Avantree Audikast Plus

Avantree Audikast Plus Bluetooth 5.0 Transmitter for TV with Volume Control, aptX Low Latency Audio Adapter for 2 Headphones (Optical, AUX, RCA, USB), Class 1 Long Range 100ft - No Receiver Mode ASIN# B07TLHRPDP I spend a few hours each night watching TV with my Mom, her time is getting short. She is also hearing impaired. I have a Trond BT transmitter that I've been using because on the great room TV we can pair with 2 sets of earbuds at the same time. The Trond(s) work great, but the reason I purchased this Avantree, because while using the Trond (I have 3, I tried all of them) on the TV or Roku device when paired with 2 sets of earbuds, the sound on one or both pairs would stutter and cut out repeatedly after about an hour of usage. So I figured the problem was the Tronds, turns out I was wrong So when hooked up the Avantree to the CATV, Roku, DVD - the sound would begin to stutter and cut out after about an hour of usage as well. I am stating this in case anyone out there has similar issues that this might help and save you a lot of frustration. And here was the problem. My Mom listens to TV on her earbuds ALL DAY long, the MPOW’s (currently sold on Amazon as MSTHOO and Ruebitrue, best all around earbuds you can get for the money) that I had purchased for her can hold a charge for a good 6 hours or more, and she uses them for around than 14 hours total, mostly for the news during the day. So both of her sets of earbuds go through an entire charge cycle every day. I purchased these most recent ones for her in December 2021 for Xmas. The problems started around early to middle of May 2022. After ruling out everything else and a whole lot of angry frustration, I had come to realize that the batteries on the earbuds had weakened and would start to fail at about 60 to 90 minutes of usage. So I am guessing they’re good for about 100+ charge cycles or so, they still work fine on their own, but when 2 are paired on the same transmitter they begin to have issues. Even if my pair of earbuds were almost new, if one pair of earbuds out of the two was weak, it would cause both pairs to stutter. (unless the receivers on the earbuds are burning out or weakening, still a possibility) Now back to the Avantree. The range was great, I could walk all the way out to my fence outside my home which is about 50 - 60 feet away, strong and clear signal, even with 2 sets of earbuds on at the same time. (I initially thought the range in the details was exaggerated, it was not, but see above for that issue) It was very easy to pair 2 sets of earbuds, just push a button, and the second set would connect. And it has a volume control, very handy on the Roku because the volume on that is weaker than on the CATV box. (The Roku is also on a DONGJIAN audio extractor, the main TV line out is awful, I had to use the line out/Roku remote with a BT transmitter, latency was very bad, and the extractor completely eliminates all latency on this device, COMPLETELY) Unfortunately I ended sending the Avantree back, not realizing the problem was the earbuds battery, weakened by high usage. If I realized that the earbuds were the problem, I would’ve not only kept this one for the CATV, I would’ve purchased another separate one to be used for the Roku so I wouldn’t have to switch them back and forth between the 2 devices. I hope the folks over at Avantree are reading this, my humblest of apologies, this whole Bluetooth tech is brand new to me, I didn’t start using any Bluetooth devices until September of 2020. I give this Avantree 5 stars all around, and I will be getting another one quite soon. I highly recommend, especially at the price point, it is HIGHLY competitive with other transmitters of this type. I hope this helped.

This unit will work with a set of Bose Bluetooth headphones. They work perfectly, in fact! I originally bought this unit very concerned that it would not work with my mother’s Bose Quiet Comfort 35 II. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have Bluetooth on her television. The headphones worked great on a fire cube, but I decided to go back to cable. I wasn’t sure if this would also work with my TIVO box, but because the television is wall-mounted, I thought it would be easier, as it was obvious, I would have an easier time plugging up the wires. I noticed that my TIVO box has two USB out ports, so I plugged the included USB power cord right into one of these, and the unit powered up perfectly. I then plugged up the optical cable into the back of the TIVO box as well. Because I was using an HDMI cable for both picture and sound, I didn’t need to use the TIVO optical port, it was just not being used. It was a perfect opportunity to use the included optical cable, that came with the unit. I was so pleased because all this meant that now I did not have to go behind the TV at all. The first thing that I did was to hold down the power button on my mother’s Bose headphones, in order to clear all previous pairings. I wanted to make sure there were no conflicts, besides I was only going to use these headphones with this device. Now everything was going perfectly, except for the paring of the Bose headphones. Others have complained that Bose headphones will not pear at all with this device, however, patience is the key here. I too had some difficulty and was convinced that the Bose headphones would not properly pair with the device. I was only more patient because I was used to paring the Bose headphones with my mother’s Amazon Fire Cube. It used to give me trouble when attempting to pair the Cube and the Bose headphones together. Sometimes, I would have to try several times to get them to work together. I had to wait and wait for them to finally connect. Sometimes I started over and even restarted the Cube box again to make them both work together. However, my efforts always paid off, for once they pared, they worked wonderfully. This experience taught me to be patient, and to not be too impatient when trying to pare my Bose headphones to this Avantree unit. It took a long time, and I almost gave up, when suddenly my Bose headphones informed me that a connection had been made. I was so very pleased. Now I know I can use the unit on my television as well as my TIVO BOLT. Perfect, not only that, but I can also watch TV while my 93-year-old mother continues to listen to her headphones. Because the television is connected to the TIVO BOX with an HDMI cable, the sound is being sent to both the headphones through the optical cable, and the television speakers through the HDMI cable. So, if my mom wants to watch television alone, all she has to do is turn down the volume on her television and listen quietly on her BOSE headphones with the Avantree unit. If I come into the room and want to watch Television with her, all she has to do is turn up the regular volume on her Television, so I can listen too. This was so easy to install, I was very surprised at how easy it was to get it going, all I needed was a little patience. Our house is once again quiet, for this is a great little unit. In conclusion, this unit will work with Bose Bluetooth, just be patient. This will work with TIVO, but I only mentioned TIVO in case you also have a TIVO box as I do. This is an advantage, but you don’t need a TIVO box at all to make this work, I am sure it will work perfectly on your television at home.

