I recently purchased a pair of Audio Technica ATH-AD700 headphones. They work great on my computer, but I had also intended to use them while watching playing Xbox and watching TV. So, I specifically sought out a television featuring a 3.5mm female audio jack. It works...
But there's a lot of static. The television (Vizio M22OVA) is the only device with which these headphones produce static. I tested the TV with different headphones, and the static is quite loud for all of them. This suggests to me that the headphone jack on the TV is of poor quality. I will be contacting the company to inquire about my warranty, but I do not expect results. For the purposes of this thread, please assume that I will be sticking with this TV, and help me make the best of what I have.
I have thought of two possible solutions to my problem, but I require your expertise to confirm them. Firstly, is it possible to use my laptop as a middleman somehow? My computer is currently hooked up to my TV via HDMI. As far as I know, the computer can only output to the TV, the TV cannot output to the computer. It's far-fetched, and involves leaving my laptop on and hooked up to the TV, but do you think this solution will work?
I have a little more hope in this next idea. I don't know anything about SPDIF connections, but my television's manual suggests that they are used to output sound to a stereo system. There is a female SPDIF jack on the back of my television. If so, would it be possible to convert this to a 3.5mm headphone jack somehow? Would you mind linking me to a product or converter that will allow me to do that? Failing that, would it be possible for me to hook up a speaker system that includes a headphone jack on the speakers? Does such a thing exist? I want to convert a female SPDIF jack to a headphone jack. Is this possible?
Thank you very much for any helpful replies!
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But there's a lot of static. The television (Vizio M22OVA) is the only device with which these headphones produce static. I tested the TV with different headphones, and the static is quite loud for all of them. This suggests to me that the headphone jack on the TV is of poor quality. I will be contacting the company to inquire about my warranty, but I do not expect results. For the purposes of this thread, please assume that I will be sticking with this TV, and help me make the best of what I have.
I have thought of two possible solutions to my problem, but I require your expertise to confirm them. Firstly, is it possible to use my laptop as a middleman somehow? My computer is currently hooked up to my TV via HDMI. As far as I know, the computer can only output to the TV, the TV cannot output to the computer. It's far-fetched, and involves leaving my laptop on and hooked up to the TV, but do you think this solution will work?
I have a little more hope in this next idea. I don't know anything about SPDIF connections, but my television's manual suggests that they are used to output sound to a stereo system. There is a female SPDIF jack on the back of my television. If so, would it be possible to convert this to a 3.5mm headphone jack somehow? Would you mind linking me to a product or converter that will allow me to do that? Failing that, would it be possible for me to hook up a speaker system that includes a headphone jack on the speakers? Does such a thing exist? I want to convert a female SPDIF jack to a headphone jack. Is this possible?
Thank you very much for any helpful replies!
I'm also having some other computer issues; would you mind taking a look?
My computer can't use the full area of my monitor through HDMI... will VGA be better?
Laptop will not recognize wired ethernet connection, but can use wireless.