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(KDL 32 CX520) I want headphone AND TV speakers working together

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:30:43 GMT

Yeeeeehah! Well done, you guys. All working perfectly now. I just wish things like this were easier to find in the documentation. Now I have yet another good reason to watch Countdown tonight.

Thank you, thank you.

(KDL 32 CX520) I want headphone AND TV speakers working together

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:17:08 GMT

I have Sennheiser HDR130 wireless headphones working with a TR130 base/charger. With my old TV, a JVC, I could listen via headphones while my wife listened via the in-built speakers. I am unable to get the Bravis (KDL 32 CX 520) to do that. Annoyingly, the TV speakers are cut off when a jack is inserted in the Headphone out socket.

I've tried to tap into the sound output phono (RCA) sockets but no audio is available.

I bought a SCART to Audio converter and tried that. Still no audio.

I could whip off the back cover and fit a small bypass switch to the headphone socket (why, oh why didn't Sony think of this?) but that would invalidate the warranty. If all else fails I may try modifying the audio jack plug so that it fails to break the internal speaker feed. Again, that would be after the warranty expires.

What, if anything can I do?

Since I desperately need this to work, I really hope there is a solution to my problem. Or am I going to dearly regret buying a Sony Bravia TV?

Please no I do not own, nor do I want, a home cinema outfit or external amp/speaker unit.

Audio from headphone socket AND the built-in speakers

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:06:56 GMT

Thanks for that. I'll give it a go.

Audio from headphone socket AND the built-in speakers

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:14:45 GMT

I do not have a home cinema system. My hi-fi is based around a Yamaha RX-450 stereo receiver. It may be that soen time in the future I'd want to feed audio into the Yamaha but, at the moment, my concern is listening via Sennheiser RS 130 Wireless headphones. Try as I might I can find no info, from Sennheiser or anyone else, on the input impedence or expected signal levels for these headphones. But they work reliably from any headphone socket I tried them on so I must assume they have an input impedence of a a few tens of Ohms.

If audio can be picked off one of the other sockets on the TV, and it is at a suitable level, then it would seem all I need is an adapter.

If any Sony designers are listening, why not feed the headphone socket from a point before the volume control so as to give complete flexibility to those like myself who need to use headphones in tandem with other TV viewers? Surely all wireless headphones, along with many wired headphones, have their own volume control.

A tempting strategy is to rewire the headphone socket so that plugging in headphones does not cut off the TV's internal speakers. But that will need to wait for the expiry of the warranty.

Glad of any assistance you can give me, Bravia.

Audio from headphone socket AND the built-in speakers

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:00:40 GMT

I can not believe Sony have done this. When you plug a jack into the headphone socket on the KDL-32CX520, the built-in speakers mute. What on earth for? Why not leave them both on and allow the volumes to be controlled individually?

Having impaired hearing I like to listen with my wireless headphones while my wife listens normally, via the in-built speakers. Please, somebody, tell me this is possible.

Please keep language friendly

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