Item was smaller than I expected. Was very easy to set up using the intructions (e-manual). Works very well and no issues with lag. Sound quality was good (for bluetooth). Tested with a pair of Sennheiser Momentum 4 headphones. Note that sound quality will also dependent other factors like the music source , bluetooth version and codec supported by your headphones. The reason for 4 stars and not 5 is that the Bluetooth signal appears to interfere quite badly with the 2.4Ghz wifi band. My TV kept dropping its wifi connection and connection speed also suffered. This may not be an issue if your tv's wifi supports higher frequencies (e.g. 5Ghz) I placed it a bit further from the tv, but the supplied optical cable is a bit short. If you encounter similar issues, may be worth considering getting a longer optical cable to have the unit further from the tv. I also turn the device off when I'm not using it.

Bought for Phonak Sphere 90 hearing aids to connect to my Samsung TV. Had trouble pairing and should have updated firmware first but got them paired. GREAT!!! Keep Audikast turned off. When I want to use it, I turn off my IPhone bluetooth, turn on the transmitter and it connects to my hearing aids and sound starts. Don’t even need to switch TV sound to connected device. Just mute TV with Comcast’s remote.

I love this product so much that I bought a 2nd and will soon by a 3rd. Simple to use. It just works. Once paired, if you turn it on it immediately connects. Range is impressive too. stays connected when rooms away. I bought this because my hearing is bad and need to use headphones or my hearing aid via bluetooth. One of my TVs doesnt have bluetooth and this solved that problem. I have it connected to the optical audio out of my TV. This allowed my wife to listen to the TV normally while I listen through my headphones or hearing aid (Phonak hearing aid connects via bluetooth). We also each can control our own volume independently! Sound quality is great. I have a 2nd TV that does have bluetooth but its a pain to get my hearing aid to connect. Really frustrating. So I bought a 2nd one and dont need to fight my TV anymore. I have 2 more TVs and there's likely 2 more in my future. When I got my 2nd one, I was having trouble connecting it to my hearing aid. I called the support number and got connected to someone without a wait. She was awesome and very professional. She got me connected immediately. Its one thing to make a great product and quite another to provide great support! Highly recommend this product.

No instruction manual. Confusing Label on product blocking display. Awful tech support that on phone requires ZENdesk registration. Why should I want to have to enter credentials , just to access an instruction manual that should have been included with my payment for the product?!?!?!?!?! Their online chat is NOT active, and after providing name and email, THEN you are told to wait for reply! NO! That is not how customers should be treated. The actual tech support is useless.. It fails to reply to questions already asked, and what is most unusual for tech support - the emailed replies, offer no reference or thread to previous questions or communications, making any follow up unavoidably stressful and difficult ! What is worse, is that their tech support replies, repeatedly ignored, my comments. They finally insisted that their responses must have landed in spam. Well, I checked, and they did not! So tech support could not even communicate effectively about their communication failure! Auracast is an emerging technology that soon will be wildly popular. So manufacturers are rushing to claim compatibility. It is expected to be widespread in most public places allowing visitors to hear, via their ear pods, or hearing aids, what is muted for those otherwise, not interested. It will clarify sound for hearing impaired hearing aid users, and can offer multiple sound tracks, selected by the listener. In homes it can, and this should be active and possible right now, for multiple listeners whether it be in headphones, ear pods, or hearing aids, to the same source - a tv, computer, or other streaming source. I was not able to connect anything to this. Not able to find instructions that actually worked. Amazon Tech Support, at multiple levels, was not able to help. Avantree's website instructions were useless. ALL BAD. I gave this one star, but really it is just a big ZERO to be returned!

