I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the TV and
contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a sales person in
Comet without really investigating the system properly. Having got it home
and charged the batteries for 16 hours I tried to connect it to the audio
socket on the TV.
What did I find ! No audio socket! Just a plastic blank where it should have
been
The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
socket fitted.
What can I do know?
Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?
Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?
Blair

Blair wrote:

> I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the
> TV and contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a
> sales person in Comet without really investigating the system
> properly. Having got it home and charged the batteries for 16 hours I
> tried to connect it to the audio socket on the TV.
> What did I find ! No audio socket! Just a plastic blank where it
> should have been
> The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an
> audio socket fitted.
> What can I do know?
> Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?
> Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?
> Blair


I don't know about these wireless headphones but you can only try to plug
them into the DVD player audio I summising they will work on any audio
output i.e DVD player,PC,Stereo, ect.

ben wrote:
[snip]

>
> I don't know about these wireless headphones but you can only try to
> plug them into the DVD player audio I summising they will work on any
> audio output i.e DVD player,PC,Stereo, ect.


Hah! do you have a scart socket on TV?

Blair wrote:


> The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
> socket fitted.


No, they shouldn't. Any more than they need to tell you to check that 
you have mains electricity before purchasing a kettle.



> What can I do know?


You can return them.



> Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?


Yes. Or use the audio outputs from your scart socket if you have one.



> Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?


Depends what you want to listen to.


-- 
Grunff

Blair wrote:

> I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the TV and
> contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a sales person in
> Comet without really investigating the system properly. Having got it home
> and charged the batteries for 16 hours I tried to connect it to the audio
> socket on the TV.
> What did I find ! No audio socket! Just a plastic blank where it should have
> been
> The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
> socket fitted.


Why? Headphones obviously require a socket. I assume you are old enough
to take responsibility for your own actions. It's up to you to check.
We don't all appreciate the advancing nanny state of Mr Blair.


> What can I do know?


Most high street stores will give you at least a credit note, if not a
full refund, for items bought in error.


> Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?
> Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?


Do they have headphone sockets?

MBQ

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:44:05 +0100, ben  wrote:


> Hah! do you have a scart socket on TV?


My first thought too. High street electrical goods shops carry them.  
either that or plumb it in via DVD/video or HIFI. Then you can blow out  
your eardrums without annoying the neighbors.

John Schmitt

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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:36:05 +0100, "Blair"  wrote:


>I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the TV and
>contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a sales person in
>Comet without really investigating the system properly. Having got it home
>and charged the batteries for 16 hours I tried to connect it to the audio
>socket on the TV.
>What did I find ! No audio socket! Just a plastic blank where it should have
>been
>The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
>socket fitted.
>What can I do know?
>Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?
>Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?


I used a scart to phono socket lead into which I plugged a phono plug
to 3.5mm socket lead.

This had the advantage that you could adjust the speaker volume of the
set without affecting the headphone volume.

(I believe you can buy scart to 3.5mm socket leads as well)

sponix

In article <df6sjm$cs6$1@newsm1.svr.pol.co.uk>,
   Blair  wrote:

> I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the TV
> and contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a sales
> person in Comet without really investigating the system properly. Having
> got it home and charged the batteries for 16 hours I tried to connect it
> to the audio socket on the TV. What did I find ! No audio socket! Just a
> plastic blank where it should have been 


Is there a SCART socket? These will usually have sound outputs as well as
inputs.


> The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
> socket fitted.


Don't see why - it's pretty obvious.


> What can I do know? Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?


Anything is possible. But it would likely be cheaper to buy a new TV.


> Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?


Presumably you've looked to see if they have an 'audio socket'?

-- 
*Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you.  

    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In message <df6sjm$cs6$1@newsm1.svr.pol.co.uk>, Blair 
 writes

>I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the TV and
>contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a sales person in
>Comet without really investigating the system properly. Having got it home
>and charged the batteries for 16 hours I tried to connect it to the audio
>socket on the TV.
>What did I find ! No audio socket! Just a plastic blank where it should have
>been
>The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
>socket fitted.


Do you expect the checkout girl at the supermarket to check that you 
have a cooker when you buy a joint for roasting ?



>What can I do know?
>Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?
>Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?
>Blair
>
>


-- 
geoff

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:48:21 +0100, Dave Plowman (News)  
 wrote:

[TV -> phono]


> Is there a SCART socket? These will usually have sound outputs as well as
> inputs.


