As long as the Apple TV recognizes it, it should work. You only need it to hear Vo so it doesn’t have to be high quality. I am using an old pair of Aftershokz with one side out. I too was wondering if there might be some kind of app for this but the need is a rather small niche. It is something we should be sending to Apple. They could address it with an option to produce low-level background noise when VO is running. It sounds as if this is not an isolated issue but can occur with many digital audio receivers, whether or not they come in a sound bar. Perhaps it is not an issue with the more expensive sets, but not everyone is made of money.
> On May 7, 2016, at 5:07 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Larry. The only Bluetooth headset I have is an old Plantronics that I > use if I'm out somewhere and want to read something on my iPhone. In other > words, it's just an old earpiece with the microphone, not a real headset. > What headset do you have? > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 7, 2016, at 2:35 PM, Larry Thacker Jr. <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> I have the same problem with my sound system. My guess is it has something >> to do with power saving technology that doesn't activate the speakers unless >> sound is being produced. The short bursts produced by Voiceover aren't >> enough to keep the system alive. I would love better suggestions if people >> have them, but what I do is switch to a bluetooth headset to set things up >> and then turn it off to enjoy the programming. >> >> On Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 4:24:09 PM UTC-5, Mary Otten wrote: >> I have a new Apple TV four. When Apple TV is connected via HDMI to our TV >> set and the audio goes to the TV speakers, which are awful, there is no >> problem with voiceover. When the sound bar that we have is connected to the >> TV via digital optical cable, and there is audio coming through it on a more >> or less steady basis, such as when playing the TV show or something from >> Apple Music, and you Errol around or use the remote and here voiceover, >> there is also no problem. It does not cut out. When, however, there is no >> audio except for voiceover, there is a cut out problem. You can use the >> remote or arrow around with a Bluetooth keyboard, and the first several >> syllables or words are missed. So there is some kind of delay happening >> somewhere apparently within the sound bar, which causes the first few >> syllables of voiceover to be missed when audio isn't already being played. I >> hope that made sense. I had this problem before with a second generation TV >> and surround sound system, where things were going through an AV receiver >> and the same problem happened. What is it with this audio cut out thing? How >> are people getting around this? My sound bar is klipsch, supposed to be a >> good one. We try this on a different older TV, and the same thing happen. So >> it's not something with our TV outputs. I would say it is the sound bar, >> except I had the same problem before I'll be at with an older AppleTV. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/macvisionaries/lHVe9II9IW0/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/macvisionaries/lHVe9II9IW0/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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