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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I would call the folks who know this stuff… Either Sony customer support, or the hearing aid manufacturer’s customer support. I’m sure they both get such calls daily and know how to get their device paired.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>FWIW, I just went through this with a Visio sound bar and a TV, and the Visio rep walked me through it until things worked!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Al Fuller<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>john<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 7, 2024 7:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Shop-talk] Blue tooth guru or hearing aid experts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I recently replaced my 10 year old non-working hearing airs for some new whizz bang ones. I’ve reduced my “HUH?” responses by at least 40 percent. The rest my wife attributes to me being hard of listening instead of hard of hearing. ANYWAY</span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The new units are blue tooth compatible. My Sony flat screen is also blue tooth compatible and I tried to pair the two so I can hear the tv through my hearing airs …Cool, right??</span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The TV sees the hearing aids under it's list of blue tooth devices but they won’t pair up with some cryptic sony code $#^%& or something similiar. I checked the specs and both accept the same blue tooth ‘protocol’ (I don’t know the right word) all the letters confuse me. But, they both use A2DP… but they won’t pair.</span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Another similar spec is the blue tooth version one is 4.2 the other is 4.2.2. Shouldn’t the newer one grandfather the older ??</span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Any enlightenment will be appreciated… and guidance is needed severely. forum content... I watch shop videos on YouTube a lot.</span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>john </span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>