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Phonak TV Connector to Bluetooth Earphones

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If I put a Phonak TV Connector/Streamer on my TV to use with Audeo Marvels, will our bluetooth earphones also be able to connect. Does the streamer use regular old bluetooth?

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The Phonak TV Connector uses proprietary technology, so no, regular old Bluetooth will no connect to it.

Thanks for the info. Would a normal bluetooth tv transmitter work with the hearing aids or would there be a lot of latency?

That’s a variable question.
There could be a lot of latency or much less pending on the device.
Lots of information about this on the forum using the search function. I am no expert about this at all.

Thanks for the info Raudrive. I will research further. I think that I will buy the Phonak TV Connector but wanted to see if my wife could also use it with bluetooth earphones. Might have to invest in a optical splitter to use both.

I use an optical splitter for a soundbar and a TV Connector myself.
Works great.

I have the TV Connector, and it is the way to go with Marvels. I tried several different “Regular” bluetooth transmitters with my Marvels and all had considerable latency. There may well be a bluetooth transmitter out there that doesn’t have latency, but I have yet to find it. Using the TV Connector is supposed to use less hearing aid battery, but I haven’t been able to confirm that with use. I agree that using an optical splitter and feeding both the TV Connector and a bluetooth transmitter is probably the best solution. Both use the same frequency spectrum, so there is a possibility of interference, though with both using frequency hopping, there shouldn’t be.

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