My television has a pop-out panel in the side which delivers phono and I  
believe a 3.5 jack socket. I went down the SCART route.

John Schmitt

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In article ,
   John Schmitt  wrote:

> > Is there a SCART socket? These will usually have sound outputs as well
> > as inputs.

> My television has a pop-out panel in the side which delivers phono and I
> believe a 3.5 jack socket. I went down the SCART route.


I suppose using the headphone 3.5mm output would allow some control over
the input level to the transmitter? But then you'd have ugly cabling out
of the front of the set?

At long last I've got a set with plenty of aux inputs. 3 SCARTS - all RGB,
S-Video and composite. 2 S-Video. Two composite. One computer D socket.
One HDTV - can't remember the name.

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"ben"  wrote in message
news:pICRe.100311$G8.90046@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

> ben wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > I don't know about these wireless headphones but you can only try to
> > plug them into the DVD player audio I summising they will work on any
> > audio output i.e DVD player,PC,Stereo, ect.
>
> Hah! do you have a scart socket on TV?
>

Sorry for the late reply . Yes I do have a scart socket on my TV but it is
used to connect my DVD recorder. But the DVD Recorder has two scart sockets,
one not used.
How does this help?
Blair

"Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message
news:4da3928481dave@davenoise.co.uk...

> In article <df6sjm$cs6$1@newsm1.svr.pol.co.uk>,
>    Blair  wrote:
> > I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the TV
> > and contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a sales
> > person in Comet without really investigating the system properly. Having
> > got it home and charged the batteries for 16 hours I tried to connect it
> > to the audio socket on the TV. What did I find ! No audio socket! Just a
> > plastic blank where it should have been
>
> Is there a SCART socket? These will usually have sound outputs as well as
> inputs.
>
> > The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
> > socket fitted.
>
> Don't see why - it's pretty obvious.
>
> > What can I do know? Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?
>
> Anything is possible. But it would likely be cheaper to buy a new TV.
>
> > Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?
>
> Presumably you've looked to see if they have an 'audio socket'?
>
> -- 
> *Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you.
>
>     Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
>                   To e-mail, change noise into sound.


My DVD Recorder is connected to my TV via a Scart Socket. There are 4
outlets for Video but my connector does not fit them.
Blair

"Grunff"  wrote in message
news:4316fa86$0$32652$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...

> Blair wrote:
>
> > The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
> > socket fitted.
>
> No, they shouldn't. Any more than they need to tell you to check that
> you have mains electricity before purchasing a kettle.
>
>
> > What can I do know?
>
> You can return them.
>
>
> > Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?
>
> Yes. Or use the audio outputs from your scart socket if you have one.
>
>
> > Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?
>
> Depends what you want to listen to.
>
>
> -- 
> Grunff

"Or use the audio outputs from your scart socket if you have one"
How do I do this?
Blair

"s--p--o--n--i--x"  wrote in message
news:43170711.19254640@news.individual.net...

> On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:36:05 +0100, "Blair"  wrote:
>
> >I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the TV
and
> >contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a sales person
in
> >Comet without really investigating the system properly. Having got it
home
> >and charged the batteries for 16 hours I tried to connect it to the audio
> >socket on the TV.
> >What did I find ! No audio socket! Just a plastic blank where it should
have
> >been
> >The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
> >socket fitted.
> >What can I do know?
> >Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my TV?
> >Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?
>
> I used a scart to phono socket lead into which I plugged a phono plug
> to 3.5mm socket lead.
>
> This had the advantage that you could adjust the speaker volume of the
> set without affecting the headphone volume.
>
> (I believe you can buy scart to 3.5mm socket leads as well)
>
> sponix


Thanks for that information. I can now go back to Comet and ask them for
scart to socket lead that will fit my ear phone plug.
I have a spare scart socket on my DVD Recorder
Blair

"raden"  wrote in message
news:93vUBmLzc3FDFwrW@ntlworld.com...

> In message <df6sjm$cs6$1@newsm1.svr.pol.co.uk>, Blair
>  writes
> >I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the TV
and
> >contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a sales person
in
> >Comet without really investigating the system properly. Having got it
home
> >and charged the batteries for 16 hours I tried to connect it to the audio
> >socket on the TV.
> >What did I find ! No audio socket! Just a plastic blank where it should
have
> >been
> >The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an audio
> >socket fitted.
>
> Do you expect the checkout girl at the supermarket to check that you
> have a cooker when you buy a joint for roasting ?
>
>

You are of course correct and I stand corrected
Blair

In article <dfab1a$nsl$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>,
   Blair  wrote:

> > Is there a SCART socket? These will usually have sound outputs as well
> > as inputs.

