
He oversees the day-to-day operations of the site to ensure readers have the most up-to-date information on everything from operating systems to gadgets. Jason Fitzpatrick is the Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. Don't assume that just because you saw a snippet on a Google search that your Roku or Xbox supports it because it varies between model versions. You'll need to check your device model and documentation to see if it supports Bluetooth.
#Phone to rca connector Bluetooth#
If your game console or streaming box supports Bluetooth, you can pair Bluetooth headphones directly with the device. Your Console or Streaming Box Supports Bluetooth
#Phone to rca connector tv#
The downside is that, unlike hooking your headphones up directly to the TV (either wired or wirelessly), you can only hear what the device in question is playing.įor example, if you're using headphones with your Xbox and want to listen to the audio for a Netflix show you're watching, you'll need to watch the show using the Xbox Netflix app. The upside for this solution, if you already have the devices (such as the Roku or Xbox One) is that it's absolutely trivial to plug in a pair of headphones. In addition, if you have a Playstation or Xbox you can plug headphones into the controller, much like Roku owners can plug into the remote and listen to the TV that way. $100 at Amazon See at Bestbuy See at Target Even if you do need a new pair, you can pick up a decent pair of over-the-ear Bluetooth headphones without breaking the bank. On the upside, lots of people have Bluetooth headphones lying around, so you're likely not out any money buying a new pair. It's as easy as putting your headphones in pairing mode and then digging into the menu for your particular TV to finish the pairing process. Most smart TVs support Bluetooth audio, which means you can pair any Bluetooth headset with them. Though given our options, we'll always pick RF headphones over Bluetooth headphones to avoid latency. This would allow you to pair Bluetooth headphones with your TV if it doesn't natively support Bluetooth. You could, of course, skip the RF headphone setup and plug a Bluetooth adapter into the analog output.

So if you happen to be looking for a wireless TV listening solution for multiple people, you can't beat them.

On top of that, you can add extra headphones with no issue. You just need a transformer of the kind that were always built into analog modems.RF, or radio-frequency, headphones offer a lag-free and easy-to-setup way to enjoy wireless audio with your TV. If it weren't for the problem of dealing with the ring signal (90VAC 20Hz with enough power to physically ring metal bells on old-school telephones), and dealing with auto-answer (can't send audio down a phone line unless someone completes the circuit by going off-hook), it's actually pretty simple to electrically connect a phone line to a line-level audio cable. Another approach to the underlying issue is to see whether Asterisk can transmit to the line without waiting for an answer. Another solution I am looking at (in case anyone is following this) is 3. However, I realize I haven't solved the underlying issue. The wiring diagram is actually what I was looking for here, and Spiff supplied exactly the solution I sought, so I am marking the answer. I can't find the answer in a google search, so I was hoping some of the knoweledgeable folks here might be able to help me out. But I would like to make one instead of buy one, which means I need to know how the wires should map to the pins. So it looks like I need an RJ11 to RCA convertor. We would only send FROM the Port Adapter TO the RCA input. The Adapter has an RJ11 output, and the Marantz has an RCA input.

Asterisk plays the "5" tone and the Viking allows the sound to play.īut the trick here is to do the same thing through the sound system attached to the Marantz. Asterisk broadcasts to a Port Adapter which in turn allows the signal to pass as analog to our Viking ZPI-4 Paging Interface. We have done something similar with our PA system. So I am able to send the sounds to the Port Adapter, but I need now to get the sound from the Adapter box into the Marantz.

I've also set up Asterisk to know what to do. So I've set up a Cisco SPA112 Port Adapter (basically a Digital-to-Analog convertor) and assigned it an ipaddress on the network. Now, I want to have Asterisk play a bell tone for a schedule over the sound system.
