Connecting Bluetooth audio and keeping tv audio at the same time

[Rusticactor]

I have managed to connect my Bluetooth headphones to the tv Model KD-48A9 however when I’m listening on these the tv audio stops so the rest of the family cannot hear any sound. I have these headphones as I have difficulty hearing the tv so I wanted to know I could listen through my headphones while the rest of the family can listen through the tv. Is this possible? If so, how? 

I have searched and searched and cannot find out how to do it!

Thank you so so much, I’ve struggled with this for a very long time so any help would be massively appreciated!

[royabrown2 · Accepted solution]

@Rusticactor 

Get a little Optical to Bluetooth Transmitter adaptor, off Amazon or eBay (they are quite inexpensive), put that on the Optical Out of the set.

Then the family can listen to the TV speakers in the normal way, and you can listen on your Bluetooth headphones paired with the transmitter, as Optical works at the same time as the speakers do.

You can set the TV’s Optical Out to be either Fixed, or Variable so it goes up and down according to the TV’s volume control.

You will probably prefer Fixed, so the volume to you only ever varies with the volume you set on your headphones, but you do have the choice here.

[Rusticactor]

Thank you so much!!!

[HannahEd01]

Hey, The TV cannot output sound from both the headphones or Bluetooth audio device and the TV speakers at the same time. I'm afraid the adapters aren't guaranteed to work either.

[royabrown2]

@HannahEd01 

I wouldn’t expect Sony to guarantee any third-party equipment anyway.

But can you not guarantee that these Sony TVs will always output audio to Optical, no matter where else the sound might be going?

[Win_88]

I think what Hannah trying to say is that if it doesn't work for any reason, Sony won't be able to provide direct support. But in general, @royabrown2 is probably right.

[royabrown2]

@Win_88 

Her remark did touch me on a nerve 😬

But you’d think @HannahEd01 could reply for herself and clarify, but I still have a strong suspicion she’s a bot, albeit a rather good one.

I note that both she and you are Specialists; is that a status that means you are from Sony, or at least that you are closer to them than the rest of us, or what?

[Win_88]

I'm not much different from yourself, I imagine you do this for a hobby or for fun, but I surely don't work for Sony or sponsored by them in anyway.

[royabrown2]

@Win_88 

Quite right, I do it for a hobby.

But watching the slow-motion car crash that the software on Sony TVs has become since 2015 isn’t exactly fun... 😢