How to listen to smart TV on Bluetooth headphones - Solved!

Tagged: app, glitchy, headphones, Roku

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TeamKomando:John 3 years, 5 months ago

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- January 31, 2021 at 1:23 pm #47467
  
  MitchellDickler
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  @MitchellDickler
  
  I have a TCL 55″ RokuTV in my new home gym. When running on my treadmill early in the a.m. I want to listen on headphones so as not to wake the family. What product will work best to allow the TV sound to connect to my Bluetooth headphones?
- February 1, 2021 at 9:35 am #47486
  
  TeamKomando:John
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  @264458
  
  Hello Mitchell,
  
  You can try using the Roku app on your cellphone to achieve what you want, I know you can pair Bluetooth headphones with fire tv and Roku streaming devices.
  
  Let us know how it goes.
- February 1, 2021 at 10:44 am #47481
  
  Deane Cheney
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  @Deane_Cheney
  
  Search online for a bluetooth transmitter for example: click here
  
  this is designed to link your TV to bluetooth headphones or speaker.
- February 8, 2021 at 8:17 am #47685
  
  MitchellDickler
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  @MitchellDickler
  
  Hey guys, thanks for the suggestions!👍 My TCL Riku TV is evidently an older model which does not have Bluetooth pairing for anything other then Roku speakers. However, I was able to use the Roku app to pair my headphones thru my smartphone. This is working great and is in perfect sync with the TV. Komando Community ROCKS!!
- March 16, 2021 at 2:11 pm #48435
  
  MitchellDickler
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  @MitchellDickler
  
  Welp, Sadly the Roku app which allowed me to listen to the TV through my bluetooth headphones is now a fail. I don’t understand what happened. The work around was working perfectly, then after a couple of weeks it started glitching. The sound would drop out and come back every 30 seconds or so and at the same time the video would occasionally buffer. I up graded my Fios to the Gigabit service yet the issue remains. The video only buffers when I try to use the app to listen to my headphones. Today the tv kept switching from headphones to tv speakers back and forth. I don’t know what to try now. I had bought a bluetooth transmitter but that was all distorted and was a pain to work. Any other suggestions from the community?
- March 23, 2021 at 11:43 am #48509
  
  TeamKomando:John
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  Hello Mitchell,
  
  You can go over the Roku troubleshooting steps here, I would also reboot your phone, make sure it is up to date and is connected to the same wifi network as the Roku if the Roku is on 2.4GHZ then make sure the phone is on 2.4GHZ network or 5GHZ & 5Ghz if that applies.
  
  I would also try clearing the cache on Roku, you can click here to see how.
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