Wireless headphones

[Mel]

OK This is not entirely caravan related but you are a clever lot out there so I'm hoping you can help. OH has a Bose sound wave music system. We do not enjoy the same taste in music so I thought I would get him some wireless headphones for Christmas. However the system does not seem to have a way of connecting to wireless headphones.
I reckon there must be some sort of adaptor that you can plug into the socket that wired headphones would go into, that would send a signal to wireless headphones.
I have looked online and I am confused. There seem to be things that mean you can send music wirelessly from your phone to the system, but not sure about sending from system to headphones.
Help. Or better still link to the right thing.
Many thanks

 

[Damian]

You may find this interesting:
https://www.bose.com/content/dam/Bose_DAM/Web/consumer_electronics/global/products/speakers/wave_music_system_iii_with_bluetooth_music_adapter/pdf/wms_III_bluetooth_PDF_adapter_EN.pdf

 

[Burn]

Hi Mel,looking at what Damien suggested i am wondering if a Bluetooth adapter would give similar results,a Logitech Bluetooth adapter from Currys is £30,i use one in my amplifier when i want to listen to the music on my phone through my hifi but i am not sure if it would send music from your Bose to the headphones once the adapter is paired with the headphones,it might do if you connect through the 3.5mm socket on the back of your Bose,might be worth giving a Bose dealer a call and tell him what you want to do then if he say`s an adapter would work you would know where to get one.

 

[Mel]

Thanks Guys. As you say Burn I can find tech that will send music from a phone to the Bose, but I don't know if it will send from Bose to headphones. The device that Damien posted is Bose specific, but I am still unsure if it will send out to headphones.
I may ring Bose as suggested.
Mel

 

[Mel]

Breaking news. Checked with Bose. Can't be done.
☹️
Mel

 

[Gabsgrandad]

Not an expert me Mel, but -- "I don't believe 'em". -- If there is a 3.5 mm earphone socket on your device then you can surely do what you like with it's output, whether it's putting it direct to ear phones or to an amp/transmitter to transmit to wireless earphones. if you are going to be in line of site of the transmitter you can get even get infra red ones, or if you are to listen 'round the corner' then wireless can be used. Iuse wireless in the van, and infra red at the computer. All can be done as cheaply as this :-http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-5-in-1-Wireless-Headphone-Earphone-for-MP3-MP4-PC-Laptop-TV-FM-Radio-U-/172122431069?hash=item28134bde5d:g:HYwAAOSwmmxW3Fmt or as expensive as this - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless-Stereo-Headset-Home-Cinema-Headphones-Earphone-Handfree-Sound-TV-Radio-/282043194040?hash=item41ab159ab8:g:~fMAAOSwmtJXZFTR

 

[Mel]

Thanks Pete. I would have thought it could be done as well. Surely output to headphones is output as you say. Hence I need a gizmo to convert the output that is going down the wire to the headphones to going wirelessly through the ether. I may go down a hi fi shop and talk to the purveyors thereof.
10 minutes later......
Been on Amazon and got a transmitter/receiver from taotronics. Can't see why it shouldn't work. Can always send it back.
Thanks everyone.
Mel

 

[Woodentop]

This discussion puzzles me.

The Bose web site says the Sound Wave has a headphone jack - at a guess 3.5mm

When you buy wireless headphones you get a transmitter with them. If you want quality buy Senheisser or slightly less but still good quality by Philips. You will always get better quality, both construction and sound, if you buy products from a known and respected manufacturer. If you were buying a watch would you rather buy Seiko, Rotary, Sekonda or somethimg like that, or something called Emporio Armani or Barbour? You know where the former came from and have big backing behind them, the latter two could be made by anyone and are clearly badge-marketed.

 

[BryanTheSnail]

Had the same problem with my TV because the headphone socket not made to cope with high use so it broke. Continuous use not advised, touch of vaseline would help save wear.

Used RCA phono adapter left and right into 3.5mm socket. Then plugged bluetooth adapter into that, now have bluetooth headphones from unit.

 

[RayS]

Small bluetooth adaptor plugged into headphone socket, Amazon hassome from about £10 which can act as transmitter or receiver according to switch position. Bluetoot headphones - Lidl, Amazon etc.
I'd try a cheepo set up first before splashing out on the better quality - you never know, you might not have to

 

[xtrailman]

Interesting seeing this post.

