Forward TV audio through minix U1 to Bluetooth Hearing Aids

[flashGordy]

Hello everyone, I'm new to the Forum and fairly new to Minix. Looks like this forum is the place to be to learn and share. Hopefully I am posting in the correct location. I have a minix NEO U1 that I would like to use as an audio forwarding interface between my TV set and a pair of bluetooth compatible hearing aids. The TV set has standard SPDF out, (2)HDMI and RCA ports, no Bluetooth port. Is it possible to use the NEO U1 to passthrough audio from the TV by cables and then forward the audio by Bluetooth to the hearing aids? Would a later model Minix provide this capability, if not the U1? Could anyone direct me to further reading or forum info. Thanks

 

[CybeRider]

... The TV set has standard SPDF out, (2)HDMI and RCA ports, no Bluetooth port. Is it possible to use the NEO U1 to passthrough audio from the TV by cables and then forward the audio by Bluetooth to the hearing aids? Would a later model Minix provide this capability, if not the U1? ...

Hi flashGordy, interesting question.

You could try this:
https://www.techradar.com/news/phon...-phones/add-an-audio-input-to-android-1189160

by using the mic input but be very careful, make sure you don't bypass the step after this phrase: "What we're doing here is turning your phone's mic input into a line input; the problem with that is a mic input is designed to work with a very tiny signal level." However the purpose here is probably for recording and so it might notwork at all.

I haven't tried that myself, if you do pls let us know. I think a gadget like these would be a far better option that I would go for if I were you, because they were made for the job:

There are several models, googling for "analog tv to bluetooth" will guide you to it.

 

[flashGordy]

Hi flashGordy, interesting question.

You could try this:
https://www.techradar.com/news/phon...-phones/add-an-audio-input-to-android-1189160

by using the mic input but be very careful, make sure you don't bypass the step after this phrase: "What we're doing here is turning your phone's mic input into a line input; the problem with that is a mic input is designed to work with a very tiny signal level." However the purpose here is probably for recording and so it might notwork at all.

I haven't tried that myself, if you do pls let us know. I think a gadget like these would be a far better option that I would go for if I were you, because they were made for the job:

There are several models, googling for "analog tv to bluetooth" will guide you to it.

Thanks CybeRider,
Your links will make great detail reading. As info, the TV does not have an Aux port. There still maybe a Minix box solution somewhere out there using HDMI, SPDF, or RCA input port cabling combined with a U1 software/firmware configuration option.

 

[CybeRider]

Thanks CybeRider,
Your links will make great detail reading. As info, the TV does not have an Aux port. There still maybe a Minix box solution somewhere out there using HDMI, SPDF, or RCA input port cabling combined with a U1 software/firmware configuration option.

The Minix boxes use HDMI for output, as well as SPDIF. You can't use HDMI to input anything there because there is no other option for display, and I am almost sure SPDIF will have the same result since these boxes are not made as sound receivers, so your best option relies on the MIC jack (3.5) or USB - these are the input ports in the box.

I understood your TV has RCA out (for sound you should have a red and a white plugs for stereo) so you could try to use something like this to send sound into the Minix:



The thing is, there has been someone trying that long ago and we got no answer ever since, will it work? Who knows?

https://theminixforum.com/index.php?threads/mic-input.2398/

You may also find the same wires being sold with a USB terminal instead of the 3.5 jack. Don't go for it, cheap as they might be they don't include any converter from analog to digital and very likely it won't work, I have no idea how it can.

About the other Minix boxes, the Android ones: the U9-H still has a MIC port but the U22-XJ doesn't have that, so in what analog to analog goes that's about it.

 

[Villa]

https://thehometheaterdiy.com/how-to-add-bluetooth-to-any-tv/