Speaker with a TV versus Radio

[W. eWatson]

I have a RS small Optimus speaker (stereo pair). It operates on four AA
batteries. I plugged the powered speaker into my CC Crane radio's headphone
jack, and it easily played the music at various volumes. I then took it to
an elder neighbor's house to attach it to his TV. He's hard of hearing, and
the plan is to put the speaker close to where he sits. That way he doesn't
have to boom the TV sound when others are present.

He has a Sharper Image (now defunct store) device that plugs into the audio
RCA jacks of his TV. The remote headphones are placed in the device's box to
recharge the batteries in them. The set up works, but he manages to leave
the headphones off it and often forgets to turn the power off. That drains
the headphone power. He often puts the headphones in the cradle the wrong
way, and they don't get charged up.

The speakers should be the answer, but when I plugged them into the RCA
audio cable from the TV, single plug into the speaker, nothing happens. That
male audio plug looks identical to the one I used with the radio. What's
wrong here?

 

[W. eWatson]

Tom Biasi wrote:

"W. eWatson" <notvalid2@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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I have a RS small Optimus speaker (stereo pair). It operates on four AA
batteries. I plugged the powered speaker into my CC Crane radio's headphone
jack, and it easily played the music at various volumes. I then took it to
an elder neighbor's house to attach it to his TV. He's hard of hearing, and
the plan is to put the speaker close to where he sits. That way he doesn't
have to boom the TV sound when others are present.

He has a Sharper Image (now defunct store) device that plugs into the
audio RCA jacks of his TV. The remote headphones are placed in the
device's box to recharge the batteries in them. The set up works, but he
manages to leave the headphones off it and often forgets to turn the power
off. That drains the headphone power. He often puts the headphones in the
cradle the wrong way, and they don't get charged up.

The speakers should be the answer, but when I plugged them into the RCA
audio cable from the TV, single plug into the speaker, nothing happens.
That male audio plug looks identical to the one I used with the radio.
What's wrong here?
Hard to say from here. maybe the TV needs its audio directed to the external
jacks. Hit the program mode and look at the audio out settings.

Tom


Beats me too. I just tried it on our TV. It has the same audio choices.

On/Off audio, Off with fixed and Off with variable audio. It must have
something to do with ohmage.

I may have some PC speakers I can try.

 

[W. eWatson]

W. eWatson wrote:

Tom Biasi wrote:
"W. eWatson" <notvalid2@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:xZrfk.16520$89.2021@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
I have a RS small Optimus speaker (stereo pair). It operates on four
AA batteries. I plugged the powered speaker into my CC Crane radio's
headphone jack, and it easily played the music at various volumes. I
then took it to an elder neighbor's house to attach it to his TV.
He's hard of hearing, and the plan is to put the speaker close to
where he sits. That way he doesn't have to boom the TV sound when
others are present.

He has a Sharper Image (now defunct store) device that plugs into the
audio RCA jacks of his TV. The remote headphones are placed in the
device's box to recharge the batteries in them. The set up works, but
he manages to leave the headphones off it and often forgets to turn
the power off. That drains the headphone power. He often puts the
headphones in the cradle the wrong way, and they don't get charged up.

The speakers should be the answer, but when I plugged them into the
RCA audio cable from the TV, single plug into the speaker, nothing
happens. That male audio plug looks identical to the one I used with
the radio. What's wrong here?
Hard to say from here. maybe the TV needs its audio directed to the
external jacks. Hit the program mode and look at the audio out settings.

Tom


Beats me too. I just tried it on our TV. It has the same audio choices.
On/Off audio, Off with fixed and Off with variable audio. It must have
something to do with ohmage.

I may have some PC speakers I can try.
Yep, my cheap PC speakers did the trick with Off audio fixed.