Bluetooth Costco KS10 to TV ... do you really need the TV Connector?

Reports in several other threads on this that you’ll have latency issues with this. Lip sync problems.

They should work with any Bluetooth audio source, TV included. However, many TVs with Bluetooth audio out will turn off their built-in speakers when Bluetooth is turned on, which could be problematic if you wanted audio to be available for others in the room.

You could also get a generic Bluetooth audio device and connect it to your TV’s audio output (you can find threads about that here). But I’m this configuration there will likely be a bit of a delay causing lip synch issues.

You might be able to adjust the audio by a few ms to account for the latency if such a feature is built in to your TV, but this could be a problem for any audio not going through your HAs.

A benefit of the TV connector is that it uses a lower latency wireless connection than the Bluetooth protocol used in the Costco/Phonak HAs. It also uses less battery life than Bluetooth.

There’s a thread I started that may be of interest.

Google Chromecast w/ TV as a substitute for a dedicated streamer

There have been many posts over the last few years from people wanting to use a generic tv streamer (rather than an expensive proprietary streamer) to stream audio from their tv to their Phonaks, KS10s or Connect Clip devices. The advice from me and others has been that it is possible, but at the cost of the high latency that comes with Bluetooth classic audio and the SBC codec. That latency causes lip-sync issues which some of us find intolerable. I’ve recently discovered a solution of sorts t…

Latency is the issue. If your TV has Bluetooth the KS10 will connect to it but the audio and video being out of sync may be more than you can deal with. It’s possible that Android TVs might adjust the two streams as the Google TV with Chromecast seems to do. I haven’t tested.

As has been noted, it’s a solution for a single viewer only.

I have an old Chromecast, and as far as I have ever been able to find out, it receives BT signals from a phone or tablet but does not transmit BT signals.

I bought a smart TV from Best Buy, their Insignia brand, that had Bluetooth capabilities. Not all smart TVs have Bluetooth. The audio worked fine with my KS10s but I returned it because it couldn’t handle my over-the-air TV signals well. That is, it couldn’t pick up signals as well as my current LG TV.

The hearing aids of the subject line do not do aptx. There will be lip-sync issues.