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As I am enjoying the connection between my mobile and my ’s (Phonak Audéo M90’s), I would rather not buy another set of gadgets to connect these HA’s to media. As the Bluetooth connection is limited to 1 or 2 pairings, it is not perfect as a solution for streaming from multiple devices. So I am exploring the possibilities of streaming audio to my mobile to my HA’s.

Currently, I am enjoying the sound from my PC to my HA’s in this manner.
I read this page10 and couldn’t get SoundWire to work over my WiFi. However, the second option was AudioWiFi and it works as it should between Windows 10, Android and the Phonak Marvel aids. AudioWiFi asks for a registration on its site, so I’ve reuploaded the needed files here.3

I would of course also like to stream my Samsung TV, but it seems to be a bit of a hassle: I used my Raspberry Pi 4 as a speaker and it worked great and the next day it didn’t. More time needed there. However, that is a possible road. Maybe it’s also possible to let the TV stream its audio over WiFi, but I wonder whether apps have already been developed.

So, I’ll post further progress here, when I have it.

Please post your excursions in the realm of steaming via your mobile!

Next step is the

It also has a Linux version, so I am hopeful that I can use it on my Raspberry Pi

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The Phonak Audéo M90’s are already capable of streaming to a mobile phone via bluetooth! or am I missing the point of your post.

I’ve got oldie Alta2 Pro TI’s from Oticon and in that gen they used a ConnectLine Streamer via Bluetooth from audio/phone source in to the pod and then a proprietary link from the pod to the ’s. Crude by today’s standard but it works ok. Look to incorporate wireless into solutions where you can. I use Roku on all my TV’s and the Roku app on my pixel 3xl. By going wireless to my phone instead of that old fiber optic audio connection, I then connect to my pod via bt and then the neck loop for the last relay. If I get a call while watching tv, it overrides the ConnectLine pod audio input to give me the option to answer the phone. Bluetooth is a convenient but basically half-assed technology.

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I then connect to my pod via bt and then the neck loop for the last relay.

I found that the connection to my TV disables all other sound sinks, such as speakers: Much like headphones. As the rest of the family likes to hear what’s on TV, too, it is a bit useless for me.

Do you have a workaround for that?

Well, in my case that’s a feature, not a problem. I did look into it once and you should check out your manufacturer tv control settings to see what options are available for sound out. That’s where it has to be controlled and I don’t believe that it is common to allow both.

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@Markismus said:

I found that the BT connection to my TV disables all other sound sinks,

I hate to sound like a broken record 'cause I just said this on another thread, but I believe that for many/most tvs SPDIF is always on no matter what the settings on the tv may say. Have you tested that?

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Yes, that worked for me with the Phonak TVLink 2. However, I am too cheap to buy another TVLink. It would be the 4th that I acquire: 2x Phonak and 1xBernafon. I’ve had it with them.

So I am looking into optical input for my Raspberry Pi.
It got bogged down, when the of the TV connected to my Raspberry Pi and I had it working. However, it turned out to be intermittent, due to all the noise* in our block. (Of course it could also be something else, such as intelligent BT managers in the TV or RBPi4.)

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*Looking at my router, I saw that we had 3 channels with only 6 other WiFi’s and the 9 other channels had 15-20 other WiFi. We are back at cabling most things. Welcome to the new world!

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