ATV 4gen to BT speaker with headphone out

[adam9c1]

Scenario:
ATV in the bedroom connected to TV via HDMI. One person wants to watch TV while the significant other wants to sleep.

Need:
Set TV volume to zero, pipe audio via BT to a portable speaker - this would be used so other family members don't wake up.
Must be easy to pair and unpair if we want to play audio via HDMI to TV
Bonus - the speaker would have an aux out to connect to headphones

Cost:
Not looking for high quality, this is basically some background noise for my significant other. No deep bass needed etc. Something that won't break the bank.

I think a roku remote control has a headphone jack. Something like this but via BT.

 

[priitv8]

This will be as portable as you can get: SBH56

 

[adam9c1]

It states it's not compatible with iPads.
So I don't see how it would work with an ATV.

 

[priitv8]

It states it's not compatible with iPads.
So I don't see how it would work with an ATV.

Dunno. I use it with my iPhone every day.
It is a standard bluetooth headset.
Oh, the camera remote shutter app may not be.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Tons of devices for this on Amazon. Found something for about $26 called "Golvery Bluetooth 4.1 Transmitter and Receiver - 2 in 1 Wireless 3.5mm Aux Bluetooth Audio Adapter" among many others.

There's also plenty of little boxes called HDMI Audio Extractor and similar, which will make this split just out of your TV (forward HDMI signal to TV as is now, but offer other connections to get the audio). I use one of these myself for a zone 2 feature on a receiver (it can only take analog input)- works great!

Are you sure your TV doesn't have a headphones jack out? Maybe just route a cord from there to where you want to watch?

Of course, I realize you are wanting to use BT but that will likely lower the quality of sound and probably result in latency issues vs. a carefully routed (hard) wired solution.

And don’t miss this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205302

 

[waw74]

check your TV
many smart TVs have bluetooth, and you can pair the headphones/speaker directly with them.

Yours may not have it, but something that you might not have thought of

 

[rayward]

And don’t miss this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205302

Yeah. I just pair my BT headphones with the Apple TV. When they're on, the ATV cuts the sound to the TV and feeds the 'phones only; when they're off, sound is routed to the TV as normal.

If you already have BT headphones, it's a zero cost solution.