Read on our tutorial and you’ll see how easy it is to turn a non-bluetooth TV into a bluetooth one that can solve your problem! The TaoTronics bluetooth transmitter is small and has a ton of extra features when compared to older models. All you have to do is to connect it to your TV, press the power button and pair your bluetooth speakers or headphones to it. Using a combo of a transmitter for your old TV and receiver for your non-bluetooth speakers or headphones is a cheap way of turning all your devices into bluetooth ones.
Another very solid option – extremely portable due to its tiny size – is the Kindrm Bluetooth Receiver (affiliate link) which works like a charm (and can be used in the car too). It has a battery life of around 8 hours and takes a bit of time to fully charge (around 80 minutes), but it gets the job done and is really portable. Also, if you don’t have bluetooth enabled receivers like speakers or headphones – we’ve shared an equally simple solution to fix that too.
How To Turn Your Old TV ‘Smart’ and Wireless!
There is so much you can do these days to upgrade the home entertainment systems that you already own and bring them into the wireless and ‘smart’ era. Saving you the significant cost of replacing everything every couple of years and giving you peace of mind that your investments have not gone to waste.
How to Connect a Bluetooth Speaker to a TV
To help support our mission, we may earn affiliate commissions from links contained on this page. LG has been offering Bluetooth on its TVs for a few years, so check your manual to see if your TV supports it. Sony XBR series TVs, starting in 2017, support Bluetooth.
How to connect a Bluetooth speaker to your Fire TV (Toshiba and Insignia models)
Most Fire TVs, both Toshiba and Insignia brands, support Bluetooth. At this time, you cannot pair a Bluetooth speaker with a standalone Roku TV.
We like the Avantree Audiokast Plus, which can connect up to two devices ($49.99, check price on Amazon). For the past 20+ years, Suzanne Kantra has been exploring and writing about the world’s most exciting and important science and technology issues.
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Cheap ways to improve your TV speakers
Nearly every modern flat-screen suffers from two problems: the dreaded soap opera effect and weak, tinny, pointed-in-the-wrong-direction speakers. Although some would tell you to invest in a multichannel receiver and a theater’s worth of speakers, I’m here to make the case for cheaper options. Let’s take a look at ways to improve the volume and clarity of TV audio without spending a lot.
Arguably your best audio-upgrade bet is a soundbar, which will add amplification and point the sound in the proper direction (which is to say, at you rather than at the floor or wall).
Just keep in mind that with this setup, you might have to venture into your TV’s settings menu and change audio to “external.” As an introduction to them, let me ask a question: Have you ever noticed that when you cup your hand around your phone or tablet speaker, the sound gets louder and clearer because it’s now directed at your head?
TVSoundScoopz and Soundverter Turboscoops are plastic, well, scoops that attach to your TV and help direct the sound toward you. Both products work on the same sound-directing principle, and both let you avoid the hassles of power, wiring, extra remotes and all that. But there’s definitely an improvement (based on my informal tests of the TVSoundScoopz a couple years ago), and you can’t beat the simplicity. Pro tip: You could experiment with some DIY solutions, like maybe cutting an oatmeal canister into similar “scoop” shapes. In my experience, even an inexpensive pair of earbuds greatly outperforms the speakers built into a TV. You can buy an adapter, but make sure it supports aptX low latency (to help keep audio in sync with video).
Amazon Fire TV and Roku owners can pair their devices directly to Bluetooth headphones. Check out Tunity, a free app that streams live TV audio to your phone (and whatever headphones you’re using with it). Side bonus: It’s a marriage saver, allowing you to listen to the TV in bed while your spouse is sleeping.
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