> > > The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an
> > > audio socket fitted.

> > Don't see why - it's pretty obvious.

> > > What can I do know? Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my
> > > TV?

> > Anything is possible. But it would likely be cheaper to buy a new TV.
> >
> > > Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?

> > Presumably you've looked to see if they have an 'audio socket'?

> My DVD Recorder is connected to my TV via a Scart Socket. There are 4
> outlets for Video but my connector does not fit them. Blair


If your TV has only the one SCART and you're using it for the DVD, get a
two into one SCART adaptor from Maplin etc, and a SCART lead with a
suitable output for your headphone transmitter.

To explain. SCART connectors have audio  - and video - in and out. So
although you're using your TV SCART as an input, it can also be used to
supply an audio output at the same time.

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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article <dfabge$o8f$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, darrach@coille.com 
says...
<snip>

> Thanks for that information. I can now go back to Comet and ask them for
> scart to socket lead that will fit my ear phone plug.
> I have a spare scart socket on my DVD Recorder


It might be more useful to get a pass-through connector that has two 
audio phono sockets on it - it will have a video RCA or S-video socket 
too.  With one of these you can leave it plugged in, with the SCART from 
the DVD plugged into the back, and simply switch between input and 
output on the connector depending on whether you're listening to live TV 
or a DVD.  You'll also need a lead with two RCA plugs and a stereo 3.5mm 
jack socket to connect to the headphones (I'm assuming that the 
headphone connector is a 3.5mm stereo jack plug - I think they usually 
are).
This is assuming that the SCART on your TV does out as well as in.

If you only want to listen to DVDs on the headphones you could use the 
second SCART socket on that with a phono adaptor, and not worry about 
pass-through to the TV or switching between in and out.

"Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message
news:4da44ac620dave@davenoise.co.uk...

> In article <dfab1a$nsl$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>,
>    Blair  wrote:
> > > Is there a SCART socket? These will usually have sound outputs as well
> > > as inputs.
>
> > > > The sales person should have said please check that your TV has an
> > > > audio socket fitted.
>
> > > Don't see why - it's pretty obvious.
>
> > > > What can I do know? Is it possible to fit an audio card/socket to my
> > > > TV?
>
> > > Anything is possible. But it would likely be cheaper to buy a new TV.
> > >
> > > > Or can it be connected to the DVD player/recorder?
>
> > > Presumably you've looked to see if they have an 'audio socket'?
>
> > My DVD Recorder is connected to my TV via a Scart Socket. There are 4
> > outlets for Video but my connector does not fit them. Blair
>
> If your TV has only the one SCART and you're using it for the DVD, get a
> two into one SCART adaptor from Maplin etc, and a SCART lead with a
> suitable output for your headphone transmitter.
>
> To explain. SCART connectors have audio  - and video - in and out. So
> although you're using your TV SCART as an input, it can also be used to
> supply an audio output at the same time.
>
> -- 
> *Remember, no-one is listening until you fart.*
>
>     Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
>                   To e-mail, change noise into sound.


Thanks Dave, your suggestion looks like the best solution. Will now search
Maplin
Blair

"Rob Morley"  wrote in message
news:MPG.1d83164225e6161f98971a@news.individual.net...

> In article <dfabge$o8f$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, darrach@coille.com
> says...
> <snip>
> > Thanks for that information. I can now go back to Comet and ask them for
> > scart to socket lead that will fit my ear phone plug.
> > I have a spare scart socket on my DVD Recorder
>
> It might be more useful to get a pass-through connector that has two
> audio phono sockets on it - it will have a video RCA or S-video socket
> too.  With one of these you can leave it plugged in, with the SCART from
> the DVD plugged into the back, and simply switch between input and
> output on the connector depending on whether you're listening to live TV
> or a DVD.  You'll also need a lead with two RCA plugs and a stereo 3.5mm
> jack socket to connect to the headphones (I'm assuming that the
> headphone connector is a 3.5mm stereo jack plug - I think they usually
> are).
> This is assuming that the SCART on your TV does out as well as in.
>
> If you only want to listen to DVDs on the headphones you could use the
> second SCART socket on that with a phono adaptor, and not worry about
> pass-through to the TV or switching between in and out.


Thanks Bob for your help. You have given me some food for thought. I had
really forgotten about listening to a DVD recording as well as TV
Will investigate further
Blair