hard of hearing & tv too loud

encephalopathy · 9 Jul 2007 at 10:44

my dad is having probs with his hearing in one ear
the result is that he turns the tv up to earbashing volume levels for the rest of us

i am thinking of an av amp and 5.1 with the rear speakers either side of where he usually sits, balanced so the volume on the deafer side is higher

tv is 26inch crt with sky box and dvd player connected

any [sensible] alternatives

thanks

Tesla · 9 Jul 2007 at 11:03

Headphones or hearing aid?

encephalopathy · 9 Jul 2007 at 11:54

thought about headphones but then no-one else would hear the tv at all

the hearing aid is probably the simplest answer - he just is too stubborn to use it :rolleyes:

DavidMarq · 9 Jul 2007 at 14:06

A Yamaha RX-V359 will do what you require. You would need to set the output to 5 Channel stereo then adjust the levels on the rear speakers to suit. If you run in DD (5.1) the dialogue tends to be on the centre speaker which would not help.

Other Av Amps are likely to have a similar feature.

SAJ · 9 Jul 2007 at 15:03

Sennheiser do some headphones for just this purpose, they have a mic that attaches to a speaker on the telly which transmits to wireless headphones. Some also have independant left/right volume control.
My gran uses an old pair, shes almost stone deaf and with the headphones we all get to watch TV without waking the dead.

http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.nsf/root/products_sennheiser_headphones_tv

Tesla · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:34

Get an external headphone amp and some headphones?

Martynt74 · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:59

I'm sure on our Sanyo tv if you plug in a set of headphones. It still plays through the speakers aswell though whether that works for other tvs i dont know