to at least eliminate there, try plugging the tv streamer into another device, streaming box or PC and see if you still getting it, it would be hard to believe both sets of HAs are the issue.