JackNC
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Hi, I joined this forum to ask this question. I hope I am posting it in the correct place.
As background of what I am generally trying to do, I am trying to set up audio streaming from my 80-year-old father's home entertainment system to his Oticon More hearing aids, using the Oticon TV Adapter 3.0. This adapter has RCA (red/white) in and also has optical in. It has no other settings. If audio is coming into the box, it streams it directly to his hearing aids, for a better and clearer listening experience than listening to the speakers. We have successfully tested this using the headphone output on the front of the receiver. However, he wants the speakers to also work for other people watching TV with him. Of course, when the headphone jack is in use, there is no other sound output, so it works for my dad but not for anyone else.
To try to solve this, I bought a "J-Tech Digital Premium Quality 1080P HDMI To HDMI + Audio (SPDIF + RCA Stereo) Audio Extractor Converter (JTDAT5CH)" on Amazon. I tried to post the link but it was blocked. It would be easy to look up there.
Before installing this, we had HDMI in to the receiver from various sources (cable box, Blu-Ray, Apple TV), and HDMI out to the TV. The TV set itself received audio, so, the HDMI from the receiver to the TV does or did carry audio.
After installing it, we have the same HDMI in, but HDMI out goes to the J-Tech box. Then HDMI goes out from the other side of the J-Tech box, to the TV.
This does deliver picture to the TV, and has no effect on use of the home entertainment system.
However, it does not seem to output audio, using either the J-Tech red/white RCA out, or the optical out. In addition to the streaming device itself not appearing to receive audio (it has status indicator lights that show when it is streaming audio, and those have remained off during my testing of this device), I also connected the RCA out to a headphone adapter, and plugged that into the AUX In on a boombox, and the boombox also received no sound.
The J-Tech box has a toggle switch. I have tried all three settings.
The receiver has various sound modes. I cycled through them all, and I could hear minor differences in the sound coming from the speakers, but did not notice any change int he status lights on the Oticon streamer.
I periodically unplugged the Oticon streamer's power, waited, and plugged it back in, in case it needs to reset to pick up audio. However, I did this more "spot check" style than with every single mode change. I don't really think this is the issue, since I also cycled while using the AUX input into the boombox, and never heard any sound coming from the boombox.
I have seen references to the Oticon streamer needing the sound to be in a compatible mode, but I am not sure what that mode is, or how to get the sound there through these two devices. And in any case, I don't seem to be getting sound of any sort to the boombox. I don't know what to troubleshoot at this point, the receiver, the J-Tech box, the cables etc.
To map it out in case the way I worded anything in a confusing way:
Before: Audio goes from source (cable box, Apple TV, etc) to receiver and from receiver to speakers. Video goes from source (cable box, Apple TV, etc) to receiver and from receiver to TV.
Goal: Same except audio also gets split off by the J-Tech box on the way from the receiver to the TV, and then gets piped from the J-Tech box to the Oticon TV streaming device.
Update 1: I plugged the Apple TV directly to the J-Tech splitter, and the splitter via optical to the hearing aid streamer, and it works. So it's something to do with the receiver, I suppose.
Update 2: I read that the J-Tech box only works with Dolby Digital signals. I speculate that the Apple TV sends Dolby Digital, but the receiver either does not, or I don't have the correct settings selected.
Hoping I am missing something obvious to someone here, who can point me in the right direction. Thanks for any guidance!
As background of what I am generally trying to do, I am trying to set up audio streaming from my 80-year-old father's home entertainment system to his Oticon More hearing aids, using the Oticon TV Adapter 3.0. This adapter has RCA (red/white) in and also has optical in. It has no other settings. If audio is coming into the box, it streams it directly to his hearing aids, for a better and clearer listening experience than listening to the speakers. We have successfully tested this using the headphone output on the front of the receiver. However, he wants the speakers to also work for other people watching TV with him. Of course, when the headphone jack is in use, there is no other sound output, so it works for my dad but not for anyone else.
To try to solve this, I bought a "J-Tech Digital Premium Quality 1080P HDMI To HDMI + Audio (SPDIF + RCA Stereo) Audio Extractor Converter (JTDAT5CH)" on Amazon. I tried to post the link but it was blocked. It would be easy to look up there.
Before installing this, we had HDMI in to the receiver from various sources (cable box, Blu-Ray, Apple TV), and HDMI out to the TV. The TV set itself received audio, so, the HDMI from the receiver to the TV does or did carry audio.
After installing it, we have the same HDMI in, but HDMI out goes to the J-Tech box. Then HDMI goes out from the other side of the J-Tech box, to the TV.
This does deliver picture to the TV, and has no effect on use of the home entertainment system.
However, it does not seem to output audio, using either the J-Tech red/white RCA out, or the optical out. In addition to the streaming device itself not appearing to receive audio (it has status indicator lights that show when it is streaming audio, and those have remained off during my testing of this device), I also connected the RCA out to a headphone adapter, and plugged that into the AUX In on a boombox, and the boombox also received no sound.
The J-Tech box has a toggle switch. I have tried all three settings.
The receiver has various sound modes. I cycled through them all, and I could hear minor differences in the sound coming from the speakers, but did not notice any change int he status lights on the Oticon streamer.
I periodically unplugged the Oticon streamer's power, waited, and plugged it back in, in case it needs to reset to pick up audio. However, I did this more "spot check" style than with every single mode change. I don't really think this is the issue, since I also cycled while using the AUX input into the boombox, and never heard any sound coming from the boombox.
I have seen references to the Oticon streamer needing the sound to be in a compatible mode, but I am not sure what that mode is, or how to get the sound there through these two devices. And in any case, I don't seem to be getting sound of any sort to the boombox. I don't know what to troubleshoot at this point, the receiver, the J-Tech box, the cables etc.
To map it out in case the way I worded anything in a confusing way:
Before: Audio goes from source (cable box, Apple TV, etc) to receiver and from receiver to speakers. Video goes from source (cable box, Apple TV, etc) to receiver and from receiver to TV.
Goal: Same except audio also gets split off by the J-Tech box on the way from the receiver to the TV, and then gets piped from the J-Tech box to the Oticon TV streaming device.
Update 1: I plugged the Apple TV directly to the J-Tech splitter, and the splitter via optical to the hearing aid streamer, and it works. So it's something to do with the receiver, I suppose.
Update 2: I read that the J-Tech box only works with Dolby Digital signals. I speculate that the Apple TV sends Dolby Digital, but the receiver either does not, or I don't have the correct settings selected.
Hoping I am missing something obvious to someone here, who can point me in the right direction. Thanks for any guidance!
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