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Reel Rookie

2 years ago

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Simultaneous Headphone and Speaker Support for Hearing Impaired

I own the Roku Ultra and I'm very surprised and disappointed that their flagship Roku steamer will not allow simultaneous sound (wireless headphones and speakers to play at same time). My wife has a ...

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rolomart
7 months ago
I bought an Avantree Orbit Bluetooth 5.0 Audio Transmitter and installed it between the Roku device and my receiver (easy install and Avantree has excellent customer support). Now I can view programing and adjust volume from my receiver and Bluetooth headphones independently.
https://www.amazon.com/Avantree-Bluetooth-Transmitter-Headphones-PassThrough/dp/B08DHSJMK6?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=A1C41W6V7R1EVA&gQT=0&th=1

LLR

Reel Rookie

2 years ago

I do tech support for several friends and I can confirm that given the aging community, the simultaneous output to HDMI-ARC (for sound bar) and optical or Bluetooth (for hearing aids) would be greatly appreciated. Older TVs used to have this feature buried deep in their settings, but this seems to be absent from Roku devices. Using a streamer is just adding more boxes/wires/complexity while reducing the sound features/quality.

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Simultaneous Headphone and Speaker Support for Hearing Impaired

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