Avantree Auracast / LE Audio Transmitter User Reports – Jabra, GN, ReSound, Oticon, Starkey, Philips, Beltone, Cochlear, Costco KS10/KS11

Sorry you are right. I am mis-informed.

LOL, I forgive you, there are just way too many models, and options to keep track of anymore.

It’s easy for me to know Oticon, because that’s what I wear, but you’ve got to keep track of all the makes, and models of HAs, and other listening devices.

That’s a wonderful news for those who are severe to profound hearing loss! Those assisted hearing device are very expensive and equivalent to the price of a HA’s which many could not afford. Each company have their own proprietary device and most are not compatible to each other.

In a recent trip to China, whereby a big group of tourists was wearing hook-on ear device where the tourist guide was explaining each historical site to the group instead of using a megaphone in the early days. The tourist guide was able to find anyone missing from the group by announcing on his transmitter to gather at a meeting point. Not sure if this is “Auracast” enabled device.

Hopefully, your Auracast device will be able to provide a 10-20 band equalizer via the Apps and able to adjust to our frequency loss to hear better with noise suppression.

Keep up the good work!

Many tours and museums use hook-on ear microphones. I found them a little awkward, never knowing whether to remove one hearing aid or not. I have found the Auracast voyager to be great in this situation. Replace the microphone wire with the voyager and stream directly to the aids. This has the added advantage of hearing the audio with both ears.

@dhj49er said:

remote control

I’m confused? Others in my room control the soundbar with it’s volume control & I control my Hearing Aid’s volume in the App just like normal (or the button on my aid). Are you not able to do this?
Using Android phone & Jabra 30 Pro hearing aids.

Yes….I control the TV streaming volume via the HA button or the app.

Why are you confused?

Is it because I mention the need for the TV remote control?

That’s to operate the TV, change channel etc.

And in my setup control the soundbar volume.

That’s the difference between using optical and HDMI ARC

My Samsung TV controller adjusts channels & the soundbar volume… the optical output volume remains constant & so I can adjust my own hearing aid volume independently. Why do I need HDMI output to do things differently?
How do you connect the HDMI output to the Avantree broadcaster? That seems to be my main confusion…

@dhj49er said:

That’s the difference between using optical and HDMI ARC

If you have an object based sound source like Atmos it can be a night and day difference. Optical cannot pass through object based metadata and therefore will not play any sound if that is the source type. HDMI eARC can.

Am I understanding of the following statement correctly. ‘When using the optical out from my Samsung TV (which is part of a Home Theater System via A/V Receiver HDMI) to the optical input of the Aventree AudiKast 4HA, the audio from my existing home theater speakers will be heard by others in the room as normal (and volume of these speakers still controlled by the existing A/V system remote controller), and I will receive the same audio to my 4HA compatible hearing aids, and there will be no audio sync issues between the home theater speakers and my hearing aids. And I will control the volume of my hearing aids through the hearing aid app.’ Is this true?

I would suggest checking your TVs audio setting to confirm that they will allow you to use HDMI and Optical Audio simultaneously. A quick google search indicates that many Samsung TVs do allow this.

I am using a Samsung Television with the Avantree Audikast 4 and a Bose soundbar. Both the Audikast and the Sound Bar are connected using optical input I have a splitter that allows the TV optical output to connect to two devices. The volume of the soundbar is controlled via a remote control and the volume from the Audikast is controlled via the hearing aid app (Resound).

There are no audio sync issues between the soundbar and hearing aids

So, after doing some digging, it appears that Samsung TV’s do send an optical signal when connected via HDMI, but that optical output is limited to 2-channel PCM, or no surround pass-through at all. It does not passthrough Dolby Digital/DTS surround from HDMI sources via the optical port. So, this is actually a good situation for an audio transmitter like the Avantree Audikast 4HA.

If need help after purchase, you can always call 800 232 2078

That is how Samsung TV works… wife can adjust volume of the soundbar while my aids stay fixed. I split optical tv output to service soundbar & auracast broadcaster.

And ready123ca, no audio sync difference between the soundbar (which your ears will still hear even with the hearing aids worn) and the hearing aid sound from the Avantree?