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Headphones on Apple TV Siri Remote
- Thread starter Lobstrick
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I know that it does not and Apple does not allow it right now but theoretically I'm curios if it is possible in the future to be allowed, depending on the hardware inside the remote...
Apple's solution for remote listening is a BT headset. but technically it seams like it may work... your headset would need it's own amp.
That said, don't count on it being enabled for current devices.
That said, don't count on it being enabled for current devices.
Since that connector is directly tied to the remotes battery, you'd probably do damage to the headphones voice coils.
Chundles
macrumors G5
I'm going to bet that the lightning port in the Siri Remote is only wired up for power.
Very glad that bluetooth headphone support is there, going to make late night movie sessions a lot nicer as I won't have to turn it down so far so the neighbours can sleep.
Really needs bluetooth keyboard support though.
Very glad that bluetooth headphone support is there, going to make late night movie sessions a lot nicer as I won't have to turn it down so far so the neighbours can sleep.
Really needs bluetooth keyboard support though.
I just tried connecting the my Siri Remote to my Mac to see if it passes through the battery to a controller chip. It does not. So it looks like the current Siri Remote can only use it for power. Supporting a Lightning headset is not possible with this hardware.
benjitek
macrumors 6502a
Your original post asked if it were possible now, not at some point in the future...
Reviving this to raise speculation now that iPhone 7 ships with lightning-connected earpods. Maybe on the next ATV siri remote with bigger batteries (heres also hoping its backwards compatible with ATV4)
boston04and07
macrumors 68000
