TV, No headphone jack

[Tom Hanks]

I want to hook up headphones to a TV sans a headphone jack.

The TV does have audio out on the back. I know I can't directly plug in headphones because it requires a receiver or amp to plug into with RCA plugs.

I was told that using wireless headphones (since they have a receiver) would work. I hooked them up, turned the speakers off, but the sound coming out is off, it doesn't sound right and it's really really really quiet. There is also major static. By the sound being off, I mean it's almost distorted. I can't adjust the volume any higher, I put it to full on the TV and then tried putting it higher on the headphones, but it still wasn't right and the static was worse.

I just wanted to try it out, see if it worked and I didn't have any RCA audio plugs alone, so I just used some A/V cable I had and left the video portion unplugged, could that be the problem?

Any ideas how to fix this, or another solution?

[Tom Hanks]

Update: I found some RCA audio cables and hooked them up to the wireless headphone base.

Now my TV has two options, variable audio out and fixed audio out. The variable audio out allows me to control the volume on the TV, but the sound is off and comes out distorted and is a little quiet. Fixed audio out sounds right, but it won't let me control the TV volume and it's way way too quiet on the headphones.

If I adjust the volume on the headphones I get major static because the source volume from the TV is so low.

Any ideas?

[Tom Hanks]

I figured it out, the noise filter on the headphone base was the problem. Turned it off and the distortion and volume was normal.

[dparm]

You should only use fixed audio out if you're hooking the TV into a stereo. It will send an unamplified audio signal out that way.

[maxcrupi]

The fact that you were using wireless audio contracts noise from other frequencies

i.e. running microwaves, cell phone signals, etc

[Unregistered]

which headphones did you get to work...the only headphones (wireless) that I found have a transmitter, with instructions saying the transmitter will shut off if the source sound is too low. anyone know what to do, I don't want to invest in a receiver.