Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

There are three ways to hook up the transmitter to your TV, and any of the three would have worked on my TV (a three-year-old regular - not "smart" - 20" Samsung). Nothing in the instructions indicated which choice would give the best sound so I first chose the easiest way and hooked up the "Audio Cable" to the "AUX Audio Out Headset" connector on my TV and the other end to the transmitter. After experimenting with that for a couple of nights I then disconnected the Audio Cable (make sure you do this if, like me, you began by connecting it) and connected the "Optical Audio Cable" to the "Optical Out" connector on my TV, and then connected the other end to the transmitter. (The "Optical Audio" connection is a bit more complicated because after the cable is connected you have to go to your TV's menu and make sure "External Speakers" and "PCM Audio Format" is chosen before it will work.) Both connections gave excellent sound (I personally couldn't tell the difference), and both connections muted the external sound on my particular TV when the "ON/OFF" switch on the transmitter was turned ON. The only difficulty I had was finding the USB port on my TV. It turned out to be on the side of the TV, not the back. The USB cable has to be connected to both your TV and the transmitter so the transmitter will have power. The headphones use a rechargeable battery for power, and they were already charged up when I took them out of the box. What the instructions didn't mention was how to turn the headphones on and off. There's a silver button on the left ear-pad (there's an "L" and "R" inscribed faintly on the adjustment piece above each ear-pad), and you have to press and "hold down" the button until a voice tells you the earphones are connected. You turn off the earphones the same way until a voice says "good-bye". Overall I thought the instructions could have been clearer especially as they pertained to the earphones, but they were clear enough. Once I understood the instructions (I'm a bit slow when it comes to instructions) setting up the transmitter and earphones was quite easy. The earphones are very comfortable, easy to adjust, and provide excellent sound that doesn't bleed beyond the earphones. (There's a "+" and "-" button on ether side of the earphone's silver ON/OFF button to adjust the volume.) Overall this unit is well designed and I'm very happy with it.