Original setup: Vizio TV on west wall and Bluetooth speaker on east wall in a bedroom. Having the speaker close to the head of the bed prevents the sound from being too loud. Vizio TV to Bluetooth speaker had great sound quality and no lip-sync delay. Able to raise/lower volume with TV remote. But, I have to reconnect my Bluetooth speaker every time I turn the TV on. What I was hoping to accomplish was an “always connected” connection. Added this transmitter with optical connector. Installation was a breeze. The always on connection worked great. But I lost some features I didn’t expect and I fully admit this was probably lack of knowledge on my part. I did not realize that with an optical connection I would no longer be able to use my television remote to change the volume. Since the transmitter is by the television on the west wall and the speaker is behind the bed on the east wall, it is not convenient to raise and lower the volume; I still need the ability to adjust the volume with the television remote. I also noticed a lip sync lag between the audio and video. I adjusted all of the audio settings on the TV and while it got a little bit better, it was still noticeable and distracting. I did not notice any lag with my original setup without the transmitter. I also felt the audio quality was not as good as with my original setup. And so I am returning this transmitter because these three things are more important than an “always on”connection. I’m sure I could get the exact setup I want if money wasn’t a factor but the TV is not used a lot so it’s hard to justify.

Finally, I found a Bluetooth transmitter that actually works well. I have tried at least three others, and they either have audio dropouts or out-of-sync issues. This one works PERFECTLY - and sets up easily and simply. Took 2 mins to set up from connecting to my optical port - now I can use my Bose headphones at my level and my wife and listen at her lower level (TV Soundbar) - we are both now happy! Excellent product.

Ho atteso qualche settimana, prima di scrivere questa recensione, perché desideravo testare per benino il prodotto in oggetto. Quindi passiamo alle mie valutazioni e impressioni. Partiamo con Il dire che il trasmettitore è molto compatto pertanto poco ingombrante. E' fornito con vari tipi di cavi audio oltre che di un cavo usb che serve, tra l'altro, anche per alimentarlo. Ha un tasto per l'accensione e lo spegnimento quando non in uso. Per configurarlo ho seguito pedissequamente quanto riportato nel manuale di configurazione allegato. Come da loro suggerito, ho collegato l'apparecchio al mio tv Sony tramite cavo ottico. Una volta impostato il sottomenù "suono" del mio tv come da manuale, il dispositivo risultava perfettamente configurato e pronto per l'accoppiamento con le cuffie bluetooth. Le cuffie da me utilizzate con questo apparecchio, sono una coppia di Sound Blaster JAM V2 (sempre acquistate su Amazon) dotate di Bluetooth 5.0 e di codec audio avanzati, aptX™ HD e aptX™ Low Latency. Anche in questo caso (seguendo la manualistica a corredo del trasmettitore e delle cuffie) l’operazione di riconoscimento e di accoppiamento delle due cuffie con il trasmettitore è stato abbastanza semplice. Una delle caratteristiche di queste cuffie, oltre ad aver la già citata gestione del codec Low Latency (fondamentale per seguire l’audio con il TV) è la possibilità di regolare direttamente l’audio in cuffia facendo diventare superfluo l’uso del telecomando del TV. Tornando al trasmettitore, posso affermare che le cuffie, una volta accoppiate, restano memorizzate con i rispettivi canali anche se dovessimo spegne sia il trasmettitore che le cuffie. Il trasmettitore inoltre, alla successiva accensione si imposterà automaticamente sempre sul canale LL (Low Latency). Per quanto riguarda la latenza, con le mie cuffie Sound Blaster JAM V2, non ho notato nessun ritardo nel labiale ne alcun tipo ti interferenza tra le cuffie e il trasmettitore segno questo, che il sistema così configurato lavora davvero alla grande. Ultima nota l’audio e buono ovviamente, non aspettatevi effetti Dolby Atmos, Digital o similari. Il sistema non è nato per questo. Per concludere, posso affermare di essere estremamente soddisfatto di questo apparecchio perché soddisfa molte delle mie necessità come dimensioni ridotte, utilizzo di entrambi i canali audio in simultanea, assenza di ritardo e/o interferenza con le cuffie ed infine, la possibilità di tenerlo spento quando non in uso. Cosa dire di più se non ottimo acquisto da consigliare.

The Avantree Audikast 3 Bluetooth 5.3 Transmitter is brilliant. It has allowed us to resolve a difficult and complex problem we had in some of our teaching spaces. The ease of use, transmission distance, build quality and stability are amazing. Equally amazing is the support provided by Avantree, with particular thanks to Janice who has been super helpful. We will definitely be purchasing this and other Avantree products again. Highly recommended. Thank You. Frank.

llevo 1 mes con el dispositivo, y muy contento. FINALMENTE SE PUEDEN CONECTAR 2 AURICOLARES A LA VEZ, UNA ALEGRIA ! Se instalò en un momento, y de momento no ha dado ningun tipo de fallo. Es mas, es la primera vez que los cascos tienen un alcanze mas lejos de siempre... PERFECTO

本機をパソコンの3.5ジャックに繋ぎ、bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbudsをペアリングして壁厚３００ミリの隣の部屋に移動しても接続が不安定になったり、音が途切れたりすることはありませんでした。 また、音ズレは全く気になるレベルではありませんでした。

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