I recently bought a pair of cheap headphones from currys for £29, and a cheap transmitter from Amazon, both do the job so for around £45 i now don't have to use a trailing lead for watching TV at home, wife like to read..

I have a wired system in the caravan which i will transfer to the new caravan, wireless is fine but the headphones do need to be kept charged up to maintain the internal batttery, i'm not sure if the transmitter contains one, but as its always pluged into a USB on the TV its not a problem, it can use an headphone socket or a phono connector.

 

[xtrailman]

No transmitter with my headphones, probably because most devices now have BT anyway, such as smart phones.

This discussion puzzles me.

The Bose web site says the Sound Wave has a headphone jack - at a guess 3.5mm

When you buy wireless headphones you get a transmitter with them. If you want quality buy Senheisser or slightly less but still good quality by Philips. You will always get better quality, both construction and sound, if you buy products from a known and respected manufacturer. If you were buying a watch would you rather buy Seiko, Rotary, Sekonda or somethimg like that, or something called Emporio Armani or Barbour? You know where the former came from and have big backing behind them, the latter two could be made by anyone and are clearly badge-marketed.

 

[ProfJohnL]

Many years ago before Bluetooth I wanted to have a set of wire free headphones principally to watch television after the better half had decided to go to bed. I trailed several different methods. At the time there were RF analogue sets and Infra Red systems.

The RF system was sold under the Ross name (I know not perhaps the best name to inspire confidence) and it suffered with patchy reception even only a few feet away, It was difficult to tune and it did tend to drift a bit. and often were quite noisy with background hiss.

The other system I ended up using most was IR and sold by Sony. These were surprisingly effective. Being IR the signal needed line of sight with the transmitter, but as that was just under the TV set that was fine. The sound quality was great, and the only problem was the headset was on the ear pads which had quite a strong clamping force which became uncomfortable over long periods.

I cannot claim to have tried all Bluetooth systems but I have used various models in a number of sound applications for sound reinforcement and PA, and sadly so far I have been disappointed with them. I may be hyper critical because of what I'm trying to do with them, but I do find the ones I have used suffer with three common symptoms. The first and something that is a direct result of the Bluetooth protocols is the latency of the system. This is the short but noticeable delay between the source and the reproduced sound. A delay of around 5ms starts to become audibly noticeable. The second issues is the audio frequency response has been poor particularly in the low frequency region, And lastly the systems are subject medium range drop outs, and its not always possible to have multiple receivers driven by one transmitter.

I have been very sceptical about BT for AudioVisiual systems. Assuming the normal usage range in a domestic environment will not cause drop out, and the human brain can easily start to compensate for inaccuracies in frequency response, the biggest issue would be syncing of sound to picture because of latency issues.

As a consequence I tend to use analogue wireless where timing is important.

I am aware that some more recent systems are claiming much reduced latency, but as yet I have not tried them. I would echo the previous comments about only considering products from main stream manufacturers, and if possible try before you buy.

 

[Thingy]

Bit late to this conversation but wouldnt the follwoing do the job?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Transmitter-Receiver-TaoTronics-Simultaneously/dp/B016UF7J5C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482518765&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=taotronics bluetooth transmitter&psc=1
At the bottom of the advert it states
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This item:[Latest Version] Bluetooth 4.1 Transmitter / Receiver, TaoTronics 2-in-1 Wireless 3.5mm Adapter… £26.99
Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones - Black £289.95

 

[xtrailman]

It would but I bought the transmitter only at half the price, by the same company.

 

[Thingy]

Does it work ok? I knew about that kit only because my neighbour had asked me if I thought it would work on a turntable.

I wasnt suggesting the headphones, rather pointing out that somebody had bought both together for the same reason. Thats a heck of a price for earphones. Im still not convinced the human ear is sensitive enough to tell that much difference.

 

[Hutch]

I still have a set of remote ROSS, speakers , for the patio, plug the sender into the headphones socket, and tune the speakers, great for partys , or late evening in the hotub when not out in the van.

 

[Mel]

OH got the kit in his Christmas stocking. (I had already bought the one that Thingy suggested.)

Of course it didn't work............

Then I made him read the instructions; Guess what.....

It all worked!

Now he can listen to his music without inflicting it on me B) :cheer:

Thanks to all for their help and ideas.

Mel