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Listening to TV thru headphones connected to amp

by ramjr3325 Jul 27, 2009 11:20PM PDT

Hi -

My problem is that I am very hard of hearing so I listen to the TV thru headphones connected to a stero amp on the "phono" input channel -- that's the only input which accepts the signal that the Sony TV puts out.

Until they switched to digital & HD TV I had no problems; but, since then I get noise bursts that cause the amp to "power off" for a couple of seconds and then work o.k. until the next burst.

The problem usually happens when ther are switches between HD and reg TV sound transmissions. Someone told me that I was getting a temporary over load --- how do I solve the problem or what new stero/amp do I need to over come the problem?

Radio shach recommened a "group loop isolator"; but, even though it said it would not interfere with audio signals all I got was a loud hum when I placed it on the line between the TV's RCA monitor jacks and the wires to the stero.

Supposedly this is a common problem according to another party I spoke with, so I'm hoping one of you knows the answer as no one else I've spoken too seems too.

Sincerely,
ramjr3325

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I don't think the ground loop isolator will help.

by jcrobso Jul 28, 2009 6:12AM PDT

Yes the problem is the "thud" that is created when switching from digital to analog. Sadly there is nothing that you can do about it.
I fix is on the sending end but the will have to spend some money to fix it, sadly they probable won't.

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TV sound thru headphones

by ramjr3325 Aug 3, 2009 7:21AM PDT

Hi -

Thanks for your response. While I agree with it what I don't understand is why the "breaks" occur during the picture. For commericals I can understand that the changing scenes may have different sound qualities; but, the problem rarely if ever occurs when I listen to DVDs or the a standard TV broadcast.

In watching a movie on TNT the other night the problem occurred several times -- some close together, as happens during a commerical, and some a couple of minutes apart, usually when music is playing.

At other times, I get no problem at all on the HD broadcast until they break for a commerical.

Are you really sure that the broadcast stations have to solve the problem? Is there no way that we can limit or reduce the occurances?

The commericals I don't care about as I remove the headphones anyway -- I can see the amp display cycling on and off during most commericals and even turn if off for a few minutes to avoid any damage to the amp.

--ramjr3325

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