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Frustration grows over combined TV and headphone audio controls
Original: # Toslink 2 # Bluetooth # TV -Audio Fed up with the clumsy UI for combined TV/Headphones Control on my six year old Phil
A user with a six-year-old Philips television has described frustration with the awkward interface for switching audio between the TV speakers and headphones via a Sennheiser transmitter. They solved the problem by using the TV's optical audio output with an affordable Toslink Bluetooth adapter, and shared the workaround online.
Why now: Older smart TVs with outdated interfaces and Bluetooth connectivity frustrations resonate with many home entertainment users.
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- # Toslink 2 # Bluetooth # TV -Audio Fed up with the clumsy UI for combined TV/Headphones Control on my six year old Philips TV using a Sennheiser Transmitter on Audio Out. Fortunately the TV sports an optical out and so I switched to an affordable toslink bluetooth adapter from… · michelfliegt@norden.social · 1
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