• We hope you have a fantastic holiday season to close out 2025! Thank you all so much for being part of the Tom's Guide community!

How do I connect bluetooth headphones to a non smart tv with hdmi jack

May 3, 2018
1
0
10
non smart tv with HDMI jack i want to connect a bluetooth output for bluetooth headphones. How do I connect?
 
Solution
Not through HDMI, you need an audio out on the TV and you can get a bluetooth adapter for that to pair your headphones to. Or connect to whatever source you are using to that audio out.
Not through HDMI, you need an audio out on the TV and you can get a bluetooth adapter for that to pair your headphones to. Or connect to whatever source you are using to that audio out.
 
Solution
If the TV has HDMI-ARC then you could use an HDMI-ARC audio extractor to provide audio for a bluetooth transmitter. Using the audio output of the TV as hang-the-9 suggests would be easier.