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

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@hg.brown said:

It seems most likely that the problem is in the Resound Smart 3D app or the S25 software.

Assuming you meant "" this seems unlikely to me. You should be able to turn off Bluetooth on the phone and still be able to hear the broadcast. It might be worth doing that as a test.

I am using the Avantree Voyager while on a tour in Europe. I have Jabra EP 30s. The tour guides use “whispers” to talk to us during our trip. The whispers have a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The Avantree is working really well. Crystal clear. There were a couple times where one Jabra didn’t connect to the Avantree, but turning the Jabra’s off and on seems to fix it. This is so much better than using the wired ear piece that comes with the whisper (which sometimes pulls the hearing aid out of your ear).

I have a Voyager just to plug into movie theater's tcoil reciever so I have my own . Get my 9050s Friday.

In reply to @d_Wooluf

i was just informed that one of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stakes in Washington state is considering the viable possibility of installing inexpensive Audikast transmitters in their area transmitters very soon. I plan to donate one of the 3 they need.

In reply to @d_Wooluf

No, with my AVANTREE Audikast tiny little, always turned on while connected to my TV, I plop down and kick back in my recliner chair after being away (shopping, church, picking up mail, dumping trash, etc.). Next, grab my iPhone, click on my hearing aid app, wait until the stupid h a finally connect to the app (they disconnect all the time, and, they they’re bluetooth and the settings in the phone are perfection + the iO/S in my devices are always right up to date, faster than anyone I know. Next, I scroll down to the bottom of my h a app to “search for a broadcast”: Voila, rápidamente, up pops my Audikast transmitter with the correct model number. It is up and running. Next, I re-set, LOWER the TV VOLUME control on my TV remote down (from a previous # 14~16>to around # 4~6). I hope this long winded detailed info helps, at least, 1 person know how inexpensive and easy it is to do. I paid about $ 80 + tax, free shipping on Amazon, a few months ago. The unit already comes with the correct cord for a tv. My bluetooth, older model tv from Costco, has no jack, so I had to use the Avantree accompanying cord, that works perfectly. Many thanks for your post.

If your tv has HDMI out many have HDMI ARC that is audio out. You can order an HDMI ARC cable that plugs into the tv and has a USB-A for power and an optical out that plugs into the Audicast . Beware the ARC on and off may be in the tv sound settings. For power you can use the tvs USB so the goes on and off with the tv or a 110v 5v source. The Audicast HA is about $79 and the ARC cable about $25. Otherwise Avantree has an ARC all in one version for $119.

@Rand said:

If your tv has HDMI out many have HDMI ARC that is audio out.

I don't think either of of the hdmi options you mentioned have passthrough. So, you can't do it with a soundbar. Happy to be proved wrong if anyone knows differently.

I am running the optical out to the soundbar and hdmi arc to the audicast. That works. The other tv that has no optical has hdmi arc so I am using a hdmi arc cable from amazon that gives optical out. That works.

Otherwise if your tv has a 3.5mm audio out that can be used to the audicast but I think that blanks the tv speakers.

Let me clarify that I use an optical splitter so no pass thru needed. After it comes out of the TV I use an optical splitter. One line to the Audicast and one to the sound bar. They cost $15-$20 on Amazon.

Look on the back of the TV and confirm if there is an audio output (either digital [LED] or analog [socket and jack]. If there is you can go from it to an HomeSpot or Avantree transmitter. On my 15+ year old Panasonic Plasma set, the digital audio output no longer works, but I was able to get a splitter that took the HDMI cable input and split it into a digital output that I connected to my HomeSpot transmitter and a new HDMI output that I connected back to the TV. It all works. Let me know what you've got and we can go from there. is simple. A lot cheaper than dedicated (proprietary) hearing aid transmitters and, best of all, it works.

In reply to @PhoebeY

Hello Phoebe, I have arrived late at this thread, but find it very interesting in regards to the research I am carrying out into live translation for users.

There are several brands on the market that cater for this, however advances in lead me to believe that much improvement can be made in terms of performance, user friendliness and cost.

When I am in a situation where I am the only person in a group of 4 people who does not understand Italian, I rely on the speaker of my smartphone to pick up (and separate) 3 Italian voices and translate to my HA in English. One to one works very well, but whenever there is an overlap of voices in a small group situation, the translation becomes jumbled.

From the little I know, your products are not directly aimed at this market, but do you think could offer any help in this scenario?

Thank you in anticipation of any suggestions you may have.

Andrew

The CX TVs are discontinued. My 'net searching indicates LG started including with their 2025 models, and perhaps only their OLED and QNED models. The CXes predate 2025

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