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Roger On - Spare 3.5mm male to USB-C cabbles

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It has to be a cable which takes audio signal from the 3.5mm jack and feeds it to the USB. All the cables I’ve seen available on the web except the phonak branded ones are intended to take audio from a phone or other device and deliver it to the 3.5mm jack to drive audio in a vehicle or other sound system. Totally useless for this case with Roger On microphones. A source where the audio signal goes in the correct direction at a nice price would be fairly helpful.

WH

Are you using Roger on with a brand of hearing aid other than Phonak? If so, it might be easier to use the streaming device for that brand. If using Phonak aids why not go bluetooth straight to the aids?

Are you asking me?

I use phonak audeo p90-r . The major reason to go with the roger on a cable or a tv connector is it uses much less power in the HAs. I suppose if you only listen to an hour or so of audio, bt would be the way to go. Between my computers, podcasts on the phone, and music on another device, I listen to hours of media every day. My HAs could connect to all these except the music via bt but the batteries wear out before the day is done. But I rarely run out if I use tv connectors and my roger.

WH

Doesn’t fit in my pocket for walks, car rides, etc. Dock requires power, so you are carrying a battery pack, too. You’d think they’d make this little cable easier to buy

WH

I returned the Paradise because of the battery issue. I had to recharge for 15-20 minutes in the middle of the day (i too do a lot of streaming). I think i would just charge for a few minutes when needed. The Dock is not really a mobile device.

I know you probably can’t just switch devices, but for everyone else, the Lumity runs 18 hours a day with 4-5 hours of streaming. But, you have to have the tv transmitter set to manual instead of automatic. Automatic (where the tv transmits when in range) runs down the battery.

People have tried other cables but nothing has been reported to work. Usually their purpose is entirely opposite of what you want to do. You want the cable to inject into the roger from some other device. The other cables are intended to allow the USB side to inject into the 3.5mm side (Say, your car sound system) so the audio to digital circuit is running in reverse from what you want. You want audio to digital, when the commonly found cable does digital to audio. If you found some besides the Phonak cable (which my audio shop provides for me) there are folks that would be interested in knowing about it.

WH

Is there a good US source for the Phonak cable? They do not include it with On v3. There seems to be one on eBay that is listed as unbranded with the Phonak stock photo.

Not that I know about, besides your audiologist. There exist one or two sites in UK that charge an arm and a leg for them.The part to look for, according to my audiology shop, is this:

SONOVA USB-C ROGER ON W/ HEADPH OUTPT PART#043-3098

Found one20 that might be US.

Hope this helps.